Climate Change:
Will Global Warming Create "The End Of The World"
The signs of global warming on our planet are becoming more evident as the days go by. The recent ice melts in Greenland, Antarctica, and in the Arctic Ocean are the most visible effects of global warming.
Scientists have determined that greenhouse gases are responsible for the majority of these global warming issues. Carbon dioxide is the culprit, and the burning of fossil fuels has created this carbon dioxide laced witch’s brew that floats around in our atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide takes roughly 100 years to disperse in the atmosphere, which means that we have carbon dioxide still floating around in our atmosphere from the early 20th century, and every metric ton that we pump into the atmosphere today will take at least 100 years to dissipate.
Roughly 30% of the sun’s energy that reaches the earth is reflected back into space. How much of this solar radiation that is absorbed and how much of it that is reflected affects global temperatures. Scientific calculations suggest that human produced particulate matter has had a cooling effect on our climate, as these particles in the atmosphere reflect energy, thereby mitigating some of the warming effects of greenhouse gases. From 1945 to 1975 the planet has experienced a slight cooling in overall temperatures, and has been steadily rising since 1998.
Average temperatures on the planet earth have risen 1.4°F since 1880, with much of this being attributed to the Industrial Revolution. The decade between the year 2000 and 2009 was the hottest decade on record, with 8 of the hottest 10 years on record having occurred since that time.
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment has concluded that over the last 50 years, the average temperatures of Alaska, Eastern Russia and Western Canada have increased by as much as 7°F, which is almost twice the global average.
Ocean acidification is becoming a major problem on our planet. 30 to 40% of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans, raising the pH level of these waters. This in turn affects the calcification of shell fish and coral reefs as the calcium carbonate ion is absorbed at super-saturating concentrations, affecting ocean life throughout the world.
A coral reef is a highly diverse ecosystem, often described as the rain forest of the sea. They are home to approximately 25% of all species of marine life, including fish, mollusks, worms, crustaceans, sponges as well as other forms of sea life.
Coral reefs around the world are in rapid decline, as the effects of ocean acidification take their toll.
What it all boils down to is this. Human activity on the planet earth has a direct correlation to global warming, as all evidence points to the fact that greenhouse gases are responsible for the rising global temperatures of recent decades.
With ocean acidification threatening life in the sea, rising temperatures on the planet creating ice melts of ancient ice, the effect that this is having on recent storm activity, i.e. massive hurricanes and floods, is extremely detrimental to our planet.
Earth has seen a major in increase in the frequency of earthquakes measuring 5.0 or larger on the Richter scale, and combined with recent volcanic activity leads one to wonder if this all isn’t connected somehow.
If things don’t change soon, perhaps we will see the end of the world as we know it. One thing’s for certain, we need to reduce the amount of fossil fuels that we burn on this planet, in an effort to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Hopefully this will reverse the effects of global warming to some degree.
Think Globally, Act Locally.
Article by Jim Donahue
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Hi guys , we are wasting time discuss all this , the problem and cancer in our planet is calling POLITICIANS , once we exterminates them , Earth will be back a paradise again. look all the facts in our world effects and we can see politics hand on it. Meery Xmas .
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So, Jim, can you tell us what you’ve done in your own life to become “carbon neutral”? Have you given up all fossil fueled travel? When you visit the kids in Nevada, do you use bicycles? I hope you aren’t taking unnecessary fossil fueled flights.
See, this is what it all boils down to: you Warmists yammer on and on, but, you never get beyond that and practice what you preach. When you act like it’s a crisis, I might believe it’s a crisis.
BTW, the part which links volcanoes and earthquakes to AGW? Loony.
Hi William, I just paid a visit to pirate’s cove. Nice to see some sanity amongst all the hot air. Loved the X-Mas babe photos. Argh, Happy Holidays to ye scurvy.
What you fail to realize Mr. Teach is that I am just reporting scientific information, and have not made up my mind as to the causes of the current global warming situation. You naysayers and the al gores of the world can debate why, but the fact is, it is happening, and I don’t care why, only that it is happening. However, I have been recycling for 15 years now, and I only send maybe 1 bag of garbage to the landfill every 2 weeks. My diesel truck runs on used cooking oil, and is very cheap to run, although it does create emissions. I have 2 solar panels on my house, but in the summer I still have to purchase electricity because of air conditioning. You have every right to not believe the scientists and their drivel, and I call it drivel because I don’t care why, only that. Have you done anything to help the situation, or are you just running your mouth.
I hadn’t realized that climate change can now be seen over a period of days and that “carbon dioxide takes roughly 100 years to disperse in the atmosphere”. I couldn’t read anymore after that because I was laughing so hard at this anti-science nonsense that I nearly hurt myself.
Here’s 2 links for you Windy. If you don’t believe it, that is your option. I am not saying that I believe it either, just that it is happening.
http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-global-warming
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/causes.html
You may find some interesting info there, unless you have your mind made up already, which I think you do.
The Earth’s average temperature is effected much more by the natural cycles of the Sun and the Earth’s shifting orbit due to the gravity of Jupiter than trace gases emitted by civilization. Tree ring evidence has revealed that there were times in the past when it was much hotter than it is now, yet all the evidence is ignored in favor of a 1 degree rise recently that is over-emphasised to justify grant money. Our short lives do not give us a proper viewpoint on natural sine-wave cycles that take hundreds and thousands of years to play out. We have not been collecting data for long enough to see the long term picture and yet over-react to short term trends. As many legitimate scientists (who are NOT paid by Big Oil) have said “Global Warming is the modern equivalent of a pseudoscience like Astrology.” Billions of dollars wasted on alarmist theories that could be better spent on finding ways to “adapt” to the Earth’s ever-changing climate, which has been changing for over 4 billion years now and will continue to do so with or without us.
Most problem has been the Water pollution because, w/o healthy & abundant Ocean’s Flora, Biosphere losses capability to control CO2 level. + keep in mind, Oxygen share in the Atmosphere goes down too.
The burning of fossil fuels is the primary cause of global warming, but it is not the CO2 that is the culprit. It is the heat released by the combustion of fossil fuels and nuclear power. Nuclear power contributes twice the total heat as its electrical output and is not an acceptable alternate energy source. It will take some time before renewables can replace fossil and nuclear energy, but in the meantime let’s stop the wasteful efforts to capture and sequester CO2. CO2 actually helps the environment (heat-wise) by converting 5000 btus per pound of CO2 into stored energy like trees. And let’s stop promoting nuclear plants.
You make a valid point sir, but the excess CO2 in our atmosphere has created the hole in the ozone layer, allowing more radiation into the Earth atmosphere, somewhat creating the warming effect. Now I would not dismiss your theory, and I have only heard it bandied about very quietly, but please do not abandon fossil fuel cos emissions as the primary cause of Global Warming. Nuclear energy sources pale in comparison to coal and other fossil fuel burning power plants.
I was not aware that CO2 affected the ozone layer. I thought it was Freon. At any rate we are agreed that fossil fuels must go, and if they do then it won’t matter whether it’s CO2 or heat that has been removed. Promoting capture and sequestration of CO2 is wasteful of time and money, but installation of more nuclear power is dangerous.
“end” for whom? My cat died between 4 and 5 AM 2012Dec21. World ended for him (not re gw
). Thousands more of many species (humans too) die today from global warming than would have without it. How many more depends on us. Act. Today.
Thank you for your comments Tony. Like I said, Think Globally, Act Locally.
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