Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
As previously stated, dangerous rise in sea level, erratic (perhaps an understatement) weather patterns etc.-AC
Hmm, but what will happen if the sea level rises? And can we know how the weather changes? And why will it be bad for Humankind. Also, if will some places create an environment better suited for humans? Can we even survive it? What measures could be taken against it (not against the change against humans dying out)
Originally posted by Soleran
Isn't Holland below sea level and protected by levee's I can imagine it would have an impact there
....who'd miss Holland anyways.....err...I mean....Oh my God.
No, I can understand it would have some very devastating impacts but in general...how bad will it be for all of humanity.
sea level rises.......cities are flooded.........here's an idea.........move inland.
This planet has been around what, 4 billion years? Over that period of time, land masses and sea level have changed drastically several times I'm sure......not even considering techtonic activity. Humans are the same as every other species of animal on this globe. Live on land, if land area begins to receed.....you begin to receed.
all this global warming crap is much ado about nothing. If humans want to play a life size version of asteroids (and have the technology to do so) the next time a large meteor is on a collision course with our planet, fine by me...........but the actual cycles of warming and cooling our planet goes through is completely out of our control. Okay......you reduce emissions.......you stay off the warming of 4 degrees for 100 years.........all the same in the end. Our planet will warm.........it will then cool........our only job is adapting to the changing environment, not attempt to change the natural cycles of the planet. We can no more prevent a temperature change than a mammoth could. The difference is that we are intelligent enough to adapt and survive.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Drink Coca-Cola. 😮💨
Coca Cola? Come on QM break out the Coronas or the Millers. 😄
But seriously I appreciate and thankful we have this information coming to us. Is there really a need to get all worried and stop living? I would say no. Now, I'm not saying you're a bunch of doom sayers or panic attackers. Certain people who look at scientific data and draw their own conclusions without proper reviewing get all hype up about the subject. Example? Here in California we keep hearing the BIG ONE is coming..the one that will devasted all the cities. They say is gonna happen....yet, is that gonna stop us from living our lives? Sure, we should be prepare for an emergency...should we live in constant fear? no...not at all.
Originally posted by Bardock42
....who'd miss Holland anyways.....err...I mean....Oh my God.No, I can understand it would have some very devastating impacts but in general...how bad will it be for all of humanity.
The problem is that weather- and climate changes are more than just “it gets hotter.” A hotter Earth means warmer water, which in turn means a more violent and longer-lasting hurricane-season. The transmission of hot and cold water gets disrupted which again leads to the slowing of e.g. the Gulf-stream. It’s a heat-pump that keeps North-Europe warm.
Warmer water also means more evaporation, so monsoon-seasons may become more violent.
Ice-caps melting on the poles AND higher mountains leads to raising sea-levels, the average rising is 0,5 m. Future safeguarding has already been done when building the Copenhagen metro and two new bridges where I live.
The UN prospects 400 people may die of starvation – it takes time to adapt new crops to the changing weather and finding out went to plant and harvest. In some places you need new crops and livestock, some places turn to desert…
We could probably adapt if it happened over a longer period of time.
Climate has changed before, and we’re still here. Claiming the Sun is not the major factor in Earth climate is just stupid. But thinking we’re not adding to the problem by emitting green-house gasses into the atmosphere is equally stupid. The problem is that the change is happening VERY fast now.
The problem is that the change is happening VERY fast now.
as I stated before......it's inevadable, why fuss? Whether we contribute to it or not, it's going to happen...........what's 100 years in the lifespan of our planet? Land masses will change either way.....sea level will rise either way......weather patterns will become more violent either way......people will die either way. The species will survive. Pretty moot point if you ask me. Some guy's on death row.......but on suicide watch......the point? none. waste of time, energy and thought process.
Originally posted by The Omega
The problem is that weather- and climate changes are more than just “it gets hotter.” A hotter Earth means warmer water, which in turn means a more violent and longer-lasting hurricane-season. The transmission of hot and cold water gets disrupted which again leads to the slowing of e.g. the Gulf-stream. It’s a heat-pump that keeps North-Europe warm.
Warmer water also means more evaporation, so monsoon-seasons may become more violent.
Ice-caps melting on the poles AND higher mountains leads to raising sea-levels, the average rising is 0,5 m. Future safeguarding has already been done when building the Copenhagen metro and two new bridges where I live.
The UN prospects 400 people may die of starvation – it takes time to adapt new crops to the changing weather and finding out went to plant and harvest. In some places you need new crops and livestock, some places turn to desert…We could probably adapt if it happened over a longer period of time.
Climate has changed before, and we’re still here. Claiming the Sun is not the major factor in Earth climate is just stupid. But thinking we’re not adding to the problem by emitting green-house gasses into the atmosphere is equally stupid. The problem is that the change is happening VERY fast now.
Okay, so it's pretty bad, but not that horrible...humankind will survive....so whatever?
This planet is currently going through one of the coldest phases in its existence... global warming is simply the earth returning to how it should be.... during the coolest period of the dinosaur age, average temps were at least 3 degrees greater than they are now.... short term, global warming means more rain in Africa, cooler winters and hotter, shorter summers, two harvests a year in Europe as well as in africa, and a possible end to world hunger as long as the politicians don't get involved...
Also remember this... if the arctic ice cap melts, sea levels will actually FALL!!! If the antarctic ice cap melts, Africa and Arabia will be suffering temperature highs of approx 75 degrees C, so the boiling of the petrol and oil left there will be a bigger worry.... not to mention the problems caused by overcrowding in the arctic and subarctic regions, which will be the only areas likely to sustain life.... global warming is true, is a natural thing, is not necessarily a bad thing, and isn't it just so human to assume that the world should be a perfect environment for us, rather than admitting that homo sapiens was just a chancer that got lucky for a while....
it's theorized that all this is gonna happen before 50 years
maybe even 20.
Reason: If we heat up 5 degrees every 10 years, then within 20 years, we'll be 10 degrees warmer, and the ice caps are already melting. Now when they do completely melt(which they will, and the world isnt gonna eb covered in water, the water level will rise 400 ft) the heat from the sun(infrared, uv) will stop being reflected off the ice(most of it is reflected) and absorb into the water.
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When all the ice evaporates, it goes into the atmosphere as water vapor. Lots of water vapor makes lots of clouds. Now when the ocean absorbs all this heat, it has to send it into the atmosphere after a wehile because heat is a type of energy, and energy has no end. So now the atmosphere is filled with all this hot air and it can't leave because all the clouds. So everything just gets hotter....
wait, that doesn't add up...*thinks* when this was explained to me it continued on and on until something bad happened.................*tries to remember*
i cant remember at the moment...i will though...maybe after dinner?