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GLOBAL WARMING
AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Conspiracy theories may seem comforting to some, but global warming and its catastrophes
are no joke. It's a very serious threat to our world, and unfortunately it's probably going to lead
to catastrophes that will result in very high numbers of people losing their lives..
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Inthe 21st century, there were
large increases in
numerous natural
disasters such as
fires and floods. I
don't know what to
do anytime soon
Alas, we have seen examples
of this in our country in a painful
way. The most important factor
in the increase of such natural
disasters is the environmental
impact of humanity's activities
after the industrial revolution.
global warming. Man, by his very
nature, tends to reject facts that
exceed his power and to believe
that there is a plan behind them
that can be prevented.
Therefore, it is possible to see
the tendency to reject scientific
data arising from the Covid-19
INDUSTRY
pandemic with conspiracy
FROM ITS REVOLUTION
theories in global warming.
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In this article, we find that those
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which are widely mentioned in
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the media. The first and most
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basic claim is that we do not
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have any scientific data on global
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TO OUR WORLD it's sphere-flood warming?
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Our sun is the main source of
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energy and heat in our world. The
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sun warms our world with the
light it emits. Some of the light
coming from the sun to our world
is reflected by bright surfaces
such as ice and clouds, while the
rest is absorbed by the earth's
surface and atmosphere. This
absorbed light is distributed to the
environment in the form of heat
(mostly in the form of infrared
radiation).
rising heat from the earth and
then emit it back to the
environment in random
directions. Some of this heat
escapes into space, while others
return to earth. This process,
known as the greenhouse effect,
warms the earth. The balance of
heat left on Earth and heat sent
back into space is one of the
most important factors
determining the climate.
Disrupting this balance will
directly affect the climate. If the
amount of greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere increases, the
amount of heat they absorb and
therefore repel back to the earth
increases, and the earth warms
more.
Carbon dioxide at record
high
Since the last century, humanity's
interventions in the world have
unfortunately disrupted the
energy balance, leading to global
warming. The gases and particles
that we emit into the atmosphere
through the changes we make by
slaughtering the Earth's surface,
for example forests, seriously
affect the process of absorbing
light and sending it back into
space. The biggest factor among
these factors is the noticeable
increase in the amount of
greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. The most important
reason for this is the industrial
revolution. Since the industrial
revolution, the amount of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere has
increased by 40 percent, nitrous
oxide by 20 percent and methane
gas by 150 percent. As a result,
the amount of heat reflected back
to earth from the atmosphere has
increased. Carbon dioxide is the
most influential gas in
greenhouse gases for global
warming.
It is possible to determine the
amount of carbon dioxide trapped
in ice in Antarctica for hundreds
of thousands of
years.Measurements show that
from the 19th century onwards,
carbon dioxide gas began to rise
noticeably from its value, which
has been almost constant for
10,000 years.
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So how do we know that the
increase in carbon dioxide levels
in the atmosphere is human-
caused? First, the increase
begins around the same time as
the industrial revolution.
Secondly, when we examine the
carbon isotopes in the
atmosphere, we see that they are
not "new" carbon from living
things, but "old" carbon with a
very small amount of carbon 14
in it"Ancient" carbon comes from
fossil fuels around the world,
indicating that carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere is human-
derived. As a matter of fact,
according to 2018 data, 14.7
billion tons of carbon dioxide was
released into the atmosphere
that year from burning coal, 12.4
billion tons from fuel and 7.5
billion tons from burning natural
gas. Of that, 49 percent is
electricity and heating, 20
percent is transportation, and
another 20 percent is industry-
related.
Sea level rises by 20 cm
This increase in the amount of
carbon dioxide, as expected,
increases the average
temperature of the planet. This
is a phenomenon that can be
measured directly and observed
with indirect evidence. Since the
1850s, the temperature has
been measured regularly, and
the data indicate that the
average temperature of the
world has increased by 1.18
degrees Celsius since then.Most
of this warming has been in the
last 40 years.

In this process, the atmosphere Using these "records" in the ice,

acts as a blanket, warming our
world. If the heat absorbed by the
earth and then emitted directly
into space, the average
temperature of our world would
be below 00celsius, making life
impossible on Earth.Some gases
in the atmosphere, such as water
vapor, nitrous oxide, carbon
dioxide, methane, absorb the
we can also detect the level of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
up to 800,000 years ago.
Unfortunately, the value in the
atmosphere right now is above all
of these values, which is a record
high.

and we are facing the highest
temperatures in the last 7 years (2016-
2020). But 90 percent of the heat
returned to earth from the atmosphere
by greenhouse effect was stored in the
oceans, resulting in ocean
temperatures increasing by almost half
a degree since the 1970s. Tree rings,
ice cores and marine sediments can
be examined to calculate the
temperatures before the thermometer.
The results from this can be said that
the temperature of our world in the last
40 years is the record of at least the
last 800 years.This data is not given
from a single center, the average
temperature increase can be observed
by all countries.
Temperature rises aren't the only
indicator of global warming. Both in
the Arctic and in the South Pole,
glaciers are melting rapidly.According
to NASA measurements, Groenland
lost an average of 279 billion tons of
ice annually between 1993 and 2019,
compared to 148 billion tons annually
for Antarctica.Conspiracy theorists
skeptical of NASA's data can take a
photo break showing how glaciers in
the Alps, Himalayas, Andes or high
mountain peaks on the African
continent are melting over the
years. As a matter of fact, as a result
of this glacial melting and the
expansion of water due to the heat
absorbed by the water, sea level has
risen by 20 cm in the last century, and
this rise continues as time goes on.In
addition, some of the carbon dioxide
accumulated in the air is absorbed by
the seas, which causes the oceans to
acidify. This acidification can also be
easily detected by anyone.
Conspiracy theorists at work
again
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IT IS NOT very may explain the temperature warming; To say that there is no
reasonable to increase. But other factors are consensus in the scientific world
believe that such helping to increase global
on this issue by sharing quotes
a different warming. The warmer the
organization is atmosphere, the greater the from some scientists that reject
part of such a amount of water vapor in it, the global warming or say there are
scam, and it is more water vapor is another things we don't know.This
also in need of greenhouse gas and increases
approach is problematic in
clarification on the temperature even more. With
how to learn the melting of ice and snow, several ways. First, most
such a areas that reflect sunlight scientists will say that we lack or
successful decrease, our world begins to disagree on a lot of climate
conspiracy, if absorb more sunlight.
any. issues, some of which are also
Some opponents of global
warming reject our analysis so far related to global warming.But that
doesn't mean there's no
on the grounds that it is a hoax
consensus on global warming, its
invented by global powers and
justifications and its existence. To
accepted by the scientific world.
say that we don't know anything
This approach has several
about something is not that we
problems. First, every person
who is a science literate will don't know anything about it.
easily realize that the analysis we Conspiracy theorists often make
that mistake.
have presented so far is
scientifically Explanation to skeptics'
reasonable.Secondly, hundreds reservations
of organizations around the
world, from the Australian Secondly, it is not the people who
Academy of Sciences to the are important in science, but the
Turkish Academy of Sciences, scientific publications and the
from the Indonesian Academy of data that is revealed in them .
Sciences to the Russian When a doctor makes a claim,
Academy of Sciences, accept that doesn't make a medical
global warming as a scientific claim.The important thing is that
fact.. Global warming and the the opinions expressed in
main factors that cause it are scientific studies. While science
taught in the meteorological is involved, scientists' claims are
departments of universities all untrue, and some scientists, such
over the world. as the desire to become famous,
can make contrary claims for a
It is unlikely to claim that
variety of reasons.When we look
politically disengaged scientists in
at the weather publications, it is
so many different geographies
seen that there is a strong
are all persuaded to do the same
consensus that global warming
trick. Moreover, global warming
and this is caused by human
and the fact that it is significantly
origin, especially due to carbon
fossil fuel-related, many
dioxide emissions.There are
responsible large companies
people in the media who are
such as BP or Shell Oil, are
making statements against them,
accepting this despite their diss
or they've changed their identity.
vested concerns.It is not very
reasonable to believe that so
Some of them are a disease
many different organizations are
weather stop-how can
part of such a deception, and it is
weaccurately predict the grind
also in need of clarification on
decades or even a century
how such a successful
later when there are so many
conspiracy, if any, was
mistakes in predicting the
discovered.
munu correctly
It is also possible to
see an approach
frequently used by
vaccine opponents in
the opponents of global

they object to the claim of global warming.
There are those who make similar
objections in reference to the theory of
chaos. First of all, it is worth remembering
that climate and weather are different
concepts, and therefore the levels of
predictability are different from each other.
The climate is the weather of a region for
decades. Random and unpredictable
behavior in the weather is lost because we
average it. It is very difficult to predict with
great precision how high a momentary
wave in a sea will be, but the average
height of the sea (e.g. tidal effect) is easily
predictable.
Another common and relatively
scientific claim is to claim that
global warming is not human-
caused, noting, for example, the
hololy climatic optimum process,
that there have been such hot
periods in the past. Holocene
climatic optimum was a warm
period that took place about 5,000
to 9,000 years ago, so there were
periods in the past when the
climate was warmer than
today.However, the temperature
was limited to the northern globe
and summer months. So it was
very different from today's global
warming. This regional warming
was related to the de-change in
the earth's orbit, known as the
Milankovic cycles. However, this
astronomical mechanism cannot
explain global warming today.I'm
afraid it's not a joke.
Another claim that frequently occurs on
the Internet is that global warming is a
natural cycle.
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It's alsotruethat we'recoming out
ofa glacial age,and that global
warmingisthe wayit'ssupposed
to be.However, it cannot be
concluded that today's global
warming is largely or completely
natural. There are two main
reasons for this. First, when we
talk about such a natural cycle,
we need to give a physical
mechanism to change the heat
flow balance of our world.
Those who make this claim
cannot provide such a
mechanism. Second, proponents
of this view need to explain why
greenhouse gas carbon dioxide,
which increases significantly in
the atmosphere, does not affect
the climate. What eliminates the
greenhouse effect of carbon
dioxide?
31This question is also left
unanswered. This is enough to say
that the objection in question is
invalid.
In such a short article, of course,
it is impossible to answer all the
conspiracy theories circulating
on the Internet.However, the
problems faced by the claims we
have here are not the arguments
of other global warming
deniers.they are largely
applicable.
Conspiracy theories may seem
comforting to some of us, or they
may be giving us conversation
topics where we can express
ourselves, engage in dialogue
with people. But global warming
is a very serious threat to our
world and, unfortunately, it will
probably lead to catastrophes
that will result in the loss of very
high numbers of people. Even if
the sharing and rhetoric we make
negatively affects the fight
against global warming, the
plague will be high. Global
warming and the catastrophes it
brings are unfortunately no joke.
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