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Post by excessive_energy2 on May 4, 2002 14:52:21 GMT -5
If I had any clue what Gobal Warming was,I would totally understand, so would anyone like to explain to me what the heck it is!Thanks!
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Post by Toxic-Avenger on May 4, 2002 22:35:40 GMT -5
<<it just makes me want to stick a rusty nail in someone's eye>> Ouch! Global warming is the slowly rising average temperature of the Earth thought to be caused by the pollutants being pumped into the air. Most of this is carbon dioxide, what's called a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gasses are thought to help hold heat from the sun in and break down the ozone layer that helps keep the ultraviolet rays of the sun from burning living tissues. The more greenhouse gasses there are, the warmer the Earth gets. Global Warming. The temperatures are rising but only a few tenths of a degree a year. The problem is, that adds up after awhile and the Polar ice caps are melting. <br> If this happens, it will raise the temperature of the Earth more, and the oceans will rise several feet which will put alot of coastal sities underwater. Ironically, this would also trigger another ice age. Because the water that melts off the caps will freeze when it gets colder, but as it gets colder, it will also be flowing South. I'm not sure I buy that theory. The problem is, this cannot be directly observed since the we've only been keeping weather records for the last 150 years or so. So we don't really know if what's happening is caused by us or just normal processes the Earth goes through. See, a volcano during a major eruption can blow more dust and debris into the air in one day than all the factories the world over can do in a year. So the there's still studies going on to see if industry is causing global warming or is this just something that happens from time to time. The other thought is that there has been alot of sunspot activity lately every 11 years and that has a big effect on Earth's climate.
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Post by Ich Liebe Rammstein on May 18, 2002 15:54:30 GMT -5
I didnt vote. Because it scares me to even think about it. Only because I dont know much about it,and how..'powerful' it is.
~~~~~~Heather,(Edward Furlong,Mike Shinoda,Chester Bennington,KidRock & Joe C. LOVER!!!!!! Linkin Park RULES!!!!!!)
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Post by Toxic-Avenger on May 21, 2002 11:19:58 GMT -5
I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's near the end of May and the last two days, I've had to scrape the frost off my windows and let the car warm up. Weird wearing a winter coat in late Spring!
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Post by Ich Liebe Rammstein on May 21, 2002 17:03:11 GMT -5
<<<< Weird wearing a winter coat in late Spring! >>>> lolZ.Yep,thats pretty weird,I had to wear a coat the other day,lolZ
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