How has the 1 degree temperature change in the last 100 years affected your life?

Question

I seem to be doing just fine.

How has it ruined your life? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hasn't made the slightest bit of difference...

Answer 2

If the temps go up another 1/4 degree we will all be doomed!

Answer 3

I didn't notice any difference.

I found out that Al Gore does not practice what he preaches.

He is not worried about conserving energy to protect  against "Global Warming"  IT MUST NOT BE A REAL THREAT.

I guess there is no concern about Man made climate Changes. because Al Gore has set a new  tone for this now has been HOAX.

Answer 4

It's affected a few people.  Mostly animals so far, which are less able to cope.

Vermont maple syrup farmers aren't doing so well.  The timing of sunlight and seasonal temperature changes is off, and maple syrup production is down.  A climatologist in the area recommends that people find another line of work.  A couple of ski areas in the Alps have closed.  Some other things like that.  Some extreme weather events have no doubt been made worse, but you can't pinpoint which ones.

The next degree or two will be the real problem.

It won't be a Hollywood movie style disaster. Gradually coastal areas will flood and agriculture will be damaged. But it will be very bad. Rich countries will cope, but it will take huge amounts of money. In poor countries many people will die of starvation, but not all of them.

Most scientists say, in 20-50 years. But we need to start right now to fix it, fixing it will take even longer than that.

Really good website for more information here:

http://profend.com/global-warming/

Lots of numerical scientific data proving it real here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Clima...

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

Proof that most scientists think it's real and mostly caused by us here:

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

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

A few conservatives' thoughts:

"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming"

"National Review (the most prestigious conservative magazine) published a cover story calling on conservatives to shake off denial and get into the climate policy debate"

"Pat Robertson (very conservative Christian leader) 'It is getting hotter and the ice caps are melting and there is a build up of carbon dioxide in the air.  We really need to do something on fossil fuels.”

"I believe there is now more than enough evidence of climate change to warrant an immediate and comprehensive - but considered - response. Anyone who disagrees is, in my view, still in denial."

Ford Motor Company CEO William Clay Ford, Jr.

"The science of global warming is clear. We know enough to act now. We must act now."

James Rogers, CEO of Charlotte-based Duke Energy.

Answer 5

Please remember that we are not just talking about 1°C here. Due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the average global temperature is expected to rise by another 1.1 to 6.4°C by 2100. The most likely increase will be between 1.7 and 4.4°C. If humanity decreases the amount of CO2 emissions that are released into the atmosphere, then the temperature change will be smaller, if the amount of emissions increase, then the temperature rise will also increase. Most climatologists remain optimistic because if humanity acts soon, then the most harmful of possible effects may be avoided.

Answer 6

Considering most people answering on this website aren't 100+ years old, the answers you receive will be based on "life years" worth of impact that are far less than the 100 years you're asking about.  

For me, any temperature change that I've experienced in the last 39 years hasn't really impacted my life...  

Then again, I've moved around and lived in several different locations with different climates.  Places I've lived include the Owens Valley in California (4,000 ft), Eastern Idaho (4,900 ft), Chile - Santiago (1,800 ft), Chanaral (sea level), Arica (sea level), Chuquicamata (9,000 ft), & Antofagasta (sea level) - Reno Nevada (4,500 ft), Denver Colorado (5,280 ft), and Northern Utah (5,000 ft).  

In some of those areas, all four seasons are experienced, in others, only two seasons are really apparent - and in one (Arica, Chile) it seemed that it was always springtime.  

I've seen cycles of drought, cycles of high precipitation...  Seemingly hotter than normal summers - and even colder than normal winters...

Can I say I've seen the effects of Global Warming?  Nope.  I've seen change, but that's just it - change.  Small-scale change.  

More damaging change that I've witnessed are changes brought on by overuse of natural resources - such as water.  I watched the water being pumped and diverted from the Owens Valley...I've seen groundwater pumped faster than the aquifers can recharge - lowering the water tables.  I've seen people - in the pride of their hearts - buying "stuff" that isn't really necessary such as larger homes, larger properties, larger vehicles, etc. thereby consuming even more natural resources than they "need" to.  

...and I've even seen damages caused by environmental organizations trying to "save the planet" - and ending up loving the planet (or at least the area they're trying to save) to death...

Answer 7

Not yet, but it's kind of like you being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Before you know it, it sneaks up on you and you forget your own name. It won't happen all at once.

So, when are we supposed to do something (a little voice is telling me you will say never, because it's supposedly natural)? Doctors are pretty sure that if I eat nothing but fatty foods, my arteries will clog and I will have a heart attack. They are not 100% sure mind you. I could have a natural resistance in my family. Scientists are virtualy certain if we continue to spew CO2, man-made climate change will continue (as it will for a while).

People like you only act when it benefits YOU.

Answer 8

Ah,, see you young ones.. I remember normal winters, where temps were predictable.  I have to check the news every morning to know what to wear.

Now the weather is all over the place.  Not to metion, polor Ice caps are melting at an alarming rate which has increased hurricans, floods, and all kinds of weather phenominon.    Look at historical weather data, Nation weather service, Discovery.com, or the weather channel.com

Answer 9

I'm not 100 years old...actually, I can only account for the last 20 years. I haven't noticed any difference. We have various temperatures where I live though...it can be 20 degrees one day and 70 the next. And it can snow today, but tomorrow it could be clear and sunny. It's really a bummer.

Answer 10

Look at me!  I'm evolving!!

Answer 11

Well there was a 10 degree temperature change yesterday which really bummed me out.

It's a good thing you didn't say climate or i mighta pooped my pants.

Answer 12

ya me ether, didnt change my life lol

Answer 13

I'm one of the survivors, but some did not survive that little change, which brought on all these lovely storms and killing hot summers.

Lucky I don't live in New Orleans, eastern Europe, Bangladesh, or Ethiopia, that's where that little change put many people in the ground.

Answer 14

Wow. someone just blamed the temperature for the deaths of the people in New Orleans and Bangladesh.

Let's see if any warming enthusiast can top that one.

Answer 15

Oh, is that why it feels warm in here. I thought I was having hot flashes.

Answer 16

We don't know WHAT temperature changes have occured with any certainty.  The vast majority of our ground-based weather monitoring stations do not meet minimum standards for placement/accuracy.  The climate data is flawed to the point that this data is reading warmer than actual temps.

The 'Man-did-it' global warming folks have conveniently failed to mention this.

Answer 17

keep in mine 1 degree is the world wider average.

at the equater it is much less like .01 of a degree at the poles it is risen about 12 degrees that when you get melts and rising sea levels and stuff.  

and of course extream weather like floods and tital waves.i think is has effect most more then they know

Answer 18

Not at all.  The political hype and hysteria drummed up by liberal politicians over this temperature increase has a very high risk of costing me precious personal liberty, however.

Answer 19

temperature really affects the life span of an individual. especially when the temperature is above normal or below normal bcause our body cannot adjust right away with the temperature....