What are your beliefs on Global warming and do u think that it is a real prob. or is it a natural cycle?

Question

What are your beliefs on Global warming and do u think that it is a real prob. or is it a natural cycle?

Answer 1

All climate modelers must build their models based upon our current understanding of how the climate system works. Therefore, if there is some important - but as yet poorly understood - process that they are missing, they will all tend to make the same error. Past evidence for this is the tendency for climate models to drift away from a realistic climate over time. This suggests that it takes a higher level of understanding to capture the intricate processes that stabilize the climate system.

The most important example of this lack of understanding is, in my view, how precipitation systems control the Earth's natural greenhouse effect, over 90% of which is due to water vapor and clouds. The Earth's total greenhouse effect is not some passive quantity that can be easily modified by mankind adding a little carbon dioxide -- it is instead being constantly limited by precipitation systems, which remove water vapor and adjust cloud amounts to keep the total greenhouse effect consistent with the amount of available sunlight. Our understanding of this limiting process is still quite poor, and likely not represented in climate models.

The vast majority of climate scientists are not climate modelers, and they will tend to go along with what the modelers say. After all, it is the modelers who are supposed to gather all of the specialized knowledge of how weather processes operate, and then represent them in a computer program (model) of how the whole climate system behaves. Thus, there is an element of "group think" that keeps scientific biases entrenched in the research community as a whole.

Answer 2

Hmm, I go with 95 percent REAL problem and 5 percent natural cycle. Global Warming is caused by a LOT of factors, and probably the biggest contributor is fumes, bad bad fumes given out by automobiles, aircraft and stuff like that. And these stuff come from people, so it isn't really a "natural" phase of changing that the Earth goes through. But on the other hand, I guess it also has something to do with nature making her own path.. take this for example: Sheep in New Zealand contribute to Global Warming. HOw? They f**t and give of loads of methane, hehe. Yeah, but it's a real threat. Imagine if it gets worse: Ocean levels rising (which means less land for us), heat waves and skin cancer, unpredictable weather.. pretty ugly

Answer 3

The worlds best climate scientists don't think it's a natural cycle, so there's no reason why anyone who isn't a climate scientists should say confidently "I know better, it's just a natural cycle" unless they are profoundly arrogant.

Answer 4

Natural cycle, but we are not helping the situation much either.

Answer 5

If you have lived 100 years ago, say in Saudi Arabia would you be concerned and ask the same question? Today, humans are still the same but the awareness has increased several times over than 100 years before. It is simply because the minds that is the community is a collective attitudes of the constituents compressed into one known as the society that voiced environmental awareness. The awareness has increased several times over simply because the population has increased that has to sense the environmental changes and realities. Cycle? Absolutely.

Answer 6

It's a real problem.  Normally it's a natural cycle, but this time is different.  See the link below for an explanation of how we know this.

Answer 7

Global Warming is a myth. Global Dimming isnt.

Answer 8

I will answer this as I always have---- show me the LONG TERM satellite data and I will believe it--- ground station data is highly suspect--- plus 70% of the planet is covered with water --- so not as many temp measuring stations.

In another 15-20 years the answer will present itself from the SAT data.

Answer 9

Natural cycle affected only like 1% by humans

Answer 10

Glaciers and ice covered America all the way to Arkansas.  The earth has had many ice ages and BINGO, it all melted...gone and no coal fired power plants, SUVs and evil Americans creating carbon footprints.  The earth has been cooling since 1998.  Betcha you won't hear that from ABC, CBS and NBC .......There is a taxation agenda at work here..by the way, currently the ice packs at the poles are larger and thicker than they have been in years.  We are being lied to.