Undeniable 10 Evidence's of Global Warming

Now, it is time to provide the evidence of man made global warming, Scientific American has compiled the list of the top ten places in the world affected by global warming.

1.Darfur, Sudan-

Until the rains failed in Darfur, the region's pastoralists lived amicably with the settled farmers. But with the land crippled by a decades-long drought, the region was no longer able to support both. Farmers began to fence off their fields, and clashes broke out between sedentary and nomadic tribes.

The reason-

So what caused the rains to fail? When climate scientists studied the drought, they discovered that rising temperatures in the tropical and southern oceans had combined with cooling in the North Atlantic to disrupt the African monsoons. The roots of the drying in Darfur lay in changes to the global climate.

2.Gulf Coast, United States-

All the members might be aware of the damage caused by Hurricane katrina, it was the worst storm ever, and the sheer intensity of the hurricane is the actual evidence of global warming.

Swiss Re, an insurer to insurance companies, keeps three climatologists on staff to try to predict such future damages. In a report released just before the 2004 season, the reinsurer predicted that another decade of global warming would cost insurers more than $30 billion in weather-related claims every year.

The reason-

"It's not that climate change is out there in the future," he says. "It's already happening. And the future will probably look a bit like this."

3. Italy-

This country has been plagued by diseases due to the mild winter induced by global warming.

In August 2007, an epidemic swept through Castiglione di Cervia, a small village in northern Italy. More than 100 of the town's 2,000 residents came down with high fever, rashes and crushing pain in their bones and joints. An unusually mild winter had allowed Asian tiger mosquitoes to start breeding early, and their population had soared. When an Italian tourist returned from India with chikungunya, a relative of dengue fever, the insects provided the perfect vector. According to officials at the World Health Organization (WHO), the epidemic was the first European outbreak of a tropical disease caused by climate change.

The Reason-

Climate change has accelerated the spread of dengue fever and other tropical maladies, such as malaria, borne by mosquitoes. The insect's larvae mature more rapidly when the water in which they grow is warm. And female mosquitoes digest blood faster and bite more frequently as the mercury rises.

4. Northern Europe-

In the 27 wine regions Jones examined, temperatures had risen on average 2.3 degrees F (1.3 degrees C), producing a corresponding increase in the strength of the wines; faster ripening resulted in more sugar for the yeast to ferment. Even more striking was the warming's impact on ratings. With very few exceptions, they rose dramatically. On average, a 1.8-degree F (1-degree C) rise in temperature yielded a boost of 13 rating points. The big winners were German wines, with leaps of more than 20 points, and those from the cooler regions of France.

The reason-

climate change had warmed most regions to the point where quality was at or near its peak. As temperatures continue to rise, growers around the globe will begin to find that their fruit is ripening too fast. The best conditions for growing wine will spread north and uphill. Indeed, producers are already expanding into Holland, Belgium and even Denmark. In Spain they're moving into the Pyrenees. England probably has more land under wine cultivation than it did during its last heydaythe 12th century at the end of the Medieval Warm Period.

5. Great Barrier Reef, Australia-

The carbon-di-oxide released into the atmosphere, gets absorbed in the sea water and reducing the Ph, thus increasing its acidity.

The first to feel the impact are the creatures of the sea that use calcium carbonate to form their shells and exoskeletons. The acidic (or actually less alkaline) water wears away at crabs, mollusks and sea snails. Coral reefs face a double whammy as the changing ocean chemistry adds to the stress of unusually warm water. Australia's Great Barrier Reef lost an estimated 10 percent of its coral to mass bleaching in 1998 and 2002.

The reason-

we've added enough carbon to shift the pH of the world's waters from 8.2 to 8.1.

6. Island's in the Pacific Ocean-

Last summer, the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati became the first country to declare that global warming is rendering its lands uninhabitable, asking for help in evacuating its population.

And also, in the list, is Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean.

While Kiribati awaits word if any countries will open their doors for its 100,000 residents, the Maldives--similarly threatened, but richer in tourist dollars--is shopping for a new homeland. In November, the country's first democratically elected president announced he was establishing an investment fund in hopes of buying new land for the country's 300,000 citizens.

The reason-

Island nations aren't the only ones watching the waves. A three-foot rise in sea level would flood one seventh of Bangladesh's territory, force the Netherlands to beef up its flood control, and threaten coastal cities around the world. And even before the top tourist destinations disappear underwater, they will have lost their luster: Higher and wilder waves mean increased erosion, fewer white, sandy beaches, and more rocky coves.

7. Wahington D.C. -

In richer countries the impact will more likely be political. Increased population flows are giving anti-immigrant groups an opportunity to couch their arguments in the language of the environment.In richer countries the impact will more likely be political. Increased population flows are giving anti-immigrant groups an opportunity to couch their arguments in the language of the environment.The Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., argues that people moving into the U.S. from the developing world are impeding the fight against climate change by producing four times as much carbon dioxide in their new homes as they would have in their native countries.

"Already, a large volume of south to north migration in the Americas is straining some states and is the subject of national debate," 11 retired U.S. admirals and generals wrote in a 2007 report for the Center for Naval Analyses, a national security think tank. "The migration is now largely driven by economics and political instability," the report says. "The rate of immigration from Mexico to the United States is likely to rise because the water situation in Mexico is already marginal and could worsen with less rainfall and more droughts. Increases in weather disasters, such as hurricanes elsewhere, will also stimulate migrations to the United States."

The Reason-

The London-based Christian Aid estimates that by 2050, floods, droughts and famine caused by climate change will have driven 250 million people from their homes--more than the 163 million people currently displaced by wars, famine or ecological disasters.

8. NorthWest Passage, Arctic Circle-

All of you might be aware that the arctic ice had melted enough last year to allow ships to pass through.

The melting of the Arctic has spurred a geopolitical race, as Russia, Norway, the U.S., Canada and Denmark press competing claims for the top of the world. But whereas the competition is in part driven by the promises of undiscovered metal, minerals and petroleum, the melting ice is already uncovering another valuable resource: the waves underneath it.

Continued in reply..

I agree that something is going on, whether it is global warming, cooling or whatever, something is happening and that is undeniable.

All the people that say there is no global warming/cooling provide statistics and supposed evidence. That is all fine and dandy but if it is not warming/cooling then WTF is it? I have yet to see any reasonable answer from the deniers.

The reason-

The multiyear sea ice of the Arctic ice cap is thick and resilient. As much as 26 feet (8 meters) thick and leached of salt, it can be as hard as concrete. In contrast, first-year ice is soft and pliable. Never more than 6.5 feet (1.82 meters) thick, it's much more easily broken by icebreakers or drill ships.

9. Alps, Europe-

All the members know that the alps is suffering from the lack of snow and as a result, many ski-resorts had to close down.

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Alps have been warming at roughly three times the global average, and projections show more to come. Alpine glaciers are in retreat, and mountain plants are migrating upward in pursuit of cooler temperatures. As the snow line creeps up the slopes, the winter sports industry, which attracts 60 to 80 million tourists a year, is threatened.

The Reason-

the Alps have been warming at roughly three times the global average

10. Uganda-

This is the worst affected region in the entire world.

In the Mount Elgon National Park in eastern Uganda, a Dutch nonprofit group was reforesting the park's perimeter, earning carbon credits for airline passengers looking to make up for their emissions, and reinvesting the revenues to plant more trees. It was a project meant to benefit everyone. The trees were pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, travelers were feeling less guilty, and Uganda was getting a bigger park. Yet that calculation didn't take into account the most vulnerable: the communities that once farmed the hills. Angry that their fields had been taken, they fought their expulsion with lawsuits and macheteseventually clearing many of the trees meant to capture carbon.

This action is accelerating global warming.

The reason-

The trees were pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Conclusion-

This is a serious issue, and atleast you might have experienced one of the above mentioned implications of global warming.

Link to the source-

www.sciam.com...

Climate change IS happening, but it's not caused by man. Unless you're saying that there are people on every planet in the solar system. There's VERY good evidence that I read today that the change going on is tied into the solar flare cycle of the sun.

reply to post by Zaphod58


While I agree that there may be a cycle the planet is going through, I strongly believe that mankind is making things worse by polluting and deforesting the planet.

While we might be making a small contribution to it, we don't produce enough on the entire planet to make a huge difference in climate change.

reply to post by Zaphod58


Yes, I do accept that the sun has an effect on the climate of the earth and all other planets in the solar system. As a part of the 11 year cycle, the sun, increases its activity till 2011, where it reaches its peak, and during that time, we will be hit by spectacular auoral displays and large amount of radiation.

So, generally, the radiation, which enters the earth disperses back into space through heat convection, and the effect is felt only for some time, but, in the case of the present scenario, the outgoing radiation is prevented from escaping into space, because CO2 is transparent to incoming radiation, but opaque to outgoing radiation, this traps the radiation and causes continual heating of the earth. Thus, the temporary heating caused by the sun; becomes a permanent warming of the earth, which we term as global warming.

And just to add, the sun's activity is very low now, and is expected to increase only in the time leading up to 2011, but we are already feeling the heat.

reply to post by Zaphod58


What are you saying?

We arent producing enough of the greenhouse gases?

Think of it, the atmosphere is a tiny egg shell and very fragile, which you can see from the images taken from the space station, and this human influence has been occuring from the industrial revolution, think of it, as millions of vehicles are added to roads every day, and new power plants(coal powered) are brought online to meet the growing demand of energy, and the aeroplanes criss-crossing the skied with the chemtrails and contrails, and the demand for land which causes deforestation, all these minute things add up to this huge time bomb of global warming.

Global warming is a global phenomenon.

You can not use local phenomena as evidence that it exists or that its effects follow your predictions! They are extremely variable, as part of a chaotic system, and are completely worthless for this purpose.

You are hurting the truth, and the scientists who are trying to find it by spreading such ignorance. I understand that you wait to raise awareness, but don't do this by damaging the debate by both sides! You make those of us who believe it is probably happening sound like fools and alarmists, and those of us who believe that it is unlikely believe so for the wrong reasons!

reply to post by Zaphod58


we've managed to cut down most of the planets old growth forests, how does that not contribute to climate change?

in 200 years we've whipped out most of the trees, fish and large animals.

good track record

reply to post by Johnmike


This is not local phenomenon, this is a world wide effect and we are seeing the effects in a different manner based on the geology of the location, the cause is one global warming, the effect is felt in different manner in different places, understand that.

reply to post by peacejet


Yes, and the big changes that have been happening are relatively recent ones. I don't think that even if you add up all the greenhouse gases man has produced over all the years would be enough to cause a big change like has been happening lately.

reply to post by warrenb


Exactly, even as we speak, we are losing nearly twenty football fields size of rainforest in the Amazon belt alone. And every four minutes a endangered species of animal is going extinct.

And also not included in the list is the lakes of Canada and the Scandinavian countires, which have become too acidic due to the acid rain and unable to sustain the natural environment of the fishes and other aquatic species.

reply to post by Zaphod58


Have a look at this link,

www.hydrogen.co.uk...

It can be seen therefore that burning 7 billion tons of carbon from fossil fuels is now dumping 6 ppm per year of C02 into the atmosphere.

Today's level in say year 2,000=350 ppm

Increase at today's rate up to 2050 = 50 years x 3 ppm =150 ppm

ncrease from 2050 to 2100 assuming 25% growth
in fossil fuel use and the Amazon rainforest
ceasing to be a C02 sink = 50 years x 6 ppm = 300 ppm

Therefore total C02 in the atmosphere at 2100 = 800 ppm

Now, will you say that we are not contributing much.

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reply to post by peacejet


You listed ten different places experiencing local weather changes, which is an extraordinarily common occurance. These local observations are completely invalid when trying to asses Antrhopogenic Global Warming Theory due to the highly variable nature of local climates independent of the greenhouse effect, and the highly variable nature of how it is predicted to influence local climates.

Otherwise, people just do what you're doing - see a change, whether or not it's something that is actually predicted to happen due to global warming - and then assume that they happened because of anthropogenic global warming, which is an extreme leap of faith and a great example of the logical fallacy that correlation implies causation.

Stop hurting those of us who really want to know what's happening and why so that you can pursue your political agenda, benevolent (awareness of an important issue) or otherwise (people who stand to make a great profit off of global warming taxes and subsidies).

You forgot one...

11. All that HOT AIR spewing from Al Gore's pie hole.

Global Warming is cyclical.

The thing that we're responsible for is putting our oceans in danger. Delicate eco-systems which have evolved over time rely on a fragile balancing act which, when tipped, can cause a domino effect.

Changing acidity, at this point, is the heaviest weight.

Peace

Less not forget the amount of sun light we are losing is a direct reflection of larger man made particles dumped into the atmosphere.The effects are just now starting to be understood.
I believe the globle warming debate is a huge cash cow and is exploited by greed,but I can't denie the damage we do collectivly to bring an end to life as we know it.
On the other hand this place has out lived many a mass extiction.
Life will cotinue with or without us.
We will be the first to be able to turn the page.
Or not...

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Global warming or environmental changes call it what you want I think that all we are seeing is just the continuation of what started with the last ice age melt off.

Take a look at this pic and you can see since the last ice age the oceans have been rising steadily and will continue to rise until the ice caps are either gone or the Earths environmental changes finish.

you can see the former land mass outline in many images of Earth that are now under water. It will continue to rise and the land outlines will shrink as a result be it nature or man whatever its happening!

reply to post by SLAYER69


Nature or man mad the loss of the coast line will not cause extiction, there is more to it than that.
It is infact a very deep and complicated rabbit hole that will get harder to dig out from without intervention.

To Slayer69-
I accept that the earth had undergone heating and cooling over the centuries, but what you must take into consideration is the time scale, the natural heating took thousands of years, while this is occuring in just 50 years, and also, the heating in those centuries was caused by the sudden eruption of volcanoes which release tonnes of gases into the atmosphere, but there is no recorded evidence of any huge volcanic activity over the years, except the mount St.Helens in Washington and Krakatoa in Indonesia, which do not come anywhere near the massive explosions to cause such change.

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