Global warming; Fact or fiction?

Question

I would just like to get a poll, and at least one source (website) that supports your answer.

Thanks.

Answer 1

technically 'theory', but basically fact because of scientific consensus and overwhelming data

Answer 2

Global Warming fact

Man Made Global warming fiction

Man Made Global cooling fiction

Global Cooling fact

The earth goes through cycles where the Earth warms and cools, its called global climate change. Its rarely stays the same for long.

Global Cooling is much more devastating! Fact… Ice Ages

Answer 3

Global Warming: Fact

Time Frame: Too many intangibles and variables to accurately estimate.

Truth: Global Warming will mean nothing compared to the effects of the forthcoming planetary alignment upon the eco systems.

Answer 4

of course its a fact and even if it cant be proven or w\e ppl are saying it will at one point. my bio teacher explains it very well she was saying that the gases are heating up the earth and even though we replace trees that are cut down they are not as good as the old ones that took harmful things out.

Answer 5

fact

Answer 6

A theory with overwhelming evidence.  



The number of climate scientists who debate it is quite small.   Most of the real debate these days is more about effects and their severity.

"The conclusions reached in this document have been explicitly endorsed by ..."

Academia Brasiliera de Ciências (Bazil)

Royal Society of Canada

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Academié des Sciences (France)

Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Germany)

Indian National Science Academy

Accademia dei Lincei (Italy)

Science Council of Japan

Russian Academy of Sciences

Royal Society (United Kingdom)

National Academy of Sciences (United States of America)

Australian Academy of Sciences

Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts

Caribbean Academy of Sciences

Indonesian Academy of Sciences

Royal Irish Academy

Academy of Sciences Malaysia

Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

"In addition to these national academies, the following institutions specializing in climate, atmosphere, ocean, and/or earth sciences have endorsed or published the same conclusions as presented in the TAR report:

NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

State of the Canadian Cryosphere (SOCC)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Royal Society of the United Kingdom (RS)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/11...

skeptic argument:  there is no consensus

"People that say this often have little or no grasp of the science and are using denial to avoid having to face a danger. Fix the denial mechanism by showing them this list of sustainable/green technologies. Then make them read this consensus and say the following quote out loud: "I don't know anything about science, so given the choice of trusting 99.9% or 0.1% of the experts, I'll go with the 0.1%". If still they don't think that sounds silly and they don't start to ask questions then you are wasting your time trying to educate them. This ratio is correct because there are 12,301-14,305 members of the AGU and who knows how many European experts on climate. As Eli Rabbet says "if you ain't a member of the AGU you ain't no d**n climate scientist in the US, just like the AMA". Also keep in mind that with the tens of thousand of climate change skeptics on the planet if only %1 of them are corrupted by the $10,000 payment (or bribe) currently being offered by Exxon through AEI then you will have at minimum 200 skeptics/deniers. So far 200 skeptics/deniers have not turned up."

http://www.logicalscience.com/skeptic_ar...

http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-w...

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/0... The Cold Truth about Global Warming by Joseph Romm

Answer 7

There is a lot of hype and fiction to the fact that humans are changing their climate

Answer 8

Global Warming has been real since the last ice age ended 18,000 years ago.  Since then, the glaciers have retreated two thousand miles, the oceans have risen hundreds of feet and we  now have millions of acres of green lands that were once crushed under a mile of ice.

Before this warming cycle started, people could walk from Asia to North America.  They could walk from England to France. All that melting and climate change happened long before humans ever became industrialized.

What caused the end of the last ice age?  An increase in the sun's energy output.