Does Global Warming Occur Without Man?

Global warming is perpetually in the news theseformations throughout the world as we know it.
days. While everyone is aware of pollutionAn odd, but useful, example is the desert. During
problems, did you know a certain amount ofthe day it can be hot as Hades, but at night it can
global warming occurs as part of the biomass?grow extremely cold. The temperature variation is
Does Global Warming Occur Without Mandue to a lack of temperature regulators. During
Most discussions about global warming centerthe day, there is nothing to regulate the heat
around the impact man has on his environment.such as a body of water. When night falls, there
Massive emissions of carbon dioxide by industryis nothing present that stores the heat of the
and transport are the prime culprits evidenced inday.
this regard. While global warming in and of itself isThe current debate on global warming isn't so
a controversial subject, what is clear is that it ismuch whether it exist, as it is what is natural and
not only a phenomena caused by mankind.what is not. A certain amount of global warming is
If man did not exist on Planet Earth, globalpar for the course, an undisputed fact. The
warming would exist to a certain extent.question is what impact, if any, is our production
The Earth is kept warm by gases in theof massive amounts of greenhouse gases having
atmosphere. Certain gases prohibit heat fromon natural global warming and what are the
escaping out of the atmosphere into space. This islong-term implications.
a naturally occurring event with gases such asThe global warming issue is a complex one. One
carbon dioxide and methane, not to mentionof the simple problems is the significant amount
water vapor, playing a natural role in the process.of time involved in the process of heating up the
If our atmosphere contained none of theseplanet. While this may sound positive at first
gases, our planet would be a very cold place.glance, one must also realize that it will take a long
Scientists estimate it would be approximately 30time for behavioral changes we make to take
degrees colder, leading potentially to massive iceaffect.