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<b>Taj Daemun<br><i>Worship Me</b></i>
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=227
Commonwealth Technologies and Industries
Technically speaking, the average temperature of Earth has only changed one degree over the past 100 hundred years. At least that's what I was told by my geography teacher who also teaches weather.
Supreme Commander, Skygge's Empire
That is true, Killian; however, that one degree change is exponentially greater than the change in the past thousand years. There is no real scientifically evidenced doubt that global warming is happening; the real debate is over the ultimate effect.
Earth has a tendancy to balance itself out. Generally, when the earth gets warm enough, the poles melt enough to release fresh water into the oceans. This slows oceanic currents, cooling the northern and southern temperate areas and introducing a little ice age. Once the earth has cooled enough, and the fresh water has once again become salty, the currents will once again speed up and re-heat the temperate zones. So it becomes simply a cycle.
That was the prevailing theory (at least up to the end of 2005, when the college debate topic switched). I haven't looked into it much since then, but since history seems to bear out the theory, I'm inclined to stick with it.
Earth has a tendancy to balance itself out. Generally, when the earth gets warm enough, the poles melt enough to release fresh water into the oceans. This slows oceanic currents, cooling the northern and southern temperate areas and introducing a little ice age. Once the earth has cooled enough, and the fresh water has once again become salty, the currents will once again speed up and re-heat the temperate zones. So it becomes simply a cycle.
That was the prevailing theory (at least up to the end of 2005, when the college debate topic switched). I haven't looked into it much since then, but since history seems to bear out the theory, I'm inclined to stick with it.
Bounty Hunter
Global Warming is a scare-tactic dreamed up by Pro-Bear leftwing wacko's.
Commonwealth Technologies and Industries
Lol @ Beff.
And yes, Wes, that is true. But in order for that to happen we must cut our production of greenhouse gases. And by we I mean every country in the world. I know some steps are being taken, but the truth is that it isn't enough to fully combat the effects of greenhouse gases. The simple fact is that we have to do more than we do now.
And yes, Wes, that is true. But in order for that to happen we must cut our production of greenhouse gases. And by we I mean every country in the world. I know some steps are being taken, but the truth is that it isn't enough to fully combat the effects of greenhouse gases. The simple fact is that we have to do more than we do now.
The Slothful Padawan
Watch 'Inconvenient Truth'. Greenland will pwn our pants.
Back with a Vengeance
People will be hard pressed saying that Global Warming affects the intensity of hurricanes after this season.
Now watch me eat my words in the next month.
Now watch me eat my words in the next month.
Supreme Commander, Skygge's Empire
While I am in agreement that greenhouse gas production needs to be cut (go nuclear power), it is not for the purpose of curbing global warming. First, CO2 and SO2 balance each other out. Secondly, most of the CO2 goes into carbon sinks - such as the ocean and the rain forests. The amount of methane released is not enough to make much of a difference, and the same goes for water vapor. Looking at all of this, I have to take the politically incorrect step of saying that the majority of global warming is not caused by humans.
Imperial Baron-Admiral<br><i>I am more honourable than thou!</i>
There is a class on weather?
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Jedi Masterwan ... ... Shaken, Not Stirred
Yeah... we've got a bunch of dumb classes. Like... psychology. Psychology classes tend to be really, really stupid.
Weather classes are filler, like Geology. They're for people who don't want to take chem/physics for one reason or another.
Heck, there are even classes seriously entitled, "Weight Lifting." Those are much more obscure than weather. And then, in middle school, there's health... completely worthless class that everyone has to take due to state requirements.
:ohwell
Weather classes are filler, like Geology. They're for people who don't want to take chem/physics for one reason or another.
Heck, there are even classes seriously entitled, "Weight Lifting." Those are much more obscure than weather. And then, in middle school, there's health... completely worthless class that everyone has to take due to state requirements.
:ohwell
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