Global_Warming

Global Warming has been an issue ever since the ozone layer was found to be depleted and global temperatures found rising. Al Gore, a major proponent of global warming, helped succumb the nation to a mass hysteria of people in manic fear for their lives and the future of the planet. Surely it must be the fault of humanity, right' Gore attributed global warming to the result of human interaction in the environment, contributing to melting ice caps, rising sea levels, and the lessening of the ozone layer. But many find the data to be inaccurate, that global warming, if indeed occurring, does not result mainly from human interaction. Future generations will be faced with this problem as the government continues to seek legislation for solving the problem. Because research has proven global warming to be false, therefore it is not a serious issue, since it is only a fallacy that created hysteria in the American people. The IPCC is a leading research group designed to find effects on the climate from human activities. One of the biggest arguments is that increased CO2 levels increase the temperature. As CO2 increases it is said to trap heat in the water, therefore warming the planet. But research has proven this to be false, since the human production of CO2 is very small compared to the amount given off by animals, volcanoes, and natural evaporation (Webcorp internet). In fact Earth creates an equilibrium system by giving off heat, so there is no significant increase in global temperatures (Cotter internet). Many scientists say that plants and animals in the environment benefit from higher levels of CO2. In fact, planters with greenhouses use CO2 to their advantage to increase their plant life (MacRae internet). Graphs depicting the carbon dioxide and temperature increases mislead viewers. There is a 300 year difference from the time temperature increases to when the carbon dioxide levels increase. It’s logically explained, since as temperatures increase, more water evaporates, and more carbon dioxide releases into the air. Proponents of the global warming would like you to believe that the relationship is the other way around, that rising temperatures are caused by rising carbon dioxide levels. The Earth hasn’t showed much significant temperature increases lately to support the theory. As industrialization grows, it would make sense that Earth would warm considerably from all the CO2 released from factories and transportation and such. But just the opposite, higher temperature recordings occur in the 1930’s before industrialization skyrocketed (Dejewski internet). Many people also forget that the Earth’s climate continually changes in what is known as the Milankovitch cycles. Every 100,000 years the Earth’s position shifts in reference to the sun, creating alternating phases of glacial temperatures and short periods of warm temperatures. Changes in temperature are influenced by the varying levels of solar intensity (MacRae internet). Earth is delicately placed in space in a unique position of balance, like an acrobat on a tightrope, that contains specific conditions for human life. Any variation of movement towards or away from the sun drastically changes temperature. As of now, we are experiencing an interglacial phase (MacRae internet). Any changes in temperature are not effects of humans but of natural causes, natural causes that the government likes to gloss over and link to human destruction of the environment. Only designed to research human effects on the environment, the IPCC tends to ignore any natural effects and wrongly attribute it to humans. Climate in the Earth changes by the influence of more than one factor, and it is illogical to expect one factor such as the increase of carbon dioxide to drastically change a planet’s climate to a height of extreme concern. Scientists agree that the Earth has had higher temperatures and levels of CO2 before without harmful effects. In fact, the IPCC has used scientific articles that haven’t been published or critiqued and accepted as true (Singer internet). The global warming hysteria is not something we should get caught up in. Actions to go green and be environmentally aware are helpful to the planet, but we don’t need to get carried away in fear of global warming.