CLIMATE CHANGE
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Do you believe it's happening? Do you believe it's man-made?
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#2
It's the biggest scam in the history of earth.
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#3
Besides religion.
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#4
It used to be called 'global warming', but since cooling happens sometime they changed it to 'climate change'.

And it's its own religion.
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(04-23-2018, 11:13 AM)Duchess Wrote:

Do you believe it's happening? Do you believe it's man-made?

I believe I'll be long dead before this planet gets really fucked up, weather or not climate change/global warming is real.
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I believe in climate change and agree with global scientists and national security leaders that it needs to be taken seriously and will result in mass displacement and migration down the line.

I hope the U.S. reenters the Paris Climate Agreement and works with leaders and experts around the world to do what we can to minimize and prepare for its negative effects.

As far as whether it's man-made or not...........I'm less sure about how much humans are affecting climate change.
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#7
I believe climate change is real and always has been and we should be prepared for natural disasters as much as possible.

I agree with HotD that I'm less sure about the affect humans have on it. I'm sure there is some, but I think climate change would be happening either way.
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#8
Mini ice age, look it up.
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#9
There's no denying that climate change has always taken place, Biggie.

The issue is the accelerated pace at which it's occurring now as compared to the past, and the causes/effects of that acceleration.
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#10
The cycles are caused by thermonuclear energy.
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#11
I am not sure if climate change is happening.

I have seen pictures of what the glaciers around here looked like at one time, and they look nothing like that now-they are much smaller. Is it cyclic? Will it one day go back to being that way again?
Are the polar caps really shrinking?

I do know that human activity affects the earth. How can it not? How can chemicals and trash be good for the air, the land, and the water? It is not.

Where I lived is a prime example of an area that was not taken care of in the 30's and 40's and had to be cleaned up. It was a copper mine where the original mining company left the tailings on the side of a mountain in these huge piles.
Now it has been taken care of-but will have to be continually monitored and cleaned. Fish have returned and the health of the area has improved-but it is a continuous process.

I watched my state and the surrounding states and Canada burn last year-what is that from? Why is everything so dry? Is it because we are not doing controlled burning anymore-and have changed those practices?

There are always multiple answers and causes to these problems that present themselves-they used to dredge the waters in Western Washington in the streams-so the rivers wouldn't flood the people's houses that decided they should live on the river banks-then they stopped doing that becuase it destroyed habitat and salmon runs-now you have flooding. But people should not be living on the banks of rivers-if they do they should know the risks.
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#12
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Global warming is just one aspect of climate change, which is any long-term variation in the state of Earth’s climate.

Global warming is likely real, and humans are likely helping causing it.

The Earth’s climate is indeed warming.
Global surface temperature has increased by around 2°F since the late 1800s.

Half of this increase has occurred since the 1970s, and every decade since then has been warmer than the one before it.

One of the main causes of recent global warming is the addition of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere (carbon dioxide) through the burning of fossil fuels.

Greenhouse gases warm the climate by allowing sunlight to reach the Earth but absorbing radiation from Earth before it escapes to space.

Statistics indicate Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased every year for more than 60 years.

It is now about 30% greater than it was in the 1950s.
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#13
(04-23-2018, 04:46 PM)Jimbone Wrote: It used to be called 'global warming', but since cooling happens sometime they changed it to 'climate change'.

And it's its own religion.

'Global warming' is still 'global warming' and 'climate change' is still 'climate change'. They've always been used in science and that's still the case.

It's mostly deniers of the science who claim that 'global warming' was changed to 'climate change', but that's false. However, it is true that 'climate change' is more commonly used by non-scientists these days and the two terms are often wrongly used interchangeably.

As Cars noted, they have separate meanings. Global warming and climate change are causally related though. Global warming (average global temperature rise, which doesn't mean hotter temps consistently in every location) leads to climate change -- severe weather conditions, floods, drought...

Anyway, I do believe that increased release of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by humans is at least partly responsible for global warming leading to climate change. But, I'm not confident as to what extent.
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#14
I believe in climate change. 17
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(04-24-2018, 08:56 AM)Maggot Wrote: I believe in climate change. 17


Your pants are on fire, mister, I can see the flames from here.
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last week it was freezing, this week is kinda nice and I blame it on climate change. As a matter of fact after my power steering pump died I also blamed it on climate change. When I slip on ice I blame it on climate change. To combat this horrible scourge to humanity please send money to www.algoreinvestments.com
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It's all the Donald's fault! hah
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(04-23-2018, 07:46 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I believe in climate change and agree with global scientists and national security leaders that it needs to be taken seriously and will result in mass displacement and migration down the line.

I hope the U.S. reenters the Paris Climate Agreement and works with leaders and experts around the world to do what we can to minimize and prepare for its negative effects.

As far as whether it's man-made or not...........I'm less sure about how much humans are affecting climate change.
Holy shit... Me and HoTD actually agree on something. *marks his calendar*
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#19
Though the Trump administration has downplayed it because it reflects poorly on some of Trump's environmental deregulation policies and his criticism of climate change / global warming scientists.........the federal government's comprehensive analysis was released on Friday.

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The US National Climate change assessment, the work of 300 scientists and 13 federal agencies, was released on Friday afternoon. It found that wildfires, storms and heatwaves are already taking a major toll on Americans’ wellbeing, with climate change set to “disrupt many areas of life” in the future.

The voluminous report, which warns of hundreds of billions of dollars lost, crop failures, expanding wildfires, altered coastlines and multiplying health problems, represents the most comprehensive and sobering analysis yet of the dangers posed to the US by rising temperatures.  

Human fossil fuel burning is a major contributor, according to the report.

Authors of the report, which is mandated by Congress, echoed the sense of urgency and lamented the timing of its release on the day after Thanksgiving, which is usually the busiest shopping day of the year.

“This report makes it clear that climate change is not some problem in the distant future – it’s happening right now in every part of the country,” said Brenda Ekwurzel, a co-author and director of climate science at the Union of Concerned Scientists, in a statement.

“When people say the wildfires, hurricanes and heatwaves they’re experiencing are unlike anything they’ve seen before, there’s a reason for that and it’s called climate change.”

Ekwurzel added that the report “makes a convincing case the White House should stop rolling back climate policies and recognize that a much larger scale response is required to keep people safe”.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...s-reaction
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