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CJ Cregg Commodore
Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 1254
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Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:20 am Global warming 'proof' detected |
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:01 am |
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So, what does this mean?
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:02 am |
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Basically the world's natural warming system is speeding up because of human intervention and so there could be major changes in the weather systems in the future.
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:03 am |
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And thats bad?
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Hitchhiker Rear Admiral
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 3514 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:09 am |
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nadia wrote: | And thats bad? |
Major changes are. A rise of the Earth's surface temperature by 1 or 2 degrees will cause polar caps to melt. This, combined with the tendency of water to expand as it warms up, will cause the overall sea levels to rise. That could pose a problem for coastal cities, especially those with little elevation, and for island nations--the Maldives, for example, are already feeling the effects of global warming and are taking precautions against further damage.
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:10 am |
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oh, yes that is bad! But what can we do to stop it?
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webtaz99 Commodore
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 1229 Location: The Other Side
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:12 am |
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That is only part of the problem. With just a slight (.1 degree C) rise in global temperature, weather patterns move enough to make lush farmlands into deserts and vise-versa. The weather also becomes less predictable and more variable, with droughts and floods more frequent.
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:15 am |
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Is it kinda gunna be like on the movie The Day After Tommorow like when the weathers all bad and stuff?
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:17 am |
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Kind of, it's basically a film that speeds up what scientists think will happen. There are different theories though, but it's generally excepted that the weather will be changed massivly if the world warms at the rate it is going now.
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:18 am |
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Will it get cold, cause I dont like the cold weather lol
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:20 am |
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It's thought that the weather will become more extreme, so in hot places it will get hotter and in cold places it will get colder. The same for wet and dry places; wet places get wetter and dry ones drier.
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:22 am |
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Oh well I suppose that'l be ok, I mean Australia's pritty hot so it'l just get hotter, I think we should buy a pool
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:23 am |
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You could have more typhons though (I think that's the austalian version name). And also because it gets hotter and drier the outback will grow.
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:24 am |
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what are typhons? I've heard of them but I just not sure what they are.
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:28 am |
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Basically massive big things where the wind spins in a circle. They're usually a couple of hundred miles wide and the wind in them varies between about 75mph and 180mph or so. They destroy can destroy houses and so on. Also there's loads of rain with them.
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:30 am |
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are they them tornado things ppl in America get? Well I don't think we get those,we get drought though
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:32 am |
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They're basically a bigger version of them, although the winds are slightly slower I think. They do come every so often to Australia, but maybe it's not near you?
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:34 am |
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I dont think they do, because I have never heard of them coming near me, or maybe they have and I never knew
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:36 am |
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You would know, lol. They don't happen that often, so depending how old you are there might not have been on then? (Not asking your age, just saying if you are young).
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nadia cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia
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Mon May 02, 2005 7:36 am |
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Yeah probly not lol
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LightningBoy Commodore
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 1446 Location: Minnesota, U.S.A.
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Mon May 02, 2005 1:00 pm |
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You can't beleive scientists. They constantly monopolized the research world with their opinions. What makes them any less corrupt than anyone else?
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Republican_Man STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 14823 Location: Classified
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Mon May 02, 2005 4:31 pm |
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LightningBoy wrote: | You can't beleive scientists. They constantly monopolized the research world with their opinions. What makes them any less corrupt than anyone else? |
Many things, you can. Newton was right so are others. But yes, on global warming, you're right.
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CJ Cregg Commodore
Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 1254
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Mon May 02, 2005 4:55 pm |
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Some people are never gonna except global warming no matter how much proof you provide
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Republican_Man STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 14823 Location: Classified
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Mon May 02, 2005 4:56 pm |
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charmed88 wrote: | Some people are never gonna except global warming no matter how much proof you provide |
Proof. Yeah, spun proof. Fact is, it's NOT a grave threat. Should we work on it, yes. We must. We cannot allow it to become grave. But should we concentrate on it to SUCH an extent at this time? No. Do it progressingly.
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Starbuck faster...
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 8715 Location: between chaos and melody
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Mon May 02, 2005 5:01 pm |
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it is a threat, RM. and since we aren't doing *beep* about it, it will become grave.
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