Global warming.
By wanderer086
@wanderer086 (759)
October 2, 2008 9:30am CST
Why is it that when the northern countries of the world are meant to be getting warmer because of global warming the UK has just had the coldest summer for 50 years? I believe that global warming is happening and we do everything we can as a family to help t stop it getting any worse but I would have enjoyed a good warm, dry summer for a change. Over the last 2 years we seem to have ad nothing but rain and floods.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
2 Oct 08
Actually the equation is usually not so simple. What global warming does is that it melts the glaciers? So the seas actually get colder near the glaciers as when the glacier is solid it remains at a temperature which is around 4 degrees rather than 0 degrees as is usually assumed. But, when it melts it actually reaches the 0 degree mark, so the countries which have a good sea breeze and which are away from the equators, would actually experience a slight drop in temperature.
It is due to such complications that there are a lot of people who sit on the fence as it is not clear whether it is actually warming or whether it is actually cooling. To top it all, there is no guarantee that measures that we take now can alter the damage that has already been done.
Cheers!
Ram
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@wanderer086 (759)
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17 Oct 08
I think if we try to recycle and use less energy it will do no harm and it could do a lot of good. Scientists will always argue about everything so we can only do what we think is right. Thankyou for your response.
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@john_essex (199)
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22 Oct 08
Rain and floods is one of the effects that climate change scientists predicted. Dont forget that it is AVERAGE GLOBAL temperatures that are going up, there will always be variations at local levels and for particular years. No one can predict what the weather will be like next year, or even in the next five years.
There are many good reasons other than global warming as to why we should reduce our CO2 output - energy security, efficiency, finite oil resserves etc. It sounds like you are already taking action to reduce your CO2 output, if we all took some small steps to reduce our CO2 then collectively we can make a big difference.
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@wanderer086 (759)
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22 Oct 08
As a family we do try to do as much as we can for the environment. Unfortunately the British government has a long way to go before they have got their act together on the environment. We are far behind the efforts of the rest of Europe. Thankyou for your response.
@grandpa_lash (5225)
• Australia
7 Nov 08
I'm sorry I missed this discussion when you started it. I like the explanation given in the first response. My main addition would be that although scientists with different vested interests (and paymasters) might argue over the anomalies, one couldn't do a lot worse than to ask the inhabitants of low lying Pacific islands about the effects of the warming to date. I looked at a map recently which shows what parts of the world would be covered if global warming creates the expected (currently, that is, it changes with monotonous regularity) sea level rises. Large parts of the highly populated coastal areas of places around the world will be inundated, and almost all the Pacific islands will disappear. If it reaches the level predicted by doomsayers, we might be looking up J. G. Ballard's books to learn how to cope.
Lash
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@besthope44 (12123)
• India
29 Aug 10
Well there are many reasons for global warming, one main is methane..
