Global Warming - Fact or Fiction?

Is global warming real?

2007-05-30T10:54:00.000-07:00

For this question, the answer is no. The Global Warming Theory is just a way for scientists to gain money. They receive money from politicians (like Al Gore) to study global warming. These scientists don't motivate themselves to make a grand discovery, but are motivated by money to research. And sometimes the results turn out to be one-sided......... This is why global warming is considered by some a "cash cow," and others a "paper tiger."

The Environmental Part...

How come El Nino has never been blamed for global warming? Maybe El Nino is responsible for all the hurricanes (I'm just wondering, where were the "many hurricanes" of '06?) and natural disasters? El Nino is a cyclical phenomenon that occurs once every 2-7 years. It causes ocean temperatures to increase, and tropical trade winds to reverse for a while. Due to the rise in tropical temperatures, hurricanes and other natural disasters occur more often. El Nino, and its "sister" La Nina (La Nina is completely the opposite, causing colder air temperatures) are natural and have existed on this earth even before human kind appeared.

Tibetan Plateau and David Suzuki

2007-05-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

Today, I had to view David Suzuki's site. I picked this global warming related article, because it does not make any sense.

My first question is: How can there be a water shortage when global warming is supposedly melting the glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau? Doesn't ice turn to water?

Unless it means that there would be no glaciers left after global warming has an effect on the earth.

"Freeze Tibet

Global warming liquefying the glaciers of TibetHigh-altitude Tibet is known as the "rooftop of the world," but lately the roof is a bit saggy. Global warming is rapidly melting glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, water source for many of the region's rivers. This great melt -- already being felt in flooding -- could eventually cause water shortages and a variety of other troubles. Villagers in Miyon, who live near a glacier on Meili Snow Mountain at the plateau's southern end, see the changes up close. "Fifteen years ago, the tip of the glacier was about 200 meters [656 feet] closer to our village," says Jashi, a middle-aged Miyon farmer. According to Chinese researchers, the Meili glacier has shrunk by about 66 to 98 feet a year since 1998. Snowfall has decreased and summer rains have increased. "All we can do to slow the melting speed," says research director Yao Tandong, "is to take measures against global warming." Now, now, let's not get crazy."

Adapted from http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

Book Review

2007-05-23T09:41:00.000-07:00

According to the environment unit we are doing in Socials, I am required to do a review about an environmental book.
The book's title: Global warming
Author: Peggy J. Parks
Synopsis: This book determines whether global warming is man-made or cyclical. Other aspects are what is global warming and signs and effects of global warming and how can we help.
Criticism: Showing both sides and opinions more effectively
Compliments: Wide range of information

Exploring the Issue

2007-05-09T09:56:00.000-07:00

My mission is to explore the issue of Global Warming. Here's the problem: Too many people are subjected to just one side of the Global Warming story by one-sided media and politicians.
Questions:

1. Is global warming fake? (THIS WILL BE EXPOLRED FIRST)
2. Is global warming real?
3. What about the polar bears? (Couldn't resist)