I want to know the truth, is global warming really bogus and greatest scam in history?

Question

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Answer 1

No, global warming is science.

There are many basic scientific facts which can only be explained if the current global warming is being caused by an increased greenhouse effect due to carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere from humans burning fossil fuels.

For example, the planet is warming as much or more during the night than day.  If the warming were due to the Sun, the planet should warm a lot more during the day when the Sun has influence.  Greenhouse gases trap heat all the time, so they warm the planet regardless of time of day.  Another example is that the upper atmosphere is cooling because the greenhouse gases trap the heat in the lower atmosphere.  If warming were due to the Sun, it would be warming all layers of the atmosphere.

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

We know it's warming, and we've measured how much:

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science...

Scientists have a good idea how the Sun and the Earth's natural cycles and volcanoes and all those natural effects change the global climate, so they've gone back and checked to see if they could be responsible for the current global warming.  What they found is:

Over the past 30 years, all solar effects on the global climate have been in the direction of (slight) cooling, not warming.  This is during a very rapid period of global warming.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/62902...

http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/media/pro...

So the Sun certainly isn't a large factor in the current warming.  They've also looked at natural cycles, and found that we should be in the middle of a cooling period right now.

"An often-cited 1980 study by Imbrie and Imbrie determined that 'Ignoring anthropogenic and other possible sources of variation acting at frequencies higher than one cycle per 19,000 years, this model predicts that the long-term cooling trend which began some 6,000 years ago will continue for the next 23,000 years.'"

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

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

So it's definitely not the Earth's natural cycles.  They looked at volcanoes, and found that

a) volcanoes cause more global cooling than warming, because the particles they emit block sunlight

b) humans emit over 150 times more CO2 than volcanoes annually

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/Gases/man....

So it's certainly not due to volcanoes.  Then they looked at human greenhouse gas emissions.  We know how much atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased over the past 50 years:

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

And we know from isotope ratios that this increase is due entirely to human emissions from burning fossil fuels.  We know how much of a greenhouse effect these gases like carbon dioxide have, and the increase we've seen is enough to have caused almost all of the warming we've seen over the past 30 years (about 80-90%).  You can see a model of the various factors over the past century here:

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

This is enough evidence to convince almost all climate scientists that humans are the primary cause of the current global warming.

Answer 2

The world is getting warmer.  It can be related to the increase in the atmosphere of green house gases.  The industries contributing to green house gases refuse to accept responsibility and do not want to diminish their profits.  The media publishes what it is paid to publish unless it sees profit to be gained by opposing big business.

If you doubt this, check out the smoking controversy which has raged for over 40 years and which is good for at least that many more.

Answer 3

It is the scam of the century, you`ve got it!

seas are 150-300 years behind warming towards continents.

theres the right and natural reason.

distance of sun and earth varies, and were in warming period.

factories and cars has almost none to do with this all

Answer 4

I think it is a natural phenomenon same thing happened 5000 years ago. Ask Satan for mercy and God for forgiveness

Answer 5

The truth is that no one can predict the future.  No one knows if it will be warmer or colder 5 years for now.

There always are those who believe they can see into future events, but in the end, they can't, they are just con artists.

Answer 6

The ONLY scam or hoax concerning global climate change due to the effects of global warming ,are the false claims that it isn't happening or that it's mans fault.  Even with mounds of scientific data,the oil companies keep spreading lies and deliberate mis-information to keep the confusion level high.  It really does no good to post links to real scientific data.  It is the same 'denial' of science  that occurs with the subject of Evolution vs Creationism.  Most of the claim that it can't be humans fault,and it's only a 'natural'[god did it] process.  The best time to act on this world wide dilemma was 20 years ago! At that time the 'deniers' called for lots more research on the climate before doing anything. Now the data is in,and the 'deniers' continue with the un-scientific claims based on ignorance or religious dogma. So even if I understand how humans have caused this problem, the 'deniers' can't or won't try to understand the scientific proof. You don't see a big rush of Christians embracing the proven "Theory of Evolution. Why would the proven "Theory of Global Warming" be any different!  They post so many shadowy and flimsy claims,in an effort to 'prove' their point. They claim that science is faulty or faked,but nothing they say changes the fact that the REST of the world is ahead of us on this problem!  Climate change could be disastrous for the USA! The ever widening parameters of weather records is a direct consequence of climate change. Every year we get record snows,rain,wind,hi&lo temps,and floods! How cold is too cold? How hot is too hot? How severe of a storm is too severe? You've possibly heard the story of how to boil a frog.  As long as the temp is very slowly increased,the frog is unaware of the increase,until it's too late,and the frog dies! We are "boiling the frog" when it comes to global warming!

Answer 7

If we are logical as humans, we are all quite aware of the facts that down through out the existence of the earth, there have always been the ice age and global warming effects happening on the earth. It's just a fact that exist in our solar system. Other planets follow the same events during their existence. It would depend who wants to make a name for themself with facts that already exist. We tend to reinvent the wheel over and over.

Answer 8

No, it is real. Is not an overnight thing, or like a hurricane, one week is calm, the next is not so calm.

Look at The Ross Ice Shelf.

It is a big ol hunk of ice, and it is moving. slowly.

Weather it is an ice age or a planetary burnout, well that explains the perspective, Earth is a Planet.

It will get cold or hot, not a whole lot we could or can do about it.

This third stone from the sun has been here billions of years, humans have been alive on it for .01 of that time.

The sky is falling, or it is not. Depends on which religious media that you believe to be the truth.

Really matters not in our perspective, then again, it might.

Answer 9

i think so but thats just me.

Answer 10

no..i don't think so...but then again maybe it is.........

Answer 11

Scam. For a good article search Middlebury community network and click on the global warming editorial.

Answer 12

the leaders in the US want people to believe that Global Warming is a sham or a fake so they will not have to make the necessary changes to reduce the warming trend.  The CO2 is not the real problem the permafrost is melting at an alarming rate and CH4 is being released into the atmosphere and is a much more dangerous greenhouse gas as compared to water vapor and carbon dioxide.  The real on ongoing damage will be more pronounced at the poles not in the temperate regions.  Most people that try to call the global warming a hoax do not use details of the poles and only give you facts about Missouri or some state in the middle of the temperate zone.  As the glaciers melt and recede the problem will multiply and these leaders will be dead and going leaving the pending disasters on their grand kids.