How many of you Yahoo! users believe in global warming?

Question

Do you believe that human interferance has anything to do with it?

Answer 1

yes check my answers

there is a lot of evidence of man made climate change .and there are many reasons to hide the truth

scientists who work for politicians ,get paid by these politicians and they have downplayed the facts because solutions are expensive and means change and change effects many peoples incomes,and upsets profit margins,so most of the world is kept in the dark of the real things that are going on.for political and economic reasons

Global warming is a very complex collection of many effects

this text only covers some aspects of global warming ,mainly agriculture i.e.effects of deforestation and subsequent man made desertification

water and air polution such as caused by

industrial contamination ,the contaminating effects of the cities(the internal combustion engine) ,are other stories,

and all of these are also man made ,such as the high industrial chimneys pumping contamination into the clouds and the burning of tires,some of this polution has been found in the ice in the polar regions

there are natural cycles in the planets life

but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

climate change is caused in great parts by desertification ,and most desertification is caused by man

the thinner ozone layer helps to speed this up.and this is caused mainly by air polution ,also as a result of mans actions

DEFORESTATION

in the past

the Building of the Spanish Armada deforrested Spain

the Phoenician trading fleet turned Lebanon in a dessert

Ganges Khan put everything to the sword and torch, then filled the wells with sand,

the sun finished of the job and whole countries turned to wastelands.

Today ,

Slash and burn destroys the protective vegetation (which helps to form the soil ),

leaving it open to the Sun ,and then ,wind and, water erosion.

The Plough turns the soil ,killing micro-biotic life (essential to soil building) and accelerates the drying out .

Pressures of the :vehicles, cattle and rain impact brings the salt to the surface.

Mono cultures ,aided by chemicals Exhaust and pollutes the soil .

Adding to this the effects of overgrazing has resulted in large scale desertification.

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,Farmers

are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers

and plowing more and more unstable lands going into the jungles and onto mountain slopes

expanding populations and expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest's

clearing them for farming and settlement areas .

Rainforest's always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest

in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification and some have died as a result

,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year

and most of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.

collectively this planet is drying up ,

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,

and there are less and less farmers to do it..

Arable lands and their farms are lost all over the globe. Many farmers sons abandon farming and head for the cities.

Northern China is drying up, what once were millions of food producing people, are now hungry refugees ,running for their lives from the all consuming dust storms.

This will have a great effect on world food prices when they start buying at what ever cost, to feed their people.

The farmers that are left have to feed some 70 million more people than the year before but with less topsoil.

Over the last half century,

Population growth & rising incomes have tripled world grain demand from 640 million tons to 1,855 million

In the near future the global farming community will not be able to feed every body ,food prices will continue to rise. .

RISING SEAS

The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.

this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter

Global warming could be slowed down to some extent,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where,instead of just some third world countries Source(s) here are a 100 ways to help

http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p...

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur...

Answer 2

I don't believe in global warming and certainly do not believe that human interference has anything to do with what many say is global warming.

Industrialization (human interference) has been blamed for global warming but where was Industrialization back in the ice age, non existent. Over the years the earth temperature changes by a few degrees, it cools down (ice age) and it heats up.

What we are witnessing today is the natural changes in the earths climate.

Don't be fooled by what Al Gore or the liberal media is telling you, search the web and find the answers for your self. There are a great number of top scienctists that agree with me.

Answer 3

60% of the time, works all the time!

Answer 4

of course. moderm tech always conflict s with  nature, even destory nature.

Answer 5

Global warming is real, you only have to look at the northern US and see that it's not covered by glaciers.

And humans may play a part, but it's a very, very small factor.  For example everybody rants on and on about C02.  But what they don't tell you is this:

1) C02 is a tiny fraction of the total greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

2) Human contributions makes up only a TINY portion of the total C02 emissions.

Answer 6

yes i do

Answer 7

It is a fact.  If you do look at top scientist data you will find that the CO2 concentation in the atmosphere is higher than any other point in history BY FAR.  WE know this through ice in the polar caps that when frozed collect the CO2 in the air.  We see the pattern through the ice but when looking at current CO2 concentrations see that it more than doubles any other point in history.

Answer 8

i so think we do! okay, if u watch t.v. it shows a chart that shows our "global temperture" or sumthing like that... its soooo high up compared to what it used to be! i think with all the c**p we are doing we are going to extinct ourselves... o well ppl are stupid.

Answer 9

Yes.  If it weren' t for global warming a large part of the Northern Hemisphere would be covered under a sheet of ice.

And No, if the previous episodes of global warming didn't require human assistance why would we think this time is any different.  What if we were headed into an ice age what should we do then.

I believe it is being used as an excuse by some collectivist to trample individual rights and freedom.

Answer 10

Hey, I believe but try explaining that to my prof. We had to prove  that it was caused my mankind by answering certain arguments using only only one source. So I hardly think there is actual proof that humans are the ones responsible because i don't think any of my classmates were lucky.

Answer 11

It's not global warming it's global cooling.

Answer 12

I don't think any intelligent, rational person denies that the planet is warming. There is still some small amount of debate as to whether humans are causing it or not from the contrarians out there. But over all I'd say the issue has been pretty much settled.

Answer 13

Global warming is real and mostly caused by us.  Three reasons, with solid support, most important first.

There's an overwhelming amount of peer reviewed scientific data that says that.  Short and long summaries.

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

http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

Science is quite good about exposing bad science or hoaxes:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/ATG/polywater...

There's a large number of people who agree that it is, who are not liberals, environmentalists, stupid, or conceivably part of a "conspiracy".  Just three examples of many:

"Global warming is real, now, and it must be addressed."

Lee Scott, CEO, Wal-Mart

"Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming."

Senator John McCain, Republican, Arizona

“DuPont believes that action is warranted, not further debate."

Charles O. Holliday, Jr., CEO, DuPont

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

Good website for more info:

http://www.realclimate.org

"climate science from climate scientists"