Global warming new?

Question

Maybe someone has a better clue as to why people think global warming is a new thing?? cause didnt the world used to be a burning ball of fire and then an ice age... so wouldnt you think if the world used to be all ice that somewhere along the lines the ice had to have melted to get us where we are now??? i guess i just dont understand how it is the new big thing..

Answer 1

I don't think that any serious person would claim it was new.  The thing now is the comparative speed at which it is happening and second the potential harm to our civilisation.   The change of about 1 degree in the last century may not sound much but you will realise that because of the mass of the earth this represents a huge build up of energy.  The speed at which, for instance the ice sheets have melted and glaciers have retreated has taken many people by surprise and sent us scurrying to work out the impact on things like sea levels.

The second reason why is is being highlightes is the cost of mitigating the impacts.  People who used to be able to grow their own foor or raise their livestock successfully can no longer do so and the climate change has made life vert difficult for many of teh most vulnerabl people in the world.

Answer 2

Semantics.  The concern is wheter the weather is being changed by manmade activity.

Answer 3

Answer to Question 1:

There is new evidence on both sides. Not proof of the cause.

The problem is that scientists on both sides that have different opinions. The renewed concern is that no one knows how much hotter we will climb compared to the long term charts. The AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) believers say we are causing our own demise with green house gases. Both sides all generally agree that the earth is definitely still warming now. They just strongly disagree on who and/or what is causing it.

Global warming is the prediction from a large number of Scientists that Humans are causing the earths climate and GHG's to climb beyond what would occur naturally. They generally contend that it will lead to the Destruction of our Planet from AGW.

There is also a large number of Scientists that predict that the earth is simply in a warming cycle and that we humans have a small effect (if any) on the climate changes. They generally do not refer to this warming as Global Warming.

Even though technically it is.

They do not claim the doom & gloom but both sides agree we MUST recycle when possible and conserve our natural resources.

The term global warming is more of a political term and is misleading. For the most part everyone agrees that we are warming up gradually the big and I mean big question is why and what and/or who is causing it?

There may be evidence that the earth is warming, but no real scientific fact to support why it is.

Most articles from both sides are just articles that base little on fact and more on short term evidence.

I think for the most part, the discussion on (Global Warming) is much like our modern day court system. Both sides just try to prove their side with hundred of websites all claiming to disprove the other, or no real proof. Both sides have extreme activists. Money and politics are major players, and the right thing or the moral thing to do is not high on the priorities list.

The only difference from our court system is that the global warming issue has no short term answer that would be equivalent to jury and /or Judge.. only time holds our future or fate. I would keep in mind that either side may be found to be wrong.

Answer to 2nd Question:

I believe we have a responsibility to conserve energy, preserve our environment and recycle everything that is feasibly possible.

I do not believe that we are causing a doom & gloom warming catastrophe. I do know that we need to prepare now by conserving energy, preserving nature and preparing for the next climate change (whether it continues to heat up or we start into another cooling cycle).

You can generally tell the AGWers apart they tend to use terms like never, always, refuse, destroy and disaster. The use of these terms show a very closed minded person.

We try our best not to label people as idiots. Most AGW'ers don't like being called names.

Answer 4

If it ever starts we will see all kinds of temperature records broken of more than a hundred years.

Answer 5

Global warming isn't new. Anthropogenic (manmade) global warming is.

I basically asked the same question here 1/2 hour ago:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 6

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