If co2 from man stopped would their still be global warming?

For a few decades until the planet reached equilibrium with the enhanced greenhouse effect due to the CO2 we've already emitted, then it would stop warming. There's somewhere between 0.5-2.5°C warming "in the pipeline" from the CO2 we've already emitted.

This theory people have that the planet is warming because it was "due" after the Little Ice Age is simply wrong. The planet doesn't just magically warm because it just magically cooled. You have to have a physical cause of each warming and cooling. In the case of the Little Ice Age, it was a decrease in solar activity and an increase in volcanic activity.

Right now, if humans hadn't emitted any CO2, the planet would have a very steady and slightly decreasing temperature, as it had for the past 8,000 years until about 100 years ago when it began warming rapidly.

I know you don't care about the physics or math behind global warming, but for those who do, I recommend the link below.

Yes if co2 stops the global warming will stop as it causes global warming.

It is a little stupid to think that putting 100 times more CO2 into the atmosphere annually than the average emission of volcanic eruptions would not have an effect. Most climatologist (97%) think it does.

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2007/07_02_15....

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/19/eco.g...

Remember that the rate of warming has increased as a result of human activity. That means it is getting warmer faster than it would if it was just the natural warming because we are coming out of an ice age. Scientists consider the major orbital, solar, and volcanic cycles that cause ice ages. Human activity is a major factor driving warming at this point in time.

http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/climate_change...

Probably not, I'd rather have a little global warming, then moving to a life without all technology. Man has little impact on global warming anyway.

The earth is in long term cooling due to Milankovitch cycles, and has been cooling natually for the past 6,000 years. Whoever told you we've been warming naturally is misinformed. We are headed to an ice age -- sans the effects of man -- in about 23,000 years. In the shorter term, we are affected by cycles of the sun, but we are at a solar minimum. The sun right now is more quiet than anytime in the past century. We should be having one of the coldest years in a century but instead are having one of the hottest years. Once the sun cycles back into a more intense status and if developing El Nino strengthens, we

will get the hottest year ever.

The idea that the observed rapid warming is natural has no scientific basis.

You have it all wrong. The Ice Age ended because of those darn cavemen and their Hummers.

It would LOWLY (over the next 50 year start to go back to normal levels which would be a great plus.

The acceleration can probably be sped up to 15-20 years if we reclaim land with trees.

Actually, the earth stopped warming about 8000 years ago and was cooling ever since.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca...

Seems a little stupid to think that scientists wouldn't have considered that.

Many people come up with arguments against the existance of human-caused global warming that make it sound like it's so obviously false that even a child could spot it. We hear that the scientists haven't considered that the sun might be causing it. We hear that they obviously haven't studied history and seen that the earth has warmed before. We are told that since warming can increase levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, it must be impossible for CO2 to cause the current warming. We're told warming or CO2 is actually good for the planet, or that Al Gore invented global warming to make money, that antarctic ice is increasing, scientists methods or instruments are dodgy or that the earth is actually cooling. All those scientists must be complete morons if they're making as many mistakes as some people are telling us. Or maybe, just maybe it's worth looking to see if there are reasonable answers to all these popular concerns. http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php is a great place to start.

If you were ill would you trust a fellow blogger, a wingnut on the internet or someone who studied medicine for many years? If one maverick doctor disagrees with the consensus would you trust your life to them or the majority opinion? Global warming is highly complex, and it takes a while to fully understand what it is, why it's happening and why it's a threat. This is a potential minefield to anyone who's not an expert on the subject. To illustrate the point try this: Google geocentric theory (the idea that the sun goes round the earth) and you'll find arguments that you won't be able to counter without resorting to some form of "But everyone knows most scientists say otherwise!"

It's understandable that people want to come to their own conclusions, but by far the best way to start doing that is to look not so much at what's being said, but at WHO is saying it. These are just some of the most significant people warning us of the human-caused global warming threat:

First, the scientists:

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2500+ scientific expert reviewers, 800+ contributing authors and 450+ lead authors from 130+ counties, working more than 6 years to review thousands of peer-reviewed papers. They published their first report on climate change in 1990 and have published an updated one every 5 years since then. They conclude, among other things, that global warming is happening, that it's caused by humans, and that it's a potentially very serious threat to us. http://www.ipcc.ch/

The National Scientific Academies of the following countries issued this statement in support of the IPCC:

"The work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the consensus of the international scientific community on climate change science. We recognise IPCC as the world's most reliable source of information on climate change and its causes, and we endorse its method of achieving this consensus. Despite increasing consensus on the science underpinning predictions of global climate change, doubts have been expressed recently about the need to mitigate the risks posed by global climate change. We do not consider such doubts justified."

The National Academy of Sciences (US), (founded in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln, 1 in 10 of its members is a nobel prize winner!)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (around since before the US Civil War. It's the largest scientific society in the world, with 144,000 members!)

Royal Society (United Kingdom),

Chinese Academy of Sciences,

Science Council of Japan,

Russian Academy of Sciences,

Academia Brasiliera de Ciências (Brazil),

Royal Society of Canada,

Académie des Sciences (France),

Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Germany),

Indian National Science Academy,

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy),

Australian Academy of Sciences,

Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts,

Caribbean Academy of Sciences,

Indonesian Academy of Sciences,

Royal Irish Academy,

Academy of Sciences Malaysia,

Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand,

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

See the full statement here: http://royalsociety.org/displaypagedoc.asp?id=1361...

Google these scientific organizations for yourself. You'll find that they are real and highly respected.

Government sources:

In 2008 (i.e. still during the George W. Bush era), all 16 US intelligence agencies (who aren't normally known for being green), including the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency jointly produced a report known as the National Intelligence Assessment. The report warned of a wide of a wide range of national security threats if global warming isn't properly addressed.

The Pentagon, in 2003 (i.e. also in the George W. Bush era) released a study which warned: "There is substantial evidence to indicate that significant global warming will occur during the 21st century. ...With inadequate preparation, the result could be a significant drop in the human carrying capacity of the Earth’s environment" http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/feb/22/...

Governmental representatives from 170 countries are meeting in Copenhagen in December this year to discuss what action to take against global warming.

John McCain promised to take action against climate change http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/04spr/mccain1.asp?r=n (again, this would suggest that it's NOT in fact a liberal plot)

Also in Britain where I live, all the major political parties, including the conservative party agree that global warming is man-made and a threat.

China has declared that it will take action on climate change http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/13/china-signal... and has recently closed coal power plants with a total of 7,467 generating units.

The president of the Maldives made the following remarkable short speech: http://vimeo.com/3661273

Corporations:

One would have thought that big corporations would be the last people to accept that global warming is real, given that many of them, particularly oil companies, may stand to lose out if consumption of their products is necessarily reduced:

Exxonmobil is an oil giant, and the largest company in the world. For a long time they have funded those who deny global warming http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/global-war... However, in 2007 they finally stated that global warming is a serious risk and must be addressed by governments.

80 global corporations including Shell, BP, Duke Energy, Michelin and British Airways wrote a document to G8 leaders calling for stronger action against climate change.

Wanna see even more sources? The list just goes on and on! Click the following link:

http://logicalscience.com/consensus/consensus.htm#...

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So who are the skeptics?

At this date, there is only 1 professional scientific organization which does not concur that the science clearly points to man-made global warming being a serious threat. That's the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, who state that the globe is warming but that their membership is divided on the degree of human influence. However, this is not all that surprising when you consider that they may feel that their jobs will be threated by action taken against global warming.

The Oregon Petition/petition project etc:

An online petition which anyone can sign. The number of signers is now up to 31,000, although you may hear it quoted as a lower number if someone isn't up to date. To sign you're supposed to hold a science degree, although it can be in ANY area of science, the names are not disclosed and nobody actually checks to see if the signers really do have degrees. http://www.petitionproject.org/

A compiled list of 400 scientists against global warming:

Amazingly, some people on this list are counted multiple times, and many are not scientists but engineers, inventors, economists etc.

Some fake scientific organizations which are actually just small groups with impressive sounding names.

A few think tanks and advocacy organizations (i.e. people with agendas to push, NOT scientists!):

e.g. The Heartland Institute, The Marshall Institute, The Competitive Enterprise Institute...

A tiny handful of oft-quoted individual scientists.

Robert M. Carter, Richard Lindzen, S. Fred Singer, Roy Spencer etc.

Most of these skeptics are qualified in fields other than CLIMATE science, which is the relevant field.

A slew of journalists, writers, bloggers and documentary makers who present different versions of events, where global warming is portrayed as shambles/conspiricy/liberal plot. They are pretty successful at convincing people, because your average member of the public doesn't know any better.

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Forget the shouting match and and the highly confusing media debate. We rely on science in just about every aspect of our lives, and global warming is a scientific issue. Although we can never know the future for certain, it is wisest to base our actions on what the overwhelming majority of the worlds experts are telling us!