We accept that global warming is occuring . Do you think it is from the galaxy weather cycles?
466832
No, I don't think there are galaxy weather cycles.\n\nOK so, maybe there are, but not necessary for explaining ice ages.
315973
Actually we are going for Global Warming, where all teh Ice is going to melt and probably flood alot of places, the atmosphere is gettinng thinner and more ultra violates are entering earth. P.S. did you see any Acorns? Keep looking for it...
1177252
Yes, global warming has started and finished and started and finished.\n\nThe earth has been much warmer before and much colder.  It will be both much warmer and much colder again many times.
142525
I have no doubt about the fact that the planet is warming up. But it has warmed up and cooled down throughout the history of the planet. It even did this before humans were around. Who was to blame for it then? Nature, same as today. More greenhouse gases are released by natural means (without human involvement) each year than what humans have contributed over the last 10 years.
1085632
It is too early to tell but with Global Warming the chances are getting better and better!\nBut it would be pretty weak.
1173864
No. There are plenty of other theories. The EPA can't and hasn't proven any of their theories. Even a Harvard scientist said that we may just be recovering from a mini Ice Age that caused famine for 400 years (Ireland's potato famine). Who am I supposed to believe? I am not scared, although I do believe it is a good time to start reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Who knows what the cause of "global warming" is? Oh well. Let's just reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There's nothing harmful in that.
967930
The earth has historically gone through cyclical climate changes and we my or my not be going through one now. As to what is causing this, we can only speculate. I don't think that all of the SUVs or hair spray in the world is going to change our climate.
3501
Depends on how you look at it..we seem to be in the effects of global warming..that does mean that the planet as a whole is warming up... but there are areas..where..global warming means more severe temperatures and weather as well..it certainly is hard to tell what the planet is doing on its own and what exactly we as humans have done to cause changes..I would say nope we are not near another ice age..it really wasn't that long ago that we did have an ice age..
814336
Global warming is happening, 100%, there is no evidence the other way.  The only poblem with the data is the lack of data, we need more of it, more research.\n\nTell your teacher this:\n\nCO2 is 30% higher than it has been for 650,000 years. Methane is 130% greater. These are two of the main pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in excess, and they are two of the primary greenhouse gases.\n\nLook at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years. In fact, the 10 hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990, with 2005 being the hottest, and 2006 is shaping up to maybe break that record.\n(see links below)\n\nHow's that for proof of man's fault in this? There is ample proof, any real scientist will tell you that.\n\nThere has NEVER been an article doubting man's influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.\n\nYes, the earth naturally heats and cools, but the rate and amount we are warming now is unprecedented in the recent geologic past. We are doing this, and we must stop it. This is not some political statement or rhetoric. This is science trying to educate a crass, ignorant public of the damage they are doing. The magnitude of temperature increase ALREADY is about 10x that of the 'little ice age' of the middle ages, and rate and amount are only going up. \n\nJust to be clear, glacial and interglacial cycles are mainly controlled by astronomical fluctuations, but we have a detailed record of the last 7 cycles, and what the climate and CO2 is doing now is way different and extreme. The rate of increase is much higher than in the past AND the value itself is much higher.\n\nHI CO2: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467420.stm\nHOCKEY STICK: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5109188.stm\nGeneral climate stuff: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3897061.stm
181267
It is indeed a threat...But so is global warming....have you noticed the weird weather lately?
722880
All of the following sites allow that global warming is a reality. What makes them somewhat refreshing is that they do not automatically assume man is the cause of global warming (they do not dismiss it, either) and attempt to objectively pursue all sides of the argument.\n\nhttp://test.weathereye.org/expert/warming/\nhttp://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=942400#post942400\nhttp://www.gcrio.org/ipcc/qa/index.htm\nhttp://www.gcrio.org/ocp99/toc.html\nhttp://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/Index.jsp\nhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/paleostory.html\nhttp://www.marshall.org/subcategory.php?id=9\n\nHope this helps!
941269
Now its the whole universe?  I thought we were only destroying our own planet and now it is the whole universe?  I suppose now your gonna say we are responsible for the whole universe warming and not just the earth!
234985
It is clear that we are in a period of Global Warming.  The average temperatures are rising.  That is a fact.\n\nIf you mean, are we suffering from a man-made global warming, that is a tougher question.  A lot of experts have debated this and disagree.  Here in Florida, we have had two really bad hurricane seasons in a row, and a lot of people are scared that this is because of "Global Warming" but the experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric agency are reporting record warm temperatures and at the same time are downplaying the man-made causes by saying there is no "proof"\n\nAn interesting thing that may happen is that Europe may go through a mini ice age because of this warming.  There is an oceanic conveyor belt that helps distribute heat throughout the world.  This belt ends up in the Artic near Europe.  When the polar ice caps melt, there is an influx of fresh water that changes the salinity in the ocean up there.  This breaks that belt and so the warmth stays in the other portions of the globe.  There was a great special on this a couple of months ago on the History channel.\n\nI don't know if we are causing the Global Warming, but I do know that we are trashing our environment and we should be a lot better consumers so that our children and grand children will have a vibrant and healthy world to live in!
992609
No, becasue, if you ever watch old shows from the 70's.. they were all hyped up that there was an ice age coming. odd how we suddenly changed it into global warming? yes.\n    if you actually study charts of the history of our planet's heating and cooling over time, its quite normal for earth to heat up and cool down by a few degrees over a couple hundred years. \n    do you know where the big concern is? 1.5 degrees on average. Over 200 years. of course a BIT of it might have been influenced by the coming of the industrial revolution, but as already mentioned on here, volcanoes etc give way more crap into the atmosphere than we ever did. and besides.. with all the tree huggers etc businesses arent allowed to put nearly as much gas into the atmposhere as before. we're almost cleaner than before the industrial revolution. we dont use coal furnaces... everything is cleaner on the whole. \n       and also.. i always find this funny...if you look up the past ice ages... you'll notice how the tempurature rises for a time steeply.. then plunges. i forget the interval of years exactly... but i do know we're ready... and guess what? then temps rising. i'd be moving towards the equator, not the poles in coming centuries. \n\n      besides... how could ppl make money in the news etc if they didnt make a big hype about something so non-effecting as global warming? they should at least get their information straight and threaten us about an ice age. then maybe you can beleive them.\n\nif all else fails people... DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH! dont trust what everyone else says. you cant even tell where the facts are coming from.
702213
honestly global warming is a big f'n lie. If anyone knew anything about meterological weather history, they would know this "overall world warm up" happens all the time, along with the "overall world cool down" if you knew anything about science in that area, you probably wouldnt be a crazy liberal. PS, driving a enviornlementaly friendly car isnt going to do squat.
843194
No, temperatures are going up due to Global Warming.\n\nCO2 is 30% higher than it has been for 650,000 years. Methane is 130% greater. These are two of the main pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in excess, and they are two of the primary greenhouse gases.\n\nLook at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years. In fact, the 10 hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990, with 2005 being the hottest, and 2006 is shaping up to maybe break that record.\n(see links below)\n\nHow's that for proof of man's fault in this? There is ample proof, any real scientist will tell you that.\n\nThere has NEVER been an article doubting man's influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.\n\nYes, the earth naturally heats and cools, but the rate and amount we are warming now is unprecedented in the recent geologic past. We are doing this, and we must stop it. This is not some political statement or rhetoric. This is science trying to educate a crass, ignorant public of the damage they are doing. The magnitude of temperature increase ALREADY is about 10x that of the 'little ice age' of the middle ages, and rate and amount are only going up. \n\nJust to be clear, glacial and interglacial cycles are mainly controlled by astronomical fluctuations, but we have a detailed record of the last 7 cycles, and what the climate and CO2 is doing now is way different and extreme. The rate of increase is much higher than in the past AND the value itself is much higher.\n\nHI CO2: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467420.stm\nHOCKEY STICK: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5109188.stm\nGeneral climate stuff: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3897061.stm
842857
Yes, it's a climate thing.