Is global warming actually happening? or is just a climate face?

Question

are we affecting our world? or its only a face or cycle that our world has by passing years?

Answer 1

The CO2 cycle some doubters bring up now and again concerns a yearly cycle the earth goes through, since Co2 levels have been rising greatly over the past 30 thirty this cannot be the answer

There are theories that are a controlling part of the answer to Global Warming

1) The last ice age was only about 100,000 years ago and we are still slipping out of that and therefore it is getting warmer and warmer each year

2) Al Gore's approach concerns the CO2 levels in the atmosphere effecting the greenhouse affect therefore making the earth warmer and warmer each year.  This ranks higher simply because there a lot of proof behind it.

In the end both could play a factor, but the climate or CO2 levels could never reach this high this fast since around the 1970's simply do to an ice age that occurred 100,000 years ago

Answer 2

Global warming is not happeneing. This is all just propaganda in order to get money. Al Gore made 300 Million dollars off the movie An Inconvenient Truth which is full of false information and misleading graphs... If you see the movie try to look for units on the graphs... there are none and he provides no credible evidence to support his claim. Al Gore has also done nothing to stop this himself. He still rides in his limos flys in private jets and changes nothing in his lifestyle. For such an imminent crisis it seems he is doing nothing himself to stop it. There is also funding from several large corporations that would benefit from this such as the car makers who make loads of money off of selling overpriced hybrids etc. carbon offsets are another way they are making money. I saw in the news yesterday that the sea around san diego and new york will rise 3 feet... by the next century. that sound very frightening. global warming is just a scare tactic to make money nothing more. Don't follow what has now become popular to believe in. Sadly children dont know any better and will blindly follow anything their teachers tell them have a mind of your own and think for yourself research it and find all the fallacies.

Answer 3

yeah, global warming is happening in the present world. It does not occurs by the climate changes. Due to heat and pressure inside the earth's crust, which result the global warming.

we are the people affecting our earth by destructing and destroying the natural bodies(trees, forest, etc) for survive and shelter in the world.

Answer 4

do you mean "phase"?

of course we affect our world.  how can we exist w/o doing so?  however, this GW 'crisis' is just pure b.s.

the biggest noise about it is made by people who fly around in private jets, heat and cool mansions and have enough money to put up their own household windmills but don't.

until they practice what they preach, you ought not to take them too seriously.

Answer 5

Yes global warming is real. It is true that the earth goes through natural "ice age cycles", but whats happening now is not natural. We have caused so much damage to the ozone that we are pushing the earth closer to an ice age much faster than it usually would. Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing because it keeps our planet habitable. However, by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere and temperatures are rising. The vast majority of scientists agree that global warming is real, it’s already happening and that it is the result of our activities and not a natural occurrence. The evidence is overwhelming and undeniable.

We’re already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting, plants and animals are being forced from their habitat, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing.

The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years.



Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.



The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.



At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.

Just to list a few.

If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences.

Im going to list some websites below so you can learn more. PLEASE help in the fight against global warming its so important!!! And pass what you learn onto everyone you know :)

Answer 6

It's happening at an accelerating rate.

I saw on the news that the arctic ice shelf might actually all melt this summer and then it will return this winter.

I mean hurricanes have already started coming and they are stronger and more destructible than ever because of the warming ocean waters.

Answer 7

yes.. the earth's temperature has laready increased by 0.6 degrees C but is expected to increase by 1.5-2 degrees C soon.. some scientists say GW will decrease by 2050 when the CFCs lifetime comes to an end.. however, we still need to decrease our GHG emissions in order to improve the ozone layer

Answer 8

The planet goes through perioid warming and cooling phases (not "face"!) and has been both warmer and cooler than it is today...

However, this is NOT what is meant by "global warming". Like many complex issues, humans use short, handy terms to refer to them (e.g. the "Cold War" was neither cold nor a war...). The term "global warming" refers to the rapid change in the average surface (i.e. the top few tens of kilometres of atmosphere, land and ocean) of the Earth that, in turn, is causing significant disruptions to weather patterns (unusually cold, wet, dry, hot, etc).

Some skeptics take the term "global warming" literally and try to confuse the issue by saying the planet has warmed before - this has nothing to do with the issue of GW.

The term also includes the theory that this rapid change is mainly caused by human activities, particularly, the release of atmospheric pollutants especially from burning fossil fuels.

All the facts agree that the planet has warmed up at an incredibly fast rate (perhaps the fastest in the history of the planet) in the last 100 years and that this rate is accelerating.

The majority of facts point to human activity as being the primary cause of this warming.

So, in short:

Yes, GW is happening.

No, it is not a natural phase - it is quite different from previous warm periods.

Yes, humans are affecting our world.

Again, no, it is not a phase or part of a cycle.

Edit:

Please try and use your own intelligence and ability to research and think before swallowing some of the lies - yes, they are absolute falsehoods - that some skeptics push. For example:

mr cool says:

"Al Gore made 300 Million dollars off the movie ". Even if there were no production and distribution costs and even if Gore took all the profit, this is not possible. Global revenues from the film were only $49m.

He also uses errors in the film and Gore's personal life as his only reasons to disbelieve in GW.

Let's get things clear: Al Gore is a politician and a popularist who has made millions of (Americans) more aware of the issues. He did not do the science, did not come up with the theory and is not the only person worried about GW.

Getting all your information from the film AIT is like saying you understand oceanography because you watched "Finding Nemo"!

Patriot, on the other hand, is an example of the selfish skeptic - the person who won't do anything that inconveniences himself until absolutely everybody else in the world does it first - America used to pride itself on showing the way, of taking the moral high ground and being the first to correct wrongs - this "patriot" is content to watch America be dragged behind like a reluctant puppy.

Also note that the skeptics rarely, if ever, give links to the sources of their lies - use your own sense: Who are these people the patriot refers to - the "people who fly around in private jets" - look around on this forum alone; I think you will find many people who don't have private jets, are worried about GW and are doing something about it.

Answer 9

It doesn't matter whether or not global warming is happening it just matters what you do about it. We can either do something about it or not do something about it. If we do something about it and are wrong then we lose money. If we do something about it and are right then we save the world from impending doom. If wedo nothing about it and are right then we save money, if we do nothing and are wrong then the world is thrown into anarchy and chaos. So the it isn't whether or not to belive in it, it is to act or not.

And the my point is to save the planet from possible world chaos we should act.

Answer 10

Yes! Global Warming is really happening!

To Understand all about Global Warming and why some people agree while others disagree... Visit this link on a called COzero: http://www.cozero.net/content/globalwarm...

it's really informative and it absolutely changed my perspective and actions on Global Warming.  

The following is my personal gist on the subject: (but i definitely think you should visit the site above and its home page to make your own opinion.)



The Best way to TAKE ACTION is by letting others know this isn't a hoax.

Global Warming is for REAL!!  Most are in denial because they don't want to take responsibility for our Planet. While it’s a fact that GLOBAL WARMING is ALL our faults... but if we act now we can all do our parts in reversing it as much as possible. :) Help TAKE ACTION!

I'm particularly fond of this Carbon Emissions Company called COzero.

At this site you choose your country and then can calculate your personal carbon emissions and actually offset them.

If you go to this link: http://www.cozero.net/content/howtotakea...

They have a bunch of tips of what we can do to minimize our carbon emissions on a day-to-day basis. Like simply covering a pot when cooking to signing a petition for the local government to take action.

And to actually offset what we've contributed to our planet already, they sell what is called "Green-Power". When we purchase "Green-Power" we’re actually putting money into building and running Wind Farms. The Wind Farms produce CLEAN ENERGY!!! That means that we can still live in our normal society with electricity and all but we can do it by being virtually 100% more environmentally friendly!!

If everyone starts investing into these Wind Farms one by one we can eliminate the need for Carbon Emission producing plants that we are so dependant upon. Please

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