is global warming a self correcting problem?

[EricTheRed 0]

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... it's self-correcting. If we fuck it up enough, we will die off, and then there won't be a problem any more. The earth has much longer cycles than the US does. Of course, I don't find that to be too palatable an option.

Wendy W.

That or we run out of oil to burn before it get's too hot. Either way, not the best option on the table.

illegible usually

[StreetScooby 5]

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wobbles on its axis a bit and every 10,000 to 12,000 years

Based upon some reading I've done, whose basic philosophy is embedded in:
www.iceagenow.com,
this is one possible scenario that kind of makes sense to me:

1) The Earth has an enormous core of molten metal.
2) Our solar system revolves around a big black hole that's in the center of our universe.
3) The eccentrity of the path of our solar system around the black hole changes. Sometimes, it's circular. Sometimes, it's very elliptical.
4) When it's elliptical, and the solar system starts to turn around the black hole, our earth gets a shock. So much so, that it's crust (insulation) starts to crack and let the hot molten metal to the surface.
5) There are alot of underwater volcanoes.
6) When the hot molten metal hits the sea, it causes alot of evaporation, and heats the water all around the earth.
7) Hot water tends to amplify hurricanes.
8) More H2O in the atmosphere tends to decrease energy absorbed from the sun (...leading to an ice age).

I'm not saying this is a fully informed opinion, much less saying that it's right. It does kind of make sense to me.

But, to be honest, I'm a failed applied mathematician

We are all engines of karma

[kelpdiver 2]

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I don't believe that in the few years we have been tracking the weather that we have begun to see the cycles in the weather.

See them? perhaps not. Recognize them, sure.

The models that point to global warming increasing hurricane season predict a much smaller increase for the given change in water temperature.

The salinity levels alter currents which alter water temps and there does appear to be a cycle. The 1920s-40s was a high hurricane period as well.

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On the original question - yeah, global warming will self correct. For the planet, not necessarily for us.

[JohnRich 4]

I heard on NPR radio yesterday that a study has been done that says the sun is emitting more solar radiation than before, and that's why we're in a warming trend. And the ice caps on Mars are shrinking because of this.

And you can't blame Earth pollution for the shrinking ice caps on Mars, or for the amount of solar radiation emitted by the sun.

[Gravitymaster 0]

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I heard on NPR radio yesterday that a study has been done that says the sun is emitting more solar radiation than before, and that's why we're in a warming trend. And the ice caps on Mars are shrinking because of this.

And you can't blame Earth pollution for the shrinking ice caps on Mars, or for the amount of solar radiation emitted by the sun.

Heres the link, John

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/newsroom/20050920a.html

Crap, this must mean we are causing weather changes on Mars too.

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[JohnRich 4]

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Crap, this must mean we are causing weather changes on Mars too.

Damn that George Bush!

(Thanks for that web link.)