[Samual]

One thing you may or may not of noticed is this. The majority of scientists who support man made global warming are government funded. Where was the ones who research and have found no evidence that humans cause global warming, are self funded. I'm totally in love with science so I love things like this. My research project for university was on global warming so it is an extra interesting topic for me.

If you look at the industrial revolution for example, those who 'believe' in man made global warming often believe the industrial revolution is what kicked off the temperature rise, but if you look at studies, our average global temperature started to rise around 20 years before our carbon emmisions greatly rose. In the past a trend has been found from ice core and pollen analysis, that temperature rises then around 800 years late, carbon dioxide concentrations rise. Which if you look at recent temperature growth and decline, the last growth in temperature was 900 years ago.

However, I do not believe in man made global warming myself, but that does not change the fact that we need alternative fuels. Yes in 30 years we may have around the same amount of oil, but the demand will be far greater, so the availability of petrols and oils with decrease whilst the prices greatly increase. But I personally believe polluting the environment is never a good thing. We do need more plant life, especially as our actions have damaged the carbon cycle. For me all the theory of man made global warming does is make people realise they always need to protect their planet, there is never a reason to abuse mother nature.

I know about sunspot activity in the fact that when we experience more sunspots we experience times of higher global temperatures. Temperate zones such as the UK may become colder as fresh water from ice caps and glaciers will move southwards and the gulf stream will be greatly distrupted and will no longer warm the UK and the gulf stream is one of our main sources of heat. Evidence has shown that past ice ages have been caused by disturbance of hot and warm currents. But all the hot and cold currents are linked, so if one is distrupted, they are all effected, so some areas may become warmer, some may become colder. But you do not know what exactly is going to happen, until it does.

[mcmama]

I'm still moving to Florida!!!!

Now, about seas rising....I'll be about a mile inland. Think I can live out my days without turning my home into a houseboat?

[Samual]

Originally Posted by mcmama

I'm still moving to Florida!!!!

Now, about seas rising....I'll be about a mile inland. Think I can live out my days without turning my home into a houseboat?

Ah but there are many rives and lakes in florida, every river and lake will also rise if the sea level rises. It also depends on the level of the land, the word houseboat makes me think of gypsies.

[pattiewrites]

Florida also has a very high water table. Dig down a foot or two in the backyard and you hit water, particularly near the coast. It wouldn't take a whole lot to bury the entire state!

[Alejandros Mommy]

Well I'm gald I live on high ground...right by the mountains. No threat of an ocean swallowing us up

[Samual]

Florida is a spit, so if the tides were the change, Florida would move or disappear totally.

[mcmama]

Yes it does have a high water table. This is why there are no basements there. Creeks do rise. In the area just north of where I am looking in the panhandle, they had heavy rain last week - ground saturated, black creek water backed up, and it was sandbag city. But those eventually subside. If the creek rises permanently even if it does not crest, then innundation will be more of a problem.

[lobo101]

"Mother Earth" is a living cell in the micro-biology of our universe. All cells die, its just a question of when. On this planet, any living organism either has a symbiotic of parasitic relationship with Gaia. All but one have a choice in the matter, and that would be us; the last descision made to prolong the enivitable. How much time will it buy mankind to start trying to stop the "Trickle Down Effect" of pollution that took one hundred years to soak, and now seeping without control?
The Blue planet is old and tired

[cheekychums]

all they need to do is look at the weather outside freaky every day next thing we'll have snow in summer in uk.
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[Samual]

Well we have had snow in June quite a few times, it's normal for weather to become very cold in the summer in the northern hemisphere.