Feb 15th 2012, 18:56:37
Originally posted by Deerhunter:
Originally posted by Detmer:
Originally posted by Mapleson:
Global warming is a misnomer. Climate change mostly results in the intensification of weather events.
No it's not. It may be misleading to some people because there will be locations where it is merely an intensification of current phenomena, however the average global temperature is increasing.
Even if it is due to a natural cycle (and not due to human intervention), that doesn't mean we shouldn't worry about it. There are a LOT of negative implications associated with global warming. These are very serious issues that our species is going to have to tackle in order to survive and thrive, regardless of what is causing the climate change.
The problem we have is that in the big picture (from the start of Earth) we do not know for sure the natural flux of the Earths temperature. What we are seeing now as climate change might just be part of the natural cycle. We could be worried for nothing. All we can measure is such a minute fraction of time in the Earths history.