Global Warming: a Natural Phenomenon

Natural Phenomenon The global warming subject has been a heated debate for the past few decades. Some scientists are saying this is a completely man made problem. There are two clear sides to this subject and both have evidence, but the evidence is stronger on that global warming is just Mother Nature at work. The government has poured hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars into research for manmade global warming. The theory is that humans are causing the “greenhouse effect” and putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. There is clear evidence to prove otherwise and that the carbon dioxide emissions have a much smaller affect than the scientists, government, and media make you believe. Manmade global warming is not occurring. Global warming is a natural occurring process that the earth goes through over the years. The earth has been heating and cooling for hundreds of thousands of years and it’s a natural climate change. The Pleistocene Ice Age occurred 18,000 years ago and put most of the earth under a sheet of ice (Hieb). Ever since then the earth has gone through seven major warming and cooling trends. Of the six trends preceding the current period of warming, three produced temperatures warmer than the average 59˚F today and three have produced cooler temperatures. In 1650, the temperature of the earth plummeted to a low 57˚F, the coldest point since the ice age. This is why from 1650 to 1850 is known as the Little Ice Age. Our global warming of 1.5˚F since 1850 is simply a recovery of the Little Ice Age. Even the United Nation Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that, “some of the global warming could be a recovery from the Little Ice Age rather than a direct result of human activity” (Brogan). The two periods in history when the planet was significantly warmer than today were followed by bountiful harvests and economic prosperity. Between 6500 B.C. and 3500 B.C., the temperature rose to 62°F, which is three

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