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Global warming is not caused by human CO2 emissions according to the authors. They claim that climate change propaganda wastes money that could be spent on more important issues and that CO2 is beneficial for plant life. While governments spend billions fighting climate change, weather stations are being closed. The authors also argue that glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica are growing thicker rather than melting.
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3. It asserts there is no scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming and cites several petitions and analyses that refute the claimed consensus.
4. It argues that CO2 is not a pollutant but rather a naturally occurring gas essential for life, and that levels have been much higher for most of earth's history without negative effects.
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This document summarizes and forwards an email from "S. Fred Singer" discussing various topics related to climate change and global warming. The email discusses recent news articles and studies that question the degree of scientific consensus around human-caused climate change. It argues that climate models have high uncertainties and that some climate alarmists have exaggerated risks and uncertainties to advocate for policy actions like the Kyoto Protocol. The document criticizes some climate scientists and activists for altering official reports to overstate evidence of climate impacts and for justifying advocacy as their role even when it compromises ethics and objectivity in journalism.
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Global warming
This document contains information about global warming including its causes, effects, facts, and methods for prevention. It acknowledges sources used to create the presentation and indicates it is for student benefit rather than commercial use. The contents section lists topics to be covered such as the definition of global warming, factors contributing to increased temperatures, impacts of climate change, and steps individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint. Pictures are also included to illustrate concepts. The presentation aims to educate about global warming issues.
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Scorching Mother Earth
Over the past century, scientists have gradually come to acknowledge that the Earth's average temperature is rising due to human activity. While early temperature increases were attributed to natural causes like solar activity, it became clear over time that the continued warming trend could not be explained without considering factors like the Industrial Revolution's massive burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. These human activities dramatically increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, enhancing the greenhouse effect and trapping more heat at the surface. Though changes will require global cooperation, steps like reforestation, transitioning to renewable fuels, and more efficient transportation can help reduce carbon emissions and mitigate further climate change.
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The document provides an overview and analysis of the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore. It summarizes the film's main arguments that present scientific evidence of the impacts of climate change. It also discusses some counterarguments made by skeptics of human-caused climate change. The document concludes by asking readers to make their own judgments on whether more action should be taken to address environmental issues like global warming.
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Global warming is caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. The evidence of global warming includes rising surface temperatures, extreme weather events, and melting glaciers and sea ice. If emissions are not reduced, global warming will have severe consequences like rising sea levels, worsening droughts and floods, and disrupted ecosystems. Individuals and governments need to take action by reducing emissions through changes like using renewable energy and fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Global warming is increasing the likelihood and severity of droughts in California. The frequency of drought years has doubled in the last 20 years due to higher temperatures rather than precipitation changes. Climate models project that by 2030, all dry years will coincide with warmer conditions, heightening drought risk. Previous droughts in California were not as severe, and future conservation efforts may not prevent water shortages as demand is already close to 1977 levels.
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Global warming is an increase in the earth's temperature caused by human activities that release greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. These gases trap heat and cause the greenhouse effect, rising global temperatures. Problems occur when higher concentrations of greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere from activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Human health can be adversely affected by global warming through changes to climate that allow diseases to spread more easily.
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Is the Threat of Global Warming Real?
The Wall Street Journal used to run an editorial in 2012 about the denial of global warming. This editorial showed that climate change was not real. However, it was written by many people who were not climate scientists themselves. One of them was Richard Lindzen, who was a global warming denier and at the same time a denier of the concept that smoking causes cancer (Prothero, 2012). With these kinds of people denying global warming and with the concrete evidence that global warming exists, the threat of global warming is real.
Definition of Global Warming
Global warming is defined as “the slow increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere” due to the “increased amount of heat energy striking the earth from the sun” which is trapped in the atmosphere instead of being radiated into space (WarmHeatWorldwide.org, 2018). The old term for global warming was “greenhouse effect” and the relatively new collective term is “climate change.”
Evidence for Global Warming
The answer to the 16 authors of the opinion editorial who denied the existence of global warming is a series of confirmed scientific evidence. One of this is a Feb. 2, 2012 confirmation of an 18-mile crack that appeared in Antarctica, and was later on confirmed to have been caused by heat (Prothero, 2012). It is interesting that this crack occurred only a few days after the editorial of the 16 authors denied the existence of global warming. Perhaps then, when one denies something, he will find all the evidence against it. However, one should understand that the final arbiter when it comes to evidence should be science, or empirical and verified information.
One of the first proofs that science offers in order to prove the existence of global warming is the temperature scale from the year 0 CE. The Moberg et al. plot of 2000 years shows the temperature increase since the year 1800 and the increase has been sharp (see Figure 1 below). One should also see that the Medieval Warm Period from 900-1200 AD was nothing compared to the warming since 1800 (Prothero, 2012). Temperature ranges from 1880 to the present from three independent sources also confirm the objective existence of global warming (see Figure 2 below).
Figure 1. Temperature of the earth.
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Figure 2. Temperature of the earth from 3 sources.
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Another proof of the reality and truth of global warming is the carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere in the last 200 years. In fact, the data for the carbon dioxide increase in the past 900 years has been derived from ice cores, tree rings, corals and many direct measurements. The carbon dioxide levels were relatively even since 10,000 years ago and even the past 1000 years. However, the last 200 years, when the Ind.
Climate Change Global Problematique
Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of Earth's near-surface air and water caused primarily by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases from human activities like burning fossil fuels. While we have evidence that ice caps are melting and carbon dioxide levels rising, some scientists disagree on whether humans are causing it or if it is part of a natural cycle. Regardless, most agree we are nearing a tipping point that could irreversibly change the Earth. The primary cause is carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. Individual actions like reducing energy use, reusing products, recycling, and purchasing carbon offsets can help address the problem.
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Introduction
Global warming is a problem that is affecting everybody all over the world. Its affects are felt in all parts of the world. It is a term that has been used to describe the gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere as well as its oceans. Global warming is permanently changing the Earth’s climate and if nothing is done to prevent it then the planet Earth with someday become inhabitable. Surprisingly, there are people who do not think that global warming is real because they have not witnessed its effect but various scientists agree that its effects are real. In order to control or prevent further occurrence of global warming, its main cause which is carbon dioxide should be reduced to the minimum in the atmosphere.
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Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide or CO2 and other trace gases like methane, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrous oxide and other pollutants collect in the atmosphere and absorb solar radiation that reflects back after bouncing off the surface of the earth. The gases form a “blanket-like” layer that prevents solar radiation from escaping into space (McMillan, 2016). The gases have the capacity to last for years or even centuries in the atmosphere trapping the solar radiation heat hence making the planet earth hotter than it should be. The greatest cause of global warming is carbon dioxide that is usually released when fossil fuels are burnt such as coal, emission from exhaust pipes of motor vehicles, and excessive cutting of trees.
Before the industrial revolution that paved way to large scale use of coal, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere were as a result of natural factors such as volcanic eruption and variation in the solar energy (aip.gov). However, the contribution of the natural factors to global warming was very minimal compared to anthropogenic factors later on. The large scale contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases may have begun when a British ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented the first and widely used steam engine that led to Industrial Revolution and wide scale use of coal (bbc.com). Coal burning is one of the major contributors of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
In 1824, French scientist explained that if the planet Earth did not have an atmosphere then its temperatures would be much lower. In 1861, John Tyndall a physicist indicated that water vapor and certain gases create the greenhouse effect (bbc.com). In 1896, Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist was the first to claim that the burning of fossil fuel may result in enhanced global warming. He proposed that there was a relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and temper ...
Global warming
The document summarizes the scientific evidence and consensus on climate change. It explains that human emissions of greenhouse gases are trapping heat and causing the planet to warm at a rate not seen in centuries. This is melting ice, raising sea levels, and shifting weather patterns in ways that threaten ecosystems and human communities. While uncertainties remain, most climate scientists agree that significant impacts are already occurring and will increase substantially if emissions are not reduced.
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- 1. Global Warming is not Real! By: Kurt Lesh, Kenny Strickland and Jose Hernandez
- 3. Global Warming Human contribution of Carbon Dioxide(CO2) is not responsible for global warming. This in fact is the biggest lie in the history of science. We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unneeded fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification.
- 5. Example: Environment Canada brags about spending $3.7 billion in the last five years dealing with climate change almost all on propaganda trying to defend an indefensible scientific position. At the same time closing weather stations and failing to meet legislated pollution targets.
- 7. We Need CO2! CO2 is plant food! When the earth was younger, there was very little free oxygen. It was poisonous to the few life forms here (primitive bacteria and plants). It increased to today's levels partly as exhaust from plants and partly from a few comets "visiting."
- 9. Ice Glaciers in Greenland have recently been shown to be getting thicker, not thinner. Same with Antarctic ice. None of this is never mentioned by warming alarmists.