Hey Scholars,
This week's topic is global climate change. The current scientific view point is that our climate is slowly warming. Prior to this current belief, there were scholars that thought we were headed for an ice age. Even movies such as The Day After Tomorrow depict this. This week we will reinforce Science's Current Perspective but for this week's post I want you to find alternate opinions on this subject. Post the link where you found your info.
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While looking for alternatives to global warming ideas I found this one. That the earth goes through both warming and cooling periods. This source believes that when the earth gets too hot, a reversal in magnetic fiels will cause it to swith to a cooling period and vice versa for when it gets too cold. "When global warming is great enough, then the electrons will tend to migrate closer to the surface of the earth where the observer is located. When the electrons are at the surface of the earth then there is no relative motion between the observer and the electrons and no magnetic field will be produced by these electrons. In order for charges to produce a magnetic field there has to be relative motion between the observer and the charges. If the charges and the observer are at the same distance from the center of the earth, then there is no relative motion, in spite of the fact that they are both rotating at a high speed. Now electrons are not expected to migrate to the surface but rather will move towards the surface with a resulting decrease in magnetic field. By the same token, the positive charges which are locked into position at or near the center of the earth will experience a large relative motion which will produce a large magnetic field due to their high relative velocity. If the magnetic field is decreasing with an increasing of internal heat of the earth, then one can expect a reversal of the earth's magnetic field. This could occur within a decade, a century, or a millennium."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.earths-magnetic-field-and-how-it-reverses-and-more.com/PageSixteen.htm
Antonia Blandin
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While I personally believe that the earth is warming there is a lot of controversy in the scientific community about this topic. I found this survey conducted by the Yale school of Forestry and Environmental Studies that shows the opinions of the scientist that were surveyed.
http://environment.yale.edu/news/5305
http://www.aproundtable.org/tps30info/globalwarmup.html
ReplyDeleteThe people who made this site believe global warming is "overblown and misdirected" and give eight reasons why they think so. They seem more concerned about the impact to economy and job loss overall.
http://geography.about.com/od/globalproblemsandissues/a/globalwarming_2.htm
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3rd Period
This website is predicting a drought for many years and more life threatening storms because of the warmer air!
John Christy says that global warming is nothing to be concerned about. He used weather satellites to analyze his measurements to look for a temperature trend but found no results showing no signs of global warming.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1893089
-Laura Edgell
3rd period
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;193/4252/447
ReplyDeleteIn this article, the author states that there is a global cooling trend in high altitudes in the northern hemisphere
Bryan
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=publopinquar
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talks about how the earths average temperature rose 0.56-degree C
ReplyDeletehttp://www.canada.com/technology/World+heating+since+study/3337141/story.html
Dennis Miller
4th period
Crystal Johnson
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703819904574551303527570212.html
This link shows the case against global warming. It highlights the fact that while the arctic is melting; Antarctica is actually growing in its ice shelf. And also that while urban temperatures are really high, that may be a result of a heat island resulting from all the concrete in the city and that satellite measures of temperature show that they are well within the natural range.
Earth is cooling-
ReplyDeleteMoran., By Andrew. "Earth Could Be Entering Global Cooling for the next 30 Years." Digital Journal: A Global Digital Media Network. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. .
"Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age - English Pravda.ru." English Pravda.ru: Russian News and Analysis. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. .
Earth is Warming-
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html#
http://www.livescience.com/environment/060713_global_warming.html
ReplyDeleteon this page there are around a dozen professional opinions, some say that global warming is happening to slowly for people to see any effects of it other than what they hear from mass media..
others on the page say that global warming is occuring but is being exaggerated
and one says that its happening but this global warming is naturally induced. not man made
Anthony (aj) reed
fourth period
http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2008/02/29/alternative-thinking-on-global-warming/
ReplyDeletesamantha south
4th period
This article talks about the theory that an astroid struck the earth that caused a massive change in the water content of Earth's atmosphere. This "event" which they call the Tungston Event, caused the most important greenhouse gas, water, to increase in the atmosphere causing a steady increase in global temperatures.
ReplyDelete"Greenhouse Theory Smashed by Biggest Stone." PhysOrg.com - Science News, Technology, Physics, Nanotechnology, Space Science, Earth Science, Medicine. University of Leicester, 14 Mar. 2006. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. .
http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2008/02/29/alternative-thinking-on-global-warming/
ReplyDeleteThis website is about a conference that is being held, or was held. This conference has a theme that is "there is no scientific consensus on the causes or likely consequences of global warming".
Ashley Stewart
4th Period
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14318/alternative_views_on_climate_change.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1363818.ece
These two sites show different reasons on why global warming is happening.
Rachael Silence
4th Period
In 2009, Greg Murphy and Laurence Hecht wrote an article about how a lower amount of solar activity is the reason why regions in the Northern Hemisphere were cooler than other parts of the world. Some would say this is a flaw in the debate on climate change. However, this is why we need to understand that global warming is not an evenly spread issue worldwide.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.larouchepub.com/other/2009/sci-techs/3615solar_min.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7026317.ece
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ReplyDeleteIn this article they are saying that global warming is not true and we are just freaking out over nothing. I personally believe it is happening but I think that it is not all the humans fault. Although we do take a lot of blame I think the world just goes through these stages and maybe we are just reaching the hotter stage a little sooner than expected.
Ebell, Myron. "The New York Times Fights Back Against Climategate | GlobalWarming.org." GlobalWarming.org | Climate Change News & Analysis. 05 Mar. 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. .
The article says that global warming will stop in 2015 and that the next 20-30 years will be colder than usual. It also mentions how science blames nature for global cooling but blames humans for global warming.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.globalwarminghoax.com/print.php?extend.68.1
Catalina Morris 3rd Period
Keith Foster has a theory that pinpoints the key reason for a climate change has something else. It says that ice deposits will add up in the South Pole due to wobbling and magnetic activity of the Earth, increasing the permittivity of water making it freeze more easily. The asymmetry of ice will change the momemntum stored in the Earth causing ice melting and volcanoes. At the same time the magnetic fields of the sun will reverse and will in turn reverse the magnetic fields in the Earth and cause climate warmup.
ReplyDeletehttp://robertkyriakides.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/geomagnetic-reversal-theory-of-global-warming-an-alternative-view/
Professor Don Eastbrook believes the Earth is going through a cycle of warming and cooling because of glacial fluctuations and sun spot activity:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10783
Exavier Macklin 3rd
ReplyDeleteBiofuels may speed up, not slow global warming
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQy7VFLFs365aBNrduM-V_xSFP8A
Actions to slow down climate change
http://www.preventclimatechange.co.uk/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1363818.ece
ReplyDeletehttp://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/Ice_Age.html
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Morris, By Julian. "Blame Lies With Sun, Not Global Warming | Opinion | The Moscow Times." The Moscow Times | Russia's Only Daily English-language Newspaper. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. .
ReplyDeleteThis artcle talks about global warming is not the cause of temperature rising,sea level rising, or natural disasters happening. This article blame it all on the sun not the global warming.
Trey Jones
Kaitlyn Hannah P4
ReplyDeletehttp://www.enotes.com/global-warming-article/
Kaitlyn hannah p4
ReplyDeletehttp://www.opposingviews.com/i/professor-wrong-on-emissions-during-global-warming-debate
Dylan Evans
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http://www.livescience.com/environment/060713_global_warming.html
William Grey says that this is normal to happen, and after this we will have a cooling.
Most of the people believe that there is no doubt we are in a global warming
Kaitlyn Hannah P4
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bookrags.com/researchtopics/global-warming-ov/
Cameron Gonzalez
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One scientist, Doug L. Hoffman, claims that human activity which prodcues Co2 may actually be a negative feedback loop instead of a positive feed back loop which cause temperature rise. Based on a recent study water vapor is more responsible for global warming than Co2 is. He says that Co2 released into the atmosphere causes water vapor to lower from the stratosphere to an area closer to the earths surface. This would make the earths temperature lower because infared rays are able to escape the upper stratosphere more freely.
http://www.theresilientearth.com/?q=content/why-i-am-global-warming-skeptic
Megan Young
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This website gave both sides of the arguement. It talked about how much of the factors debated are things no one really knows for sure. It discusses the people that think human impact has brought on global warming, and also the people that think the weather is just a cycle.
http://www.celsias.com/article/welcome-ice-age-global-warming-vs-global-cooling/
Lauren Henry:)
ReplyDeletehttp://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/palin-global-wa.html
multiple views on whether we are actually experiencing global warming? or just hot air.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.livescience.com/environment/060713_global_warming.html
Goudarzi, By Sara. "Global Warming or Just Hot Air? A Dozen Different Views | LiveScience." LiveScience | Science, Technology, Health & Environmental News. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. .
Darielle Pickett
4th
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/science/earth/11climate.html
ReplyDeletethis particular article says that global warming is occuring because of human activities and is an urgent threat reguiring immediate action
ReplyDeletehttp://environment.yale.edu/news/5310
http://robertkyriakides.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/geomagnetic-reversal-theory-of-global-warming-an-alternative-view/
ReplyDeleteBasically this guy is restating a theory that suggests that we are no doubt warming the earth but that humans are not to blame.
biz slone
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this guy talks about how he believe the first few decades of the 21st century will be global cooling
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/19/global-cooling-scientists-warming/
biz slone
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this news article talks about how countrys are seeing their first snow in many years or in just for the first time ever
http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Widescale+Global+Cooling/article10866.htm
http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2008/02/29/alternative-thinking-on-global-warming/
ReplyDeleteThe article connected with the link provided above, is one man's opinion on global warming. He states that rather than a man-made environmental problem, global warming is an unavoidable process. He includes quotes from several authors and scientists supporting this opinion. The man also discusses a conference that will be held in New York, weather permitting, between several countries regarding whether or not global warming is real.
-Gillian Garcia
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070312_solarsys_warming.html
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses a man, the head of space research at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, and his thoughts on global warming. This man does not blame humans, nor a natural process to explain earth's warming, but rather the sun. He states that Earth is not the only planet to have been found warming. Another man is quoted as saying that that explanation is ridiculous and impossible.
-Gillian Garcia