You can't swing a dead cat without hearing about "global warming" these days. There's no shortage of people like you and me and celebrities getting plenty excited about it. Experts offering proofs and disproofs abound. What the heck is it? What exactly is global warming? With so many pressing problems in our world, are we wasting our time by getting involved in what many claim to be media hype a media hoax? Why do so many seem to be "debating" the issue? Arethere actually clear-cut dangers lurking in our future?



Scientifically, global warming refers to the process of the earth's temperatures rising at rates that exceed what can reasonably be expected. In plain language: our days getting hotter and hotter, sooner and faster. Greenhouse gasses, by consensus, are the culprits behind such rising temperatures. In turn, pollution-breeding industries are the culprits behind greenhouse gases.

Slight temperature rises may not appear to be cause for worry, but the implication is that these temperature rises are unbound. That they will continue to grow over a short period of time with nothing to stop them and thus wreak havoc with the world as we know it. Temperatures up: hotter temperatures on the ground. Temperatures up: the melting of large ice masses. Melting of the ice masses: flooding all over the world. Flooding all over the world: coastline towns, villages and cities underwater, with millions upon millions displaced or dead as a result of such catastrophes. Picture if you will, huge portions of California, Florida, Texas, New York, England and many many other countries going underwater. Those are the threats that global warming brings to the discussion table.

Are we under the gun? Has the Earth clicked the trigger already? Has the bullet been fired? Is it traveling "slo-mo" towards us over the next thirty or forty years? You'll find many who believe that today's unpredictable weather conditions and rising temperatures can be attributed to anything under the sun except global warming. With the fate of our children and grandchildren at stake, is it worth risking to be wrong?

Scientists, pseudo-scientists, politicians and celebrities dominate the global warming debate. It's not hard to find someone whose opinions we've come to respect and trust point-blank denying that there is such a thing as global warming. Often, opponents of the global warming theory claim that curtailing greenhouse gas emissions can have a disastrous effect on our economy, with the fallout being far worse than any horrors that global warming could provide. As you can well imagine, both sides of the debate rely on rock-solid and undeniable proof to substantiate their claims.

Those who believe in global warming as a serious threat to our future will often appeal your responsible side, asking you to think about the future welfare of your children and grandchildren. Those who oppose global warming will often present you with pseudo-scientist to back up their claims. Unfortunately, more often than not, they will attack the credibility of global warming proponents without offering rhyme or reason. Behold the two major tactics in the global warming debate!

People are not the only ones who will suffer from global warming effects. Large amounts of toxins in our waters and coral reefs threaten many species who rely on coral reefs and the stability and organic purity of our waters as their natural habitats and sources of food. Wildlife (polar bears, for example) will also suffer. Interested?

Take a stand on global warming, please. The future is at stake. But think. Do not allow yourself to be persuaded by emotional rhetoric. Ask for the facts, ma'am, just the facts. Beware of pseudo-scientists in sheep's clothing disguising opinions as facts!