Proving Global Warming? I have a debate tomorrow about global warming. I have to ask 5 %26#039;yes%26#039; or %26#039;no%26#039; questions to prove global warming. i want to make my opponent look like an idiot.

any ideas??
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News article at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6290228.st...

Does the INCREASE in CO2 levels come primarily from burning fossil fuels?

Yes. Scientists have proven this by using isotopic ratios to identify CO2 from Fossil fuels.

Can water vapor cause an INCREASE in temperature?

No. Excess water vapor falls out of the air by precipitation, while excess CO2 stays there for years. More here:

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...

Do any major scientific organizations say global warming is a natural thing?

No. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_...

Does our inability to predict the weather prove we can%26#039;t predict long term climate?

No. In science long term behavior is often predictable when short term behavior is noisy and unpredictable. More here:

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan... 17% 1 Vote

I%26#039;m taking you literallly--that this about global warming only, not climate change.

Here%26#039;s soeme suggestions:

a) the Artic ice is melting. For the first time in history, the Northweest passage was open this year. And that melting is accelerating--over a million square kilomoters increase in open water this summer.

B) the oceans generally--and areas like the Gulf o fMexico specifically--are warming.

c) Glaciers--as in Glacier National park--are melting and are the smallest in history.

Also--depending on the format, yoiur opponet may bring up the %26quot;well , global warming is jsut a natural phenomenon. Here is the best answer I%26#039;ve heard:
True--some global warming events have been natural. That does not mean people don%26#039;t cause the current global warming--any more than the fact tha tsome forest fires are caused by lightnening (natural) means that careless campers never start forest fires.

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Can you make your opponent look like an idiot? Judging by the way you asked your question I would say no, just stick to convincing your audience that Global Warming is real. Because if your opponent has any intelligence what-so-ever you are in trouble. Your biggest problem will be to prove AGW because it is still a theory and not a solid one like gravity or evolution. So study your material, concentrate on the belief that CO2 and Methane are probably responsible for the warming and that we may be causing it and pray your opponent is hot headed and not well versed in anti-AGW arguments. Be careful with statistics because many used for climate change have been skewed to fit the briefers need. 17% 1 Vote

37 tornadoes hit on Monday, January 7 including one in a town 10 minutes from me (Wisconsin). Tornadoes in January? If that isn%26#039;t a sign of global warming, I don%26#039;t know what is. 0% 0 Votes