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Anonymous asked in EnvironmentGlobal Warming · 1 decade ago

Could someone please direct me to a site where I can find proof for Global Warming Theory?

I'm trying to get past the 'everybody knows it's true' stuff and actually get proof that 1) CO2 and greenhouse gasses actually reflect light, whether visible or not, back to the earth (it seems to me that they would just as readily reflect it from the Earth while it was still travelling from the sun) and 2) that the Earth is actually getting warmer. In short, would someone provide me with proof? I visited the IPCC site but I don't know which assessment report to start with. It would be nice if they had one titled "IPCC Proof of Global Warming" but they don't seem to.

Update:

Pibe, I went to your site and it showed that your entire answer was cut and pasted. It also showed that there is disagreement with the site. Regardless, what I'm looking for is proof. Or even strong evidence. what we have here is coorelation. Like saying that more and more kids are killing themselves these days and more and more kids are drinking flouridated water these days. So...flouride causes suicide. If there is proof for GW theory then it should be easy to find. If greenhouse gasses are reflect light then they should also reflect light FROM the sun. If you plug in a number, any percent from 1 to 100, the amount of light that stays on the Earth is less than the amount that would have struck the Earth WITHOUT greenhouse gasses being there at all. So they would actually COOL the Earth. Maybe I'm missing something but if I am it sure would be nice if GW proponents would simply show me how it all works.

Update 2:

Panurge---I started off believing in Global Warming. Used to worry about it a lot. But then I simply realized that, like nearly all of my beliefs, I had no actual backing for it. I had never actually seen the proof. So I went looking for the proof. So...no reason to treat me like an idiot.I simply want support for what I've been assuming all along. The idiot part of me was in assuming things because 'everybody says so'.

Update 3:

Panurge, on the other hand, the site was one of the better ones I've been to, the NASA one that is.

Update 4:

One problem I have with the NASA site explanation of GW theory is that it seems to say that greenhouse gasses absorb infrared light produced becuase the Earth (actual surface of it) is warming and then seems to say that it sends some of that IR back to the Earth as infrared light again BECAUSE gas warms up. 1) this is happening at the speed of light so...it shouldn't take long for it to eventually hit a water vapor 'window' and escape and 2) the greenhouse gas is still surrounded by non greenhouse gasses which should absorb the heat until they're the same temperature so it's not like the green house gasses can just get real hot all by themselves and trap the heat from ever escaping. Since other gasses will absorb that heat, it will get to the outer edge of the atmosphere and bleed off into space like all the other heat that the Earth loses.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Water vapor or humidity is the only green house gas and the key problem with statements by the believers is that co2 and methane as such are not green house gases unless they are contaminated with moisture. Co2 blocks and reflects less heat on its own than air which is mostly nitrogen when they are at the same humidity. I discovered this a couple of months ago while evaluating some experiments that were given to me as evidence that co2 was a green house gas. The experiment went exactly as documented both in producing the co2 and the faster warming of the container with the co2 in it.

    It was when I cooled the two containers that the duh moment hit me between the eyes as the air container was cooling normally while the co2 container was fogging and had moisture running down its sides as the humidity in the bottle condensed. At that point I went back to square one and bought 3 test meters that gave me temperature and humidity together. I ran them in my office side by side for a few weeks to verify they were well matched and then did the experiment over again that the AGW people swear is proof positive co2 is a green house gas and contributes to global warming.

    Everything went as before only the humidity in the co2 container was over 90% relative while the air container was at 35%. I went and got some of the desiccant packs from shipping that are used to keep electronics dry during shipping and dried the air in the co2 container to the same humidity as the air container was. Now when I cooled the containers the co2 container cooled slightly faster than the air container. The reason all of their experiments have shown co2 as a green house gas all of these 100 or more years is the methods of producing and testing for the presence of co2 in the sample bottle automatically contaminate the test sample with moisture to a 90% or better relative humidity level.

    Their experiment is faulty because they did not test the samples for humidity, which is the one and only green house gas.

  • pibe
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Despite any confusion that you might be facing, the facts on global warming are not up for debate.

    It is true that there are some natural causes of global warming. However, there is no doubt amongst the world’s leading experts that the current dangerous warming trend is primarily caused by humans.

    * » See also: Human Global Warming: What are the Main Causes?

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    Proof From the Experts

    Human activities are most likely causing global warming according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. The results of this report are significant since the IPCC is the leading group of scientist that evaluate climate change-related research.

    There’s no reason for you to doubt the scientists. There are some people who will attempt to confuse you by claiming that the idea that humans cause climate change is “just a theory” and therefore shouldn’t be taken seriously. But this is a dangerous misrepresentation of how scientists use the word ‘theory’. (If you are interested, you can quickly learn how to stop the spread of this kind of misinformation using these innovative tactics).

    The evidence is overwhelming in its support of the theory that humans cause climate change. The most important piece of evidence for you to understand is the direct correlation between the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global average temperatures. As carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased, so has the average temperature on Earth. In fact, many of the activities you do every day contribute to this problem.

    You need to understand

    the basics of scientific theories

    You’re probably used to using the word ‘theory’ to indicate that you are uncertain about something. When scientists use the word ‘theory’, they mean it in a different way than you are probably used to using it in casual conversation.

    Scientific theories are like facts. Scientific theories are well-tested and generally believed to be true by the scientific community. You don’t doubt the scientific ‘theory’ of gravity because the evidence so overwhelmingly supports it, and popular culture has come to accept it as a fact. However, scientists wouldn’t consider gravity’s existence a fact because they always leave open the possibility that new evidence will lead to a new theory.

    Global warming is as accepted as gravity in the sense that human-caused global warming has been researched extensively and almost all scientists believe it is happening.

    Are Catastrophic Effects

    Around the Corner?

    There are many dangerous effects from global warming that have the potential to cause the extinction of humanity. Fortunately, there is still time to reduce these effects, but you must take action.

    You should start by making sure that everyone has access to good information. That is why it is critically important that you learn to share this proof before it’s too late.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Global warming cannot be proven because nobody supports it. They call it climate change now, and if there is one thing the climate does consistently that is change. It's a political movement to push a carbon tax and create the new religion for the new age, environ-mentalism.

    CO2 helps life grow larger like in prehistoric times, when CO2 was way more plentiful.

    Watch the debate:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6t2D74UcrY

  • 1 decade ago

    I tried for months to get some sort of proof but facts and data show otherwise. It is plainly and simply a crafted hoax.

    I'm still waiting on my global-warming-believe-in-it friends to show me a proof but they can't. An Inconvenient Truth is not proof, just propaganda for the masses.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Read this. You can believe Science, or not. That doesn't change the facts ! Just 7 pages of easy reading w/pretty pictures.

    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/EnergyBa...

    This is a very informative video about the way oil companies created denialism for profit through deception.

    http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/denialmachine/video.html

  • 1 decade ago

    for anyone with this question the proper intellectual level for you will be found here:

    AlGore.com

    for all others go here:

    www.nature.com/nature/journal/v458/n7242/full/nature08019.html

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Good luck..... no such site exists.

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