Is global warming real? I’m sure this seems like quite an absurd question to many people. With the accumulation of hard evidence for global warming and our supercharging greenhouse effect most people have already taken for granted that the problem truly exists.
There are, however, a small, almost unheard of group of people who are convinced otherwise. One such person is William Robert Johnston. His article on http://www.sitewave.net/news/s49p1354.htm clearly shows his scepticism towards global warming. He has come up with his own evidence that the average temperature of the earth’s surface only rose by a tiny 0.8 F over the past century. He also points out that the temperature rise was before the 1940’s, and the additional greenhouse gases were only released into the atmosphere after 1960. This, according to him, proves that the greenhouse effect being enhanced has nothing to do with temperature rises on the earth. This information would be much more convincing if he had included his sources instead of just making unbacked statements. With these statements he outlines a conspiracy of the “global warmers” to cripple world powers such as America because they are the heaviest producers of greenhouse gases and therefore must face the most restrictions in order to limit their production. Quite frankly, I found this theory to be very far fetched, especially when the writer lists no sources of information.
The Essay on Global Warming 26
Global warming causes changes in the earth’s weather patterns that have disastrous effects. Global warming or anthropogenic global warming is defined as the gradual increase in the earth’s surface temperature. One of the major causes for this phenomenon has been attributed to the increase in the quantity of certain gases in the atmosphere that cause the greenhouse effect. The radiation received ...
Another website, www.enn.com/news2003-12-04/s_10994.asp – 17k – /, posts an article written by Reuters. This article immediately adds weight to its content by stating its sources as two elite US climate experts. It then tells the reader the statistics. These include the 31% increase in the world’s level of greenhouse gases since the preindustrial times. People who are familiar with the greenhouse effect will immediately know that the earth’s atmosphere is now trapping almost one third more heat than it did before the industrial age. The writer then couples this figure with the prediction that the planet’s surface temperature will rise up to 8.9 F over the next century. Again people who are familiar with the atmosphere will know that this is enough to flood many coastal cities and submerge islands. Altogether, this report contains more hard facts and is therefore more convincing.
I think that the problem with the runaway greenhouse effect and global is a true danger to the environment because the sceptics cannot seem to find sufficient evidence to prove their point.
