Global Warming Survey: Fact or Scam?

Question

I'm doing a short survey on global warming it would really help if you backed up you answer with facts/websites

Answer 1

"Global Warming" is a scam.  No one can predict the future.

Scientist have no clue if the climate is getting warmer, colder, or straying relative constant.

"Global warming will stop until at least 2015 because of natural variations in the climate, scientists have said."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jh...

"Global Warming Natural, May End Within 20 Years,"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...

Answer 2

having written extensively oh hurricanes ( living on St Thomas they are kinda important to us here!)  I am going to comment on global warming and hurricanes by saying.......

go to www.nhc.noaa.gov. ( The National Hurricane Center) Look for Chris Landseas report.

if yore too lazy here's the summation. NO correlation between "global warming" and hurricanes....

Answer 3

It is Fact !

Answer 4

Your survey is only of posters on YA and in fact will reveal more about the education level here than about beliefs that are generalizable to any larger population.

The IPCC has already surveyed all qualified scientists worldwide and you would do better to look at their conclusion.  Also note that the Bush administration's report issued last week was in agreement with the IPCC regarding the likelihood that mankind is causing global warming.  There is little evidence otherwise that has held up to peer review.  This just is not a debate anymore between knowledgeable people.

Answer 5

A big manipulated HOAX.

My 2 cents.

Answer 6

Warming: FACT

Evidence:

http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2...

Carbon tax: SCAM (pointless without global participation)

Evidence:

"Global problems require global solutions," said EDF atmospheric physicist Dr. Michael Oppenheimer. "For the treaty to be an environmental success, all greenhouse gases must be reduced and a pathway must be created toward the participation of all nations."

http://www.edf.org/pressrelease.cfm?Cont...

"Our results confirm the well-known fact of global climate change: to meet temperature or concentration goals requires concerted efforts from much of the world over a substantial period of time. With rapid growth in developing countries, failure to control their emissions could lead to a substantial increase in global temperature even if the U.S. and other developed countries pursue stringent policies.

It is useful to evaluate the global costs and global benefits of achieving such targets, as difficult as that is to do. However, it is not possible to connect specific U.S. policy targets with a particular global concentration or temperature target, and therefore the avoided damages, because any climate gains depend on efforts in the rest of the world. And unfortunately, absent a global agreement a country’s best strategy in terms of its own self-interest is to do little and freeride on the actions of others. Of course, if all behave in this way very little mitigation will be achieved. If a cooperative solution is at all possible, therefore, a major strategic consideration in setting U.S. policy targets should be their value in leading other major countries to take on similar efforts."

http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/MITJ...

Answer 7

Global warming is no hoax and unfortunately most people take it just as seriously as they would a joke or a hoax.

People just don't know the facts:

400, 000 square miles of Arctic sea ice have melted in the last 30 years

The world has warmed by 0.5 degC over the past century and an average 2 degC warming is predicted by 2100.

Global sea level has risen between 10 to 25 cm in the last 100 years and will rise faster still in the coming decades.

According to NASA, the hottest year on record was 2005, which matched 1998. Twice in the last ten years, we've had the hottest temperatures on average ever recorded in our planet's history. That is very likely more than just a coincidence.

In fact, the past nine years have all been among the 25 warmest years on record, a streak which is unprecedented in the historical record. For that to happen, it's likely there has to be an underlying factor, and that factor seems to be global warming.

U.S. and global annual temperatures are now around 1.0 F degrees warmer than they were in 1900. The rate of warming has accelerated over the past 30 years, increasing at a rate of three times faster than the century-scale trend. It's likely the increase in CO2 emissions has something to do with that rate increase.

According to an MIT study, there's been a 100% increase in the intensity and duration of hurricanes and tropical storms since the 1970s, most likely due to the increased amount of CO2 emissions to our atmosphere, which has increased the Earth's surface temperature, and warmer weather is believed to increase the intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes.

In fact, the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased by 31% between 1800 and 2000, going from 280 parts per million to 367 parts per million. Scientists predict that carbon dioxide levels could be as high as 970 parts per million by the year 2100.

According to the National Climactic Data Centre estimates, $100 billion of damage was caused by hurricanes hitting the U.S. coast in 2005 alone. The increase in severity of the hurricanes and tropical storms is most likely due to the increase of CO2 emissions, which heats up the Earth's near-surface temperatures. In fact, the average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6 C (1.0 F) over the last 100 years. This is likely why snow cover and ice extent have decreased over the past few decades.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey predictions, Glacier National Park will have no glaciers left by the year 2030, further showing the rapidity of global warming and the impact it can have on our planet in the very near future.

According to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, 400,000 square miles of Arctic sea ice have melted, which is threatening polar bear habitats and further accelerating global warming worldwide. That amount of Arctic sea ice is approximately the size of the state of Texas, and we've lost that in just the last 30 years, further emphasizing that we need to take action now before the damage becomes too severe for our efforts to really matter.

The sea level has risen by 4?-8? (10-20 cm) over the past 100 years, which is likely due to the melting of the polar glaciers, which is likely due to the increase in the Earth's near-surface temperature, and that's being increased by the increase in CO2 emissions into Earth's atmosphere. This can lead to devastating effects for coastal communities because the sea level is rising, which means that when the sea comes in-tide, more erosion can occur, and if coastal communities are present, more damage done to them. In addition, losing the glaciers reduces the amount of usable fresh water on our planet.

Answer 8

wot kate said. fact.

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...

http://iodeweb3.vliz.be/oanet/index.html

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/2007/

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs...

Answer 9

Fact.

This is science and what counts is the data, not people's intuition.

"I wasn’t convinced by a person or any interest group—it was the data that got me. I was utterly convinced of this connection between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change. And I was convinced that if we didn’t do something about this, we would be in deep trouble.”

Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)

Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut

Here are two summaries of the mountain of peer reviewed data that convinced Admiral Truly and the vast majority of the scientific community, short and long.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Ima...

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report....

summarized at:

http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report...

There's a lot less controversy about this is the real world than there is on Yahoo answers:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/a...

And vastly less controversy in the scientific community than you might guess from the few skeptics talked about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_...

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/fu...

EVERY major scientific organization has issued an official statement that this is real, and mostly caused by us.  The National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Physics, the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Association, etc.

Good websites for more info:

http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/f101.a...

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/sci...

http://www.realclimate.org

"climate science from climate scientists"

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...

Answer 10

Fact.  Evidence summarized in the link below.

Answer 11

GW: Fact or Scam?

Facts, mostly.  And answers that produce more questions.  Better answers are found the next time around, and even better ones the next.  This relatively new field has evolved on its feet.

We're finally getting a handle on what we are up against.  The news isn't good, but there's plenty of room for optimism.  Right now, there's time to make the hard choices.  There's time to affect change, keep a strong economy and a vibrant lifestyle, and ensure a healthier future for our children and their children.

I won't start spouting facts, but will share some websites I've found particularly useful.  I hope you will enjoy checking them out.

Answer 12

fact!

i did an entire essay on it and for all claiming that it's merely a scam how would the scientists make up all of the facts and figures and what would be their motivation? why try to scare the public if the threat wasn't truly real?  

your denial is accomploishing nothing.

Answer 13

Fact.

Even though the earth goes through normal warming periods, our last century is clearly increased by humans.

Answer 14

I am with Dr.Jello--------- hoax!

a. Sea levels have been rising since the last ice age--

b. Does "man" have anything to do with GW???

c. What exactly is the optimum temperature of the Earth?-- and where exactly is the "thermostat"?

d. Hurricane intensity or frequency has NOT increased.

e. The temp data is corrupted -- especially by ground sources-- show me a 40-50 year Satellite data record.

f. Is it "better" to be a little hotter----- or a little colder. Beats me! Earth's temp has been all over the board throughout history.....but I personally would prefer a little warmer-- an ice age would be totally devastating to Earth's population.

g. A temperature rise of 1 degree is misstated------- more like .5 degree--- or less. And-- when the temps do not rise for the next decade then I guess the computer "model" needs to be "updated".

Edit-- why would scientists --- and politicians-- make this up-- ??? Follow the money.

Answer 15

Scam.