Global "Warning"

AKA_Monet · #1 03-02-2008, 02:06 AM

Climate change does not necessarily mean only the intensity of a storm... It also means increased aridness, or foul gases that are emitted from the ground that aid in the heating of our planet.

Global warming I thought also meant loss of one of the ionospheres causing more UV and Cosmic rays onto the Earth...

cheerfulgreek · #2 03-02-2008, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Climate change does not necessarily mean only the intensity of a storm... It also means increased aridness, or foul gases that are emitted from the ground that aid in the heating of our planet.

Global warming I thought also meant loss of one of the ionospheres causing more UV and Cosmic rays onto the Earth...

I agree. Global warming is related to melted icebergs, wild fires, drought, floods, ect. I can go on and on about all the related problems that are caused by global warming.

AKA_Monet · #3 03-02-2008, 02:35 AM

What I think we will and are seeing is increase old types of all infections, like a resurgence in smallpox, fungal outbreaks and other vectors we don't want to begin to discuss and don't have enough drugs for...

Also, there is a gross reduction in numerous fish and aquatic animal populations worldwide. You use to get large ton fish, not anymore. From sharks, marlins, etc. We have overfished. Same with tuna that are part of the food chain for other species.

We are going to have a problem within 5 years with some fish and animals...

cheerfulgreek · #4 03-02-2008, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

What I think we will and are seeing is increase old types of all infections, like a resurgence in smallpox, fungal outbreaks and other vectors we don't want to begin to discuss and don't have enough drugs for...

Also, there is a gross reduction in numerous fish and aquatic animal populations worldwide. You use to get large ton fish, not anymore. From sharks, marlins, etc. We have overfished. Same with tuna that are part of the food chain for other species.

We are going to have a problem within 5 years with some fish and animals...

Some tuna are already considered to be endangered. I can't remember the specific name of the species though, but I know large quantities of it are consumed each year in Japan.

AKA_Monet · #5 03-02-2008, 02:49 AM

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Some tuna are already considered to be endangered. I can't remember the specific name of the species though, but I know large quantities of it are consumed each year in Japan.

We see it in the salmonids... The babies are not getting to sea and it take 2-3 years to be an adult and they are not coming back...

Now, while the weather in my area is very pretty, it is abnormal when it does not rain in Seattle 9 months out of the year... And while we did have significant snow pack, we will be seeing increased flooding due to thaw and melt...

cheerfulgreek · #6 03-02-2008, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Now, while the weather in my area is very pretty, it is abnormal when it does not rain in Seattle 9 months out of the year... And while we did have significant snow pack, we will be seeing increased flooding due to thaw and melt...

Who's to say that won't change? There are a lot of troubled spots all over the world from depleted forests to dying reefs. Some areas have more rainfall than normal, and some have less.

Even here, in the United States, excessive carbon emissions add to global warming, and the U.S. has a relatively clean environment.

AKA_Monet · #7 03-02-2008, 03:14 AM

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Who's to say that won't change? There are a lot of troubled spots all over the world from depleted forests to dying reefs. Some areas have more rainfall than normal, and some have less.

Even here, in the United States, excessive carbon emissions add to global warming, and the U.S. has a relatively clean environment.

It won't change until humankind, meaning all of us, find something to do with our carbon emissions... Maybe a loss in food stuffs? Many countries, 2nd and 3rd world ones are switching to ethanol to drive their vehicles. Why the US is so resistant when we generated much of this technology is beyond me...

I dunno, I don't think US has a clean environment to be one of the most richest and industrialized nations in the world... And although, China is catching up quickly and will surpass us in 50 years with money and other things, they are doing more to switch than we are...

Making US back into the stone ages...

PeppyGPhiB · #8 03-02-2008, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

We see it in the salmonids... The babies are not getting to sea and it take 2-3 years to be an adult and they are not coming back...

Now, while the weather in my area is very pretty, it is abnormal when it does not rain in Seattle 9 months out of the year... And while we did have significant snow pack, we will be seeing increased flooding due to thaw and melt...

Yeah, Seattle's weather is becoming more extreme. Still mild compared to most of the country, but we've been getting more snow in the past few years than I can ever remember growing up here.

texas*princess · #9 03-02-2008, 12:21 PM

I don't think global warming will significantly impact the weather in one area in a span of a year (it's more of a gradual thing, right?) but I did notice that this winter was a LOT milder than winters past.

Last year we were still wearing our big coats through March and part of April. Last spring/summer we also saw a lot of unusual rain. It pretty much rained every single day from April - mid August.

The rain was nice, because we definitely needed it, and we only had a handful of days with 100+ degree temps (2006 we had 60+ days in a row of those high temps), but it was definitely the weirdest thing I had seen up here, and I've lived here for awhile.