NO! There is no debate among scientists. 97 to 3 isn't a debate.

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I know there is some debate about the existence of climate change, however, here in little NZ the weather has lost the plot. Mother nature has menopause and is seriously slapping us. Over the last 24 hrs we have had heat waves, flooding, cyclones and now snow. If there was doubt, I have none now. How's the weather for the rest of the world??

#ClimateChange #climate #weather #world #mother #existence #earth

Fluffykytten 5

Answer 1

Climate change is a thing. It is happening whether or not we like it. Weather will continue to get more and more extreme and unpredictable. I have witnessed already in my lifetime things I never expected to see here in NZ. There are 1000 denialists for every person who states that it is happening and in my own personal experience there are a heap of trolls paid by big oil and energy to continue their disinformation campaigns. Whether man has / is playing as major a role as initially thought is the only real question here - other than the obvious question - how long can we humans ignore facts in favour of business and $$$. You can't eat money when the water and food and arable land and forests are gone - thats game over folks.

Answer 2

The weather is constantly changing it is normal for the Earth somehow climate change global warming thing has become very political and one-sided, I don't believe CO2 causes global warming but I do believe that agriculture activities and land usage may be responsible for some climate change. In my lifetime I have seen them predicting an ice age in the 1960s and now global warming so I just believe we are experiencing normal climate change. I am not against alternative energy. If you are Interested you can read some of my posts on this website.

Answer 3

"warming is controversial"?!? The daffodils my grandmother planted around the family home, now owned by my brother, come up and bloom At Least 3 weeks earlier than when i was a child (i am now 69). So do the ones i transplanted here over 30 years ago.
Go tell the daffodils it isn't warmer..............

Answer 4

Observation: weather is not climate. Put another way: having an odd weather day does not indicate a change in climate.

That said, the thing about a warming trend in climate, and thus a change, is that it puts weather into a place where it tends to seem 'exaggerated.' Thus, winters are colder, summers are hotter, and the all weather is more energetic. So, what would've been a nice rain shower is now a storm, what would've been a storm is a thunderstorm, what would've been a T-storm is a cyclone... etc.

Here in the states we just had the first combination blizzard tornado that I've heard of in 50+ years... so, I am with you. The evidence of my eyes says that overall weather, and thus climate, has shifted and NOT in a good way. And yes, I blame we humans for the lions share of the problem... what is worse is that I believe that we could change the direction of this change without too much suffering on our part... sadly, and being in the Shithole known as the US of A, greed seems to be more important than survival.

Answer 5

The evidence for climate change is massive. The case for anthropgenic climate change is perhaps harder to make convincingly, but the evidence for it is building all the time. I have suspected both for decades.

Answer 6

yeah, we have been looking over the trench with amazement, and Tassie is the same. Last week Darwin was the coolest capital in Oz. How freaky is that. I accept humans have affected the climate, I was exposed to the hypothesis in the 70s at school, and if it was an experiment, the results back the hypothesis. Good enough for me for now.

Answer 7

Personally I believe the earth climate is cyclic, and that climate change is part of a natural occurrence. How much of this process has been speed up due to humans is debatable. However, in saying that I never accept any theory without a small bit of skepticism. By challenging the null hypothesis I can reassure my own understandings.

Answer 8

It's been unseasonably warm a few times this Winter. Not long ago we were in the 50's F.
Today it's an expected windy 26.

Answer 9

In Florida, it's pleasantly cool -- around 70 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny.

Answer 10

There is no debate among the scientists. I know that weather and climate are different things but I will say that visible proof is staring us in the face here in the west. Every year it seems dryer and the fires are bigger and more intense. Although the East has had it cold we have had virtually no winter and hardly any snow. I can remember Carl Sagan years ago talking about climate change and saying that something to look for were extremes. It's extreme.

Answer 11

And this morning the sky is blue again here. Mother Nature definitely needs to get back on her meds.

Answer 12

It's cold as usual ,nothing I'd class a extreme here to report in North England. Though we did get a passing Polar bear knocking on doors asking for any leftover fish,which I thought a tad odd.

Answer 13

There is no serious debate: the climate is changing, scientists say yes, people with debilitated thought capacity say no.

Answer 14

I have lived in Texas 58 years. I can tell you it used to be colder here in the winters. Not unusual for us to have a couple weeks off from school each year due to snow and ice that hung around for several days. I know weather has been historically cyclical so I am not sure how much if any can be attributed to man made climate change.

Answer 15

I have never denied climate change; I'm just not sure how much of it is cyclic and how much is due to humans. Either way we need to stop rushing it on and do something to curb the change.


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