Global warming

[Skink]

Yeah but,,,I put 14 inchs of concrete over it???

[BlueCat]

I think it exists to a much milder extent than what some people make it out to be. I don't think its going to kill us for quite a while.

Ok fair enough so WHY do you feel this way? After reading the posts above why do YOU feel it exists to a milder extent? What evidence have you read that supports this?

[dutch.lover]

i don't agree with you IAMEATINGJAM, but I really hope that turns out to be true, for our sakes and our childrens sakes.

[Bob the Awesome]

I remember hearing about the polar bear thing on NPR the other day, and that bothers me. Not only are they dying out, but it was stated that, even though their numbers are dwindling, they are having trouble getting them added to the endagered species list. That's troublesome.

I read the associated press article, and that alone is enough to convince me, if Bush is purposely ignoring the evidence. I'm moderate but seeing as how Bush has pretty much messed everything up (See: Iraq, U.S. Economy, No Child Left Behind) I'm about ready to immediately oppose whatever position he holds.

I still won't claim to know what exactly is causing it, or to what extent: However, if the polar bears are dying due to ice caps breaking up, that right there is alarming. I'm still not 100% convinced but I'm definitely quicker to think it's happening in some capacity than not because of the polar bears.

I'm really interested in finding out how the Earth's temperature should be changing, and how it is changing... might have to look that up sometime.

[TheKidThatLovesMary]

Hey we all have to die some time, wether it be by cancer, heart attack, car accident, or global warming. Why waste your time worrying about the world ending when you have hardly any impact on what will happen. You only get to live once so i say take full advantage of it and live it to the fullest.

[dutch.lover]

you have hardly any impact on what will happen.

if only that were true. humans are causing global warming, so humans can also stop it (ideally). we can reduce our impact by lowering our CO2 emissions. don't drive as often, use public transit, hold companies that pollute a lot accountable, force your governments to develop real goals for lowering pollution, etc.

[TheKidThatLovesMary]

if only that were true. humans are causing global warming, so humans can also stop it (ideally). we can reduce our impact by lowering our CO2 emissions. don't drive as often, use public transit, hold companies that pollute a lot accountable, force your governments to develop real goals for lowering pollution, etc.

ya im 15 not that this should make any difference in what im doing but it does put a hold on how many things i can do to help such as car emissions but i have talked to people about lowering there emissions in there house by what al gore brings up in his movie and on his site at www.climatecrisis.net and i do encourage alot of my friends to watch it and visit that site.

[BlueCat]

ya im 15 not that this should make any difference in what im doing but it does put a hold on how many things i can do to help such as car emissions but i have talked to people about lowering there emissions in there house by what al gore brings up in his movie and on his site at www.climatecrisis.net and i do encourage alot of my friends to watch it and visit that site.

Good for you...you ARE the future

[BlueCat]

If past climate change is any indication, Earth could be in store for some significant global warming according to research published in the December 8, 2006, issue of the journal Science. The work suggests that climate change skeptics may be fighting a losing cause.

The study, led by Mark Pagani, associate professor of geology and geophysics at Yale, looked at an episode of rapid climate change that occurred some 55 million years ago. Known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), the period was marked by a rapid rise in greenhouse gases that heated Earth by roughly 9° F (5° C), in less than 10,000 years. The climate warming caused widespread changes including mass extinction in the world's oceans due to acidification and shifts of plant communities due to changes in rainfall. The era helped set the stage for the "Age of Mammals," which included the first appearance of modern primates.

The research, based on fossil records of terrestrial plants and oceanic plankton, suggests that the world's climate is highly sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, finding that a doubling of CO2 concentrations can raise global temperatures by at least 4 ºF (2.2 ºC). Current projections show that natural background atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are expected to double around mid-century due to fossil fuel combustion.

â??We can tell that the amount of carbon released to the atmosphere and ocean was more or less the same as what is available today as coal, oil, and gas,â?� said Dr. Ken Caldeira, co-author of the study and a researcher at the Carnegie Institutionâ??s Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University in California. â??The carbon heated up the Earth for over 100,000 years. If the climate was as insensitive to CO2 as the climate skeptics claim, there would be no way to make the Earth so warm for so long.â?�

http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1207-petm.html

[Bejagins]

Hey the US government says that it doesnt exist but. I do belive that this winter has proved that it does exist. i live in OHIO and there has not been any snow at all and its the end of december??????? I have never seen no snow at all before until this year. Its fucking crazy man

i live in alaska, and for the past couple of years it has been terriable winters (no snow) but this winter we are getting tons :dance: :dance: