Proof of Global Warming? Ocean Temps at Record Highs
Submitted by DeepDiveAdmin on Aug 21, 2009
Beach goers looking to cool off by swimming in the ocean may be better off in the shade, as scientists report that temperatures in the world's oceans have reached record highs. This weekend even the normally frigid waters off the coast of Maine reached 72 degrees, a full ten degrees warmer than usual.
Opposing Views asks: Are we witnessing a powerful sign of global warming's effects on our oceans?
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how can we be sure this warming is a cause of green house gasses? in fact most facts point to the crazy fact that the sun is putting out more rays than it has in a long period of time( since well before records were kept) how can we be sure this is not just a part of earths cycle since only a couple of thousands of years ago earth was in an ice age why do we think that what happens in a couple of life times (which is not even a blip on the earth time line) is that global warming is a terrible event. when the dinosaurs ruled the earth it was considerably hotter than it is today. lets not also forget the fact that the winters in many places have been colder and harsher than they have in years
To start... saying that the sun is putting out more 'rays' then it ever has without records to back it up does not make a great deal of sense because that implies that there are records of higher solar activity.
It is not that the suns output is warming the Earth it is that the earth is retaining more heat due to CO2 production. This is causing the climate to change in a drastic and destructive manner... that is it is not the temperature, but the rate of the temperatures increase.
Global warming is not 'bad' for the planet, Earth will still exist and life will still go on. It is bad for the human race and the other species currently living on the Earth.
We are destroying our own habitat.
Yes, the increase in the oceans temperatures is evidence supporting the global warming theory.
This is quite important because warmer waters are altering the ocean habitats. We can see this in number of jellyfish blooms that have been happening in the last few years, and in the changes taking place in the coal reefs.
This is very dangerous because seafood is an important part of much of the worlds diet .
Even if you are right.There is nothing we can do to change it.
The two party system in the US cant even get on the same page.How do you think the every country in this world would?
How is there 'nothing we can do to change it'?
There is quite a bit that can be done on both the individual and societal level to deal with this problem.
One country or one person will not make a change .Are you willing to give up your money and your freedoms to make a change?
Saying 'well since one person cannot change things there is no point in trying' only means that nothing will ever be done.
Can you qualify what you mean by 'giving up money '? Green technologies can be more expensive at the onset, but they often save money over the long run (this goes for individual actions like replacing incandescent light bulbs with LED light bulbs to larger scale actions like replacing coal fired plants with nuclear plants).
Which freedoms will be given up?
Nuclear plants where does the waste go?
There are generation III and IV reactors that recycle their own fuel, reducing the radioactivity / toxicity to more manageable levels. There is also promising research into the use of fusion to process nuclear waste into a less radioactive state.
Nuclear waste can also be stored until it decays into less toxic waste material.
More importantly nuclear reactors do not dump their waste products into the atmosphere.