Global Warming. Why Do We Never Hear About Positive Effects Of Climate Change?
Global Warming. When Reports About Global Warming/climate Change/etc. Are Mentioned, The Slant Is Always Entirely Negative. Surely Changes Of Climate
Global Warming : Why Do We Never Hear About Positive Effects Of Climate Change
When reports about global warming/climate change/etc. are mentioned, the slant is always entirely negative. Surely changes of climate will actually be beneficial to some species or environments? I am prepared to accept that climate balance may be changing but I think the media is biased towards saying it is entirely terrible and not giving us any mention of good things that may come of it. Having read some of the answers here, thankyou to those who have answered the question sensibly, and I'd like to point out to those who think there CAN'T be any positive effects you need to think outside the box a little. Example... decrease in polar bears is negative, but increase in "vermin" species IS positive - there is no logic to saying one species is "worth" more than another just because they look cuddly or are currently threatened with extinction. ~~~ quarktard ~~~
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If you take a look at the latest IPCC report, AR4, you'll find that the models say that we'll likely have fewer cold days. It does not say we'll have more hot days - instead it says we'll likely have more frequent warmer nights. (likely means greater than 66% chance.) You'll also find that of all the other negative effects, they all have a likelihood of just over 50%. Additionally , ONLY ONE of the negatives - drought increases - has had any actual studies, all the others, they admit are just opinions: "Attribution for these phenomena based on expert judgement rather than formal attribution ; Not quite the doom and gloom people are expecting to hear. Let's recap: the only places where researchers have a reasonable idea that man has made any contribution (greater than 2/3 a chance) is basically less cool/cold, not necessarily more warm, and these comes from a computer model. Only one other negative effect has actually been studied - droughts - and found to have a slightly better than 50/50 chance. The rest are opinions. I don't know about you, but this puts me in the mood to blow a $trillion a year these terrible negatives.
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Answer 1no, we are all gonna die.
Answer 2I'm sure there's some "positive" effects, but if the end result is negative, what's the point of the "positives" on our way there? I bet the negatives greatly out weigh the positives, also.
Answer 3good point :)
Answer 4Yeah I see what you are saying and agree, the polar bears might be in trouble but there is still enough ice for them to go around. And I agree what happens happens, all the TV stations, radio, newspapers all back up old Al Gore, see as that is the new trend here in the . I'm just waiting for all this smoke to blow over and have somebody complain about something else that we humans are doing wrong....stupid liberals.......................
Answer 5What would those positive effects be???? Fewer polar bears? More fires? Even stronger storms? More flooding? Coast lines moving in sharply? It doesn't matter why it's happening - it doesn't matter what the cause is - it only matters that, for the most part, it's not a good thing. If we can do anything to help stop the global warming - we need to do that. Placing blame had better become secondary to fixing it pretty soon, or IT WON'T MATTER. ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! We are about to debate ourselves into even more serious trouble . . . . . . Danni - my point is - the debate is what's futile - we will never agree on where to place the blame. We just need to do something about our contribution to the problem. Did anyone watch the guy (sorry, don't remember his name) that swam in the Arctic Ocean that has NEVER before been liquid? There is not enough ice for the polar bears and their average weight is seriously down from what is normal - let's not wait until they're all dead and then the debate will be moot. Please, let's do what we each can to help instead of playing the us vs. them game ad nauseum! Thank you MoonDog! We always stick our heads in the sand to avoid having to change or give up any of our conveniences - - - - - of course, the corporations that pull most of our chains would have to get on board too . . . . . . . .
Answer 6Because it doesn't fit the story that's all ready written. If you Talk about positive effects, or that they really aren't sure if the theory holds water you have killed the cash cow they call global warming. Patti Coastlines have always moved sharply. 2006 broke your theory about more severe storms. 1983 just 4 short years after alarmist were shouting Ice age the mississippi river flooded and Lake Mead flowed into its spill way at Hoover dam for the first and only time. Neither of these large river systems is even close to where they were in 1983. And as far as the polar bears only one group in Eastern Canada shows a small decline in number the rest are triving and gaining number this according to the people who have been studying them for 30 years. And 900ad - 1200ad years that were warmer than today saw the greatest expantsion of civilization the world had ever known. Of coarse if you want to compare the years between the late 1200's and the early 1800's you would find Plague mass starvation and a stagnation of civilization. these years were called the little ice age before global warming but if you don't remember them then it doesn't blow your theory and people wouldn't think that quite possibly we are naturally coming out of this Iceage. Some people will tell you only humans could be the reason the planet is warming. Yet we now have the ability to see the temp climb on mars and saturn that mirror what we see here on earth is the Mars rover that detrimental to mars climate? We also have the ability through our own written history from the observation of cultures all around the globe that what we are seeing is nothing new. I just thought of a prefect test to see if mankind can control the weather Sunday July 28th 2007 at 17:00PST that 5pm westcoast USA every body face west and blow as hard as you can, tell all your friends I promise I'll pay for all the everyone with friends in different countrys could tell their friends too the bigger the test the more positive our data will be! Danni
Answer 7It suits certain powers that be to only have the negative stressed. It also suits cheap tabloid newspapers. Bread and circuses.
Answer 8let take an example. say you got 5 investment, 4 of them you lost $5 each-gt; lost -$20 1 of them you win $8-gt; +$8 in total you lost -gt; -$12 will you telling people you win $8 ? or you will say, oh, i lost $12 sorry, i am not good at debate, so i use this example to tell you why we always tell in negative. Even now we keep telling ourselves with those negatives, but still so many of us don't even bother. If we tell them the situation is not as bad as the specialist said so, what would happen, EVEN WORST. You got what i mean?
Answer 9no positive effects :(
Answer 10When you are on a runaway train it is hard to know what the outcome is going to be. Climate change is a world-wide event of such complexity that its outcome is impossible to predict either good or bad.
Answer 11There are some positive aspects but these tend to be overshadowed by the negatives, on blanace the net effect is a bad one. Some of the positive aspects... · Less deaths from cold related conditions · Less illness from cold related conditions · More condusive environment to some plant and animal species · Insects and vermin will do particularly well · Better growing conditions for certain crops · Extended growing season for certain crops · Possibility in some places of two harvests per year instead of just the one · More agricultural land available as permafrost melts · Possible capture of billions of tons of methane released when permafrost melts · Reduced heating bills for those living in colder climates · Technological advances as manufacturers strive for cleaner and more efficient products · Economic advantages for the companies and countries that adapt and are able to supply greener goods and services to meet public demand · Less droughts in some places due to increased rainfall · Less floods in some places due to decreased rainfall · The ability to grow things in Antarctica - grass is now growing there · Warmer temps are generally preferable to many people than cooler ones · Acidification of the oceans is beneficial to some forms of marine life · Melting of the Arctic Ice Cap will open up new and shorter shipping routes · Population migration could see underpopulated areas becoming populated and the arrival of many new immigrant workers to bolster the workforce
Answer 12It's because unconsciously most people want to hear bad news. Just read the news paper or watch the news, most of the reports are on negative things, accidents, shootings, crime, causes of cancer, bad weather. Look at how many people slow down to see a bad accident on the side of the freeway. Positive things are rarely news worthy. Sure there are going to be less polar bears but there will be more seals, colder areas will have longer growing seasons, less snow so fewer accidents in icy roads, etc. Like you said things will balance out, that's what nature does. And about that investment analogy, when someone goes to Las Vegas and looses $ but wins $, they always come back and say "I won $!" they never say "I lost ;
Answer 13I am amazed at some of these answers...!!! Climate change is brought about by the species living on the planet at the time...Those of you who give reasons as to why a warmer climate will be okay have got to do more research...We are slowly killing this planet people, don't believe the contrary... The melting of the ice caps is desalinating the ocean - in turn the desalination is slowing down the "Oceanic Conveyor belt" - a global current that distributes heat around the planet...Check out the link...
Answer 14we will hear positive affescts only if we help the enviroment and work to make the enviroment cleaner. If you don't want to hear the negative effects try to work on making it positive. afterall we are the living creatures that makes the negative affects
Answer 15your a lil dim wit arnt cha why the bloody well hell do u think there are no positive god go grow a brain
Answer 16Probably because Global Warming is make the Earth so hot that it'll make the ice caps of Antarica,North Pole,and below melt and make a HUGE wave that'll flood the entire earth. Didn't you see Lil' Bush when they took the time machine to 2107 and saw New York flooded in case that will help you understand. Also if you want to email me it's afifmaster@.uk
Answer 17There are many benefits, to species that are disease reservoirs, and that has been mentioned many times. Is it the global climate change proponents fault, that you don't view it as beneficial just like they don't?
Answer 18Hi! I am working on a world wide proyect to stop global warming and have received very good critics. Join me please if you love your planet. Watch my videos on youtube: /cancunhans and you will hear more about my ideas. We really have to act now. And there is no excuse, for example: No money etc, because there is money. We only spend it in a wrong way. For example in rockets to mars, drugs, weapons. The tecnology already exists: electric cars, solar engergy and so on and so on.
Answer 19The money is not in the cure... its in the medicine... this is what alarmists do to get you give up your life and die for mother earth.
Answer 20Love being in the tropics! Greenhouses are famous for allowing growing vegitation that wouldn't otherwise grow. Former cold areas that may become warmer can only serve to grow more food for the world's population. Nature balances things out...even for people.
Answer 21becaues there are not many Agriculture and animals end especially what is happening on a micro biotic level It took millions of years to get to this point drastic changes is going to affect many things micro organisms are being wiped out on a massive scale ,others are getting out out control the insect world is affected , and so is everything that follows 3000 species of Animals have become exstinct in 50 years so have many species of plants Agriculture looses 10% of its crops with just 1 degree rise in temperature . And since we are at the end of everything ,humans in the end are the most affected it may seem pleasant for people living in cold countries at first but their food comes mainly from hotter places and they are the first to suffer so the colder places will feel the secondary effects such as rising food and drinks prices that are some of the reasons.
Answer 22The real truth is that the earth is going out of orbit and is gonna crash into the sun. The worlds politicians just don't want us to know about it. Actually the climate always changes. Why would it stay the same? It is stupid to think that it would. Screw Al Gore and all the rest of the alarmists trying to make a buck out of the temperature. They are all crazy!
Answer 23If you take a look at the latest IPCC report, AR4, you'll find that the models say that we'll likely have fewer cold days. It does not say we'll have more hot days - instead it says we'll likely have more frequent warmer nights. (likely means greater than 66% chance.) You'll also find that of all the other negative effects, they all have a likelihood of just over 50%. Additionally , ONLY ONE of the negatives - drought increases - has had any actual studies, all the others, they admit are just opinions: "Attribution for these phenomena based on expert judgement rather than formal attribution ; Not quite the doom and gloom people are expecting to hear. Let's recap: the only places where researchers have a reasonable idea that man has made any contribution (greater than 2/3 a chance) is basically less cool/cold, not necessarily more warm, and these comes from a computer model. Only one other negative effect has actually been studied - droughts - and found to have a slightly better than 50/50 chance. The rest are opinions. I don't know about you, but this puts me in the mood to blow a $trillion a year these terrible negatives.
Answer 243DM, If you take a look at the latest IPCC report, AR4, you'll find that the models say that we'll likely have fewer cold days. It does not say we'll have more hot days - instead it says we'll likely have more frequent warmer nights. is there something wrong with you? cant you see that if we have less cold days it means that well have more warm ones? how old are you, 3? spreading your propaganda at any cost, including your personal integrity. wow, what an achievement.
Answer 25Let's see... You'll be able to go salt water fishing in Kansas. Polar bears and leopard seals will be gone, so we won't have to worry about them biting us. The internet, cell phones pdas and ipods will be a thing of the past. You're right, there are some plusses!
Answer 26Very good question. And, you make a good point about being prepared to accept change. The climate is changing, whether we choose to accept it, or not. One obvious benefit is that the more CO2 there is in the atmosphere, the better plants will thrive. And, plants convert CO2 to oxygen. And, oxygen is not only good for man, it's a natural oxidizing agent. Oxidizing agents are good for cleaning up pollution.
Answer 27honestly, the negative effects of climate change heavily outweigh the positive. In fact the only positive results(not really even positive tho) could be that 1, water parks could get more buisiness.... and that drilling for oil in alaska and the artic will increase busisiness...but that will only contributing more directly and greatly to the problem of warming of many climates... and distrubt ecosystems too in the region..so i don't know what your feasable argument is for this....the economy will slowly decline with the decrease of the need for certain buisinesses.. ski resorts, warm clothing lines, ect... and also the cost (econmically and enviornentally) of air conditioning in certain places will rise.....media isnt biased, as you stated they are stating wha tt top scientists have found.... in fact if the media were being biased, they would be favoring the anti-globalwarming/climate change side of the argument... since america's governement (bush administration) has continually been steadfast on the "it's not true" or, "there isnt much proof" view.... in fact in many articles, it has been proven that the administration has altered documents by scientists before publicising them to make the issue seem less urgent.... and bush didn't sign the kyoto treaty.... the media isnt being biased... all in all, climate change is truly dangerous to every aspectof the earth and its beings...
Answer 28Absolutely correct. It doesn't matter the status of our present environment. All creatures on Earth have had to adapt to what is an ever changing environment. Those that couldn't became extinct. There is no more adaptable creature than man that's why we are at the top of the evolutionary tree.
Answer 29As far as i know there are no good effects from global warming...Do know we have treated this World as if it had unlimited recourse's and treated the Earth shamefully,,poisoning it day by day....You will no doubt dismiss this as scare mongering,dome predictions been around for years but the evidence points towards big problems so big it could wipe people out...
Answer 30Positive changes arn't good for the cause.
Answer 31We don't really need to be alerted to the positive aspects of climate change. What would we do? Change it? No, just enjoy it. Being warned that something bad may happen unless we do something is a more crucial role to play than warning us that something good is going to happen unless we do something about it. One positive aspect of global warming is that Russia can have more year round sea ports and that would enable them to export oil easier.
Answer 32Yeah,some bugs will have a ball!
Answer 33The only box you are thinking out of is a crack box. Global warming causes the oceans to warm. Agreed? Warming oceans kill off plankton and other lower life forms. Thats the food of the fish in the ocean. Fish is food for us and other animals....you seeing a pattern here? Melting ice caps mean higher ocean levels.....IE: less land for those billions of ppl on earth...shall I go on? Deforestation is effecting oxygen supply. Trees=air.......
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