Is global warming avoidable?

Question

Is global warming avoidable?

Answer 1

Only if you can figure out a way to stop the sun from getting warmer every year.

Answer 2

it can be if we take action now, yes part is natural but the other half isn't. the other half is us! besides why would u wanna keep polluting the air and Ur pocket book with high gas prices and such?

Answer 3

Partly avoidable.  Nature has its own system of correcting the upheavals in its ambiance.  But human beings are not taking care of the little world they are living in.  Destruction of forests, uncontrolled use/misuse of natural resources, spewing of CO2 from activities connected with power generation, construction of concrete jungles and monstro-cities for our ever increasing population etc.

If we take corrective measures now we can save the world from decay and destruction.  Some time ago, Climate change was a hotly debated subject and there were many critics but most of them are sheepishly agreeing that climate change is real due to scientific studies and proofs and that it has to be dealt with by the present day generation.  Now it is the turn of global warming.

Glaciers are melting fast,  flooded rivers are causing soil erosion and depositing it in sea beds, sea level is rising, low lying islands are getting submerged, tribals/coastal habitats rehabilitation is proving costly, bio-diversity is causing disappearance of rare and tender species of flora and fauna, arctic ice blocks in Greenland are cracking up etc.  We cannot afford to brush aside these noticeable changes that are affecting man kind and even if it is at micro level, human beings must make their own attempts to stem the rot.  Otherwise, our future generations will curse us for not effecting online course correction to our living habits.  We must rationally reduce over exploitation of natural resources so that some, some of it will remain for them also.

Answer 4

Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century, and its projected continuation.

The average global air temperature near the Earth's surface increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 100 years ending in 2005.[1] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes "most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas concentrations"[1] via an enhanced greenhouse effect. Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes probably had a small warming effect from pre-industrial times to 1950 and a small cooling effect from 1950 onward.[2][3]

These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at least 30 scientific societies and academies of science,[4] including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.[5][6][7] While individual scientists have voiced disagreement with some findings of the IPCC,[8] the overwhelming majority of scientists working on climate change agree with the IPCC's main conclusions.[9][10]

Climate model projections summarized by the IPCC indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century.[1] This range of values results from the use of differing scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions as well as models with differing climate sensitivity. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming and sea level rise are expected to continue for more than a thousand years even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilized. The delay in reaching equilibrium is a result of the large heat capacity of the oceans.[1]

Increasing global temperature is expected to cause sea level to rise, an increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, and significant changes to the amount and pattern of precipitation. Other expected effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade routes, glacier retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

Remaining scientific uncertainties include the amount of warming expected in the future, and how warming and related changes will vary from region to region around the globe. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but there is ongoing political and public debate worldwide regarding what, if any, action should be taken to reduce or reverse future warming or to adapt to its expected consequences.

Answer 5

Global warming is natural.  The fact that it's unpredictable is upsetting to alarmists, who take great pride in creating false fear for themselves.  

There's no reason to be concerned about it, or to waste money trying to avoid it.

Answer 6

No. It's natural.  We are at the mercy of the climate on this planet and have no effect on it at all.

Answer 7

It's more just natural fluctuations of the earth's temperature.  If you look at a large-scale graph, you'll see we're about due for a warmer period.

If you believe it's from man-made causes, then changing our ways could reduce it.  After doing a bunch of research on it recently, my opinion is that it's more natural.

Answer 8

No, wants it is done you cannot avoid the global warming.

But maintain more on not to caused the global warming

Answer 9

No, it's not.

Answer 10

It depends if you believe that global warming is man-made or if it's a natural process.  If it's man-made then yes, the effects of global warming can be reversed by changing human habits.  If it's a natural process, then no, there's no way to avoid it.

Answer 11

it's already started and we're screwed unless we change like... now!

Answer 12

nope. it's a natural earth cycle, accelerated or slowed by natural disasters or lack thereof, and are often short lived.

we are already cooling down. and have been for a few years now.

a worse worry is global cooling - the disastrous effects of which would be much more devasting and also occur quicker than warming.

in the late 70s we were 'entering the next ice age' scientists and pundits screeched from the radios and tvs and newspapers.

also do a little research about where the temperature gauges were placed that contributed to the hockey chart analysis. (like next to the air conditioner exhaust sticking out of a window; in the middle of the parking lot etc etc)

did you know that the little ice age in the 1700s is why the crops failed and peasants were starving and that's mostly why there was the french revolution?

Answer 13

The planet is changing/warming on its own, and we are accelerating it at the same time time.  So no, it is unavoidable.  This is not the first time our planet has warmed...

Answer 14

People don't understand how global warming or global cooling works.

There is no solution without first fully comprehending the problem .