Did you know that the global sea level increased by about eight inches since 18701? This resulted because of global warming. Scientists and environmentalists have announced to people around the world about how global warming is starting to take effect on us, but a few people think it is a deluded hoax. These people are the conspiracy theorists who believe that the scientists and environmentalists are trying to manipulate our minds into thinking that we should do whatever they instruct us to do. Even though this theory seems feasible, global warming is still considered destructive environmentally and morally. The official belief of global warming is that the pollution created by humans increased the temperature by 0.8 degrees Celsius since …show more content…
According to conspiracy theorists, the term global warming is made up by scientists to deceive citizens by making them pay higher taxes for coal products and petrol5. This is a way for scientists and environmentalists to secretly earn money whilst manipulating the data supporting the claims to the increases of the earth’s temperature. In 2009, there was a scandal where emails of climate scientists containing documents were hacked and posted onto the web showing false information and insufficient evidence about global warming6,7. This was called the Climategate scandal. One of the manipulations was stated in one of the emails: “I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.8” This portrayed that some of the scientists are actually corrupt and trying to control us by making us pay taxes for something that is fraud. While conspiracy theorists believe that everything is corrupt, I feel differently about the …show more content…
On the news, there are many reports about how the arctic ice is shrinking which then leads to the animals that are living there. Since the ice is melting away, the struggles of staying together and hunting for food are increasing. It kind of hurts to know because the earth didn’t belong to us humans, but belonged to the animals. Since the start of industrialization and urbanization, we have been causing havoc to those animals and they just had to deal with it. Imagine you were living up in the Arctic with your family and living happily, until the ground started melting away and everyone was separated. The chance of survival would be lowered because there is no one around to care and watch over for you. Also, as years go by, I feel that the usage of automobiles have increased by a lot. The exhaust emissions have contributed to the air pollution immensely, so that the air in Vancouver and the air in China are on two different levels. China has more than 114 million cars that are used every day9. Imagine all of the car emissions in china being placed into a building the size of Van Tech. The visibility would be zero and inhaling a tiny bit would lead to very serious sicknesses. People can help lower the pollution by riding bikes and conserve energy at
The argument put forward by John Coleman, in his article “Global Warming Greatest Scam in History!”, is flawed mainly due to numerous logical fallacies. “Ad Hominem”, “Guilt by Association”, “Red Herring”, “Appeal to Irrelevant Authority”, “Hasty Generalization”, and “Genetic Fallacy” are some of the logical fallacies that can be observed to prevail in Coleman’s argument. As a consequence, the soundness, validity, clarity, reasoning and consistency of the whole article are insubstantial. Coleman’s premises fail to support his proposition that global warming is a scam, making the whole argument distorted and faulty.
Global Warming has been a very serious conversation over the last decade, because it affects every person living on the planet whether we choose to believe it or not. Most of the scientific community claims that global warming is to blame for the changes in Earth’s climate. However, there are a small number of scientists who deny the very existence of global warming. Temperatures on earth have increased approximately 1.4°F since the early 20th century. Over time, atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) have notably increased. Both sides in the debate surrounding global climate change agree on the CO2 and CH4 being increased and that’s it.
Global Warming is one of the biggest hoaxes in the modern day, and there are a lot of reasons why. There is actually no real scientific proof that the warming occurring is from the rise of greenhouse gases from human activity (Tesla). The warmer periods in Earth started 800 years before rises in CO2 levels in the atmosphere (Tesla). The Earth has always had significant changes in climate throughout geological time (Tesla). Another reason is that arctic ice has increased by 50% since 2012 (Conserve Energy Future). The reasons that Global warming is flawed are that the warmer periods in Earth started 800 years before the rises of CO2 levels in the atmosphere (Tesla), The Earth has always had significant changes
Matt Patterson argues in “Global Warming – The Great Delusion” that the alleged scientific consensus surrounding the theory of global warming is based not on fact, but rather on a web of mass hysteria and deceit. Patterson contends that “In fact, global warming is the most widespread mass hysteria in our species’ history”, and that the beliefs of global warming proponents are the result of their own delusional imaginations and a subconscious apocalyptic yearning toward which masses of people tend to subject themselves. While Patterson worries that what he perceives to be the
Johnson also points out how interest groups and well paid lobbyist are continually fighting the good fight in congress and the media to get the word out. The author also states how the definition of global warming has now expanded to include any and every weather disturbance, change, irregularity, and spontaneity. The main goal of Johnson is to let people know that scientific theory according to Karl Popper proves that global warming is false and the
This week, after reading Eaarth by Bill McKibben, I became very interested in global warming. Global warming is defined as an increase in the earth 's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. Global warming is also known as climate change or the greenhouse effect. The main cause of global warming is too much carbon dioxide being contained in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, however, absorbs heat and then warms the planet. Many of the things we do on a daily basis worsens global warming. Some of these things include cutting down forests and burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Global warming was first suggested by Svante Arrhenius in 1896. Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist who discovered the average temperature of the Earth was 15℃. He and Thomas Chamberlin calculated that human activities heated the Earth because they added carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This research was intended to prove whether or not carbon dioxide would explain the causes of the great Ice Ages. Their research wasn 't actually verified until 1987. In 1955, Gilbert Plass concluded that water vapor could absorb carbon dioxide. People argued that the oceans would absorb most of the carbon dioxide. In the 1950’s, it was proven that carbon dioxide could survive in the atmosphere for about 10 years. However, it was unknown how long carbon dioxide could survive in the ocean and how much carbon dioxide the ocean could
Global warming is hot topic nowadays. Alarmists and scientists fight to make their statements known, but while the alarmists avoid the scientist, non-governmental organizations pass themselves as scientist. They not only give out exaggerated data, they also have the nerve to accuse humans of being the cause of global warming. Also, we cannot be certain that we are being told the truth without knowing exactly what is really going on behind the scenes. We blindly trust those in authority because we think that they have our greater good in mind and that whatever they say must be the truth.
Global warming is defined as the recent increase in the world 's temperature that is believed to be caused by the increase of certain gases (such as carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere. There are many different theories on whether global warming is similar or not to climate change. Simplistically, climate change is different because climate change is defined as a change in global or regional climate patterns or, in particular, a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels, having been measured over long periods of time, due to the changes in Earth’s orbit and organic carbon which reflect sunlight. Global warming and climate change are not to be confused because global warming is caused mainly by anthropogenic factors like the emission of carbon dioxide gas and use of fossil fuels whereas climate change is completely natural, however, according to Milan Radovanovic, “it is clear that the anthropogenic factors dominate the increasing temperature and the natural ones have the maximum influence…” (Radovanovic). Therefore, “the contribution to global warming from natural forcings and from natural internal variability is in the range between -0.2 to 0.2 [degrees] celsius over the period 1951-2010…” (Radovanovic). Natural factors have had the most effect on global temperature in the past 59 years totaling a 0.4 degrees celsius increase in
In Christopher C. Horner’s “Global Warming Is A Myth” Mr. Horner states his views on the global warming debacle. I believe that the Media is trying to manipulate people into believing that we have created a “Global Warming Catastrophe”. They say that the Earth’s climate was stable before man came. The world’s climate is always changing due to the orbit between the Sun and Earth. Alarmists say that we have polluted our planet with manmade carbon dioxide that has spewed into the air, which is causing the glaciers to melt.
Global warming is a term used to describe the slow change in Earth’s overall temperature. This topic recently started being heavily recorded and studied by scientists. Politics started including it around the 1990’s. The boost of greenhouse gases caused by human burning of fossil fuels, industrial farming, and deforestation activities are what people tend to blame for
Global warming, or what is now called climate change, is caused by the sunlight coming through the Earth’s atmosphere, containing greenhouse gasses, and becoming cemented between the Earth’s crust and Ozone layer. This causes an uncontrollable heating in the territory between them (“Global Warming Science”). “Even though these greenhouse gases hold the heat from the sun the greenhouse effect is what keeps the Earth’s temperature suitable for life. Without the greenhouse effect Earth would be frozen and no one would be able to live on it” (“Global Warming- Britannica”). Many people believe that climate change is a myth and that it is not true due to the consequences are too harsh for a normal person to think of, the
As someone who is a firm believer in science, the impending increase of Planet Earth’s temperature makes me cringe. Global warming is the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere due to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of pollutants. Also, while there are tremendous amounts of proof that global warming exists, some civilians choose not to believe in it. This lack of trust in what is proven fact seems to almost have a whimsical feel to it, as some choose not to divulge what is fact from what is fiction.
Global warming has been an on-going issue for many decades. Most people would argue that it is a hoax; while others argue it is true. Climate change can cause a domino effect of catastrophes throughout the world. Once it affects one group, then that affected group will affect another, and so on and so forth; like a plague. Global warming is an authentic problem and we need to find more efficient ways to eliminate it, or at least contain it.
Scientists who believe in global warming say that global warming is the result of carbon dioxide and other air pollutants collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun’s heat which causes the earth to heat up. In fact, according to Amber Jenkins, site editor for "Global Warming: Vital Signs of the Planet," meteorologists at NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) have reported that “Earth is the hottest it has been in at least 400 years, and possibly even the last 2,000 years. Studies indicate that the average global temperature has increased by approximately 0.5-1.0°F (0.3-0.6°C) over the last century” (Jenkins).
The real inconvenient truth is this: people do not cause global warming. The Earth is naturally warming itself, and this is sending humankind into a panic. Even if people were causing global warming, there are many more advantages to the warming climate than disadvantages. Why scientists are taking this issue and blowing it out of proportions is baffling. There are many different ways to look at the argument, and few turn to actual science. The Earth may be warming, but this natural phenomenon may not be as catastrophic as widely believed.