Global warming

desert_RAT

Do you think this is a real deal or not

lumpy

It's real all right.

Ottis

It is obviously real. If one does not see it as real, one needs to be checked out by appropriate medical personel.

There is no proof that without human interferance the earth's temperatures, etc. would change.

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lumpy

Global warming isn't going to destroy the earth. It'll cause sea levels to rise and flood coastal areas. Millions will be displaced by the flooding of cities worldwide. Dry areas will become drier. The American grain belt won't get enough rain and crops will fail there and in much of the world. Deserts will expand and place even more strain on the food supply. Wet areas will get even more rain and storms will be more violent and more common.

There will be millions of starving homeless people - if that's not a recipe for disaster and world strife, I don't know what is.

The worlds not going to end. But if you have kids, it'll be a much harder life for them then we have it now.

MountainPro

surprise, surprise..

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limerickman

Agreed.

And the rate at which the deterioration is setting in appears to be quickening.

I see Britain will not meet it's CO2 emmissions target - goverments need to act and need to be seen to act.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets" - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

MountainPro

you have no point to make here either...

Bush says "blah blah", you say "blah blah"..

at least Bush's idiocy has a kind of humorous originality to it...your stupudity is just boring.

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MountainPro

big guy is an insult?

surely you as a proud citizen of the US are familiar with the phrase 'bigger is better'

anyway, why are you so obsessed with big guys?

is there something you would like to share with the group?

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MountainPro

'conf used' is one word

'never mind' isnt.

i am not surprised that you are confused...

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lumpy

Although local temperatures fluctuate naturally, over the past 50 years the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history. And experts think the trend is accelerating: the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990. Scientists say that unless we curb global warming emissions, average U.S. temperatures could be 3 to 9 degrees higher by the end of the century.
Global warming is already causing damage in many parts of the United States. In 2002, Colorado, Arizona and Oregon endured their worst wildfire seasons ever. The same year, drought created severe dust storms in Montana, Colorado and Kansas, and floods caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in Texas, Montana and North Dakota. Since the early 1950s, snow accumulation has declined 60 percent and winter seasons have shortened in some areas of the Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington.

Of course, the impacts of global warming are not limited to the United States. In 2003, extreme heat waves caused more than 20,000 deaths in Europe and more than 1,500 deaths in India. And in what scientists regard as an alarming sign of events to come, the area of the Arctic's perennial polar ice cap is declining at the rate of 9 percent per decade.

# Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages in the American West.

# Rising sea levels will lead to coastal flooding on the Eastern seaboard, in Florida, and in other areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico.

# Warmer sea surface temperatures will fuel more intense hurricanes in the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

# Forests, farms and cities will face troublesome new pests and more mosquito-borne diseases.

# Disruption of habitats such as coral reefs and alpine meadows could drive many plant and animal species to extinction.



I got that here: http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/f101.asp#2

although you might like this site better: http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/

MountainPro

oh dear, you really seem to have big problems with the English language...

i suppose in your brain this all somehow makes some kind of crazy sense.

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limerickman

Actually, mean temperature rates have risen expotentially during the last 100 years, compared to centuries before.

Average temperatures have risen 2.5 degrees celsius in the last 100 years.

You do do mathematics there in Kindergarden, don't ya?

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets" - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

MountainPro

lim, he struggles with basic English skills, how the hell do you expect him to cope with 'exponentially'...i have heard of steep learning curves but that one is almost vertical.

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limerickman

Sorry!

Plain english is required.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets" - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.