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˙ūN o G l o b a l W a r m i n g : A r e Y o u K i d d i n g ?
from: A n c i e n t H i p p yW h i l e t h e r e s t o f u s a r e t r y i n g t o s a v e h u m a n k i n d f r o m e x t i n c t i o n d u e t o g l o b a l w a r m i n g , t h e r e a r e s t i l l s o m e p e o p l e o u t t h e r e w h o s t i l l s t u b b o r n l y b e l i e v e t h a t t h e r e i s n o g l o b a l w a r m i n g . I n f a c t , t h e r e a r e m a n y s c i e n t i s t s o u t t h e r e t h a t k e e p o n s a y i n g t h a t t h e r e i s n o g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d t h a t t h e a c t i v i t i e s o f h u m a n s d o n o t c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e e a r t h . N o g l o b a l w a r m i n g ? A r e y o u k i d d i n g ?
W h a t M a k e s Y o u T h i n k T h e r e I s N o G l o b a l W a r m i n g ?
Y o u d o n o t h a v e t o h a v e a P h D t o k n o w a s t o w h e t h e r o r n o t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s h e r e . E v e n i f y o u d o n o t r e a d a l l t h o s e f a n c y r e p o r t s m a d e b y s c i e n t i s t s f r o m a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d , y o u c a n a l r e a d y o b s e r v e t h e c h a n g e s i n t h e c l i m a t e i n y o u r l o c a l i t y . F o r i n s t a n c e , i f y o u h a p p e n t o l i v e i n a n a r e a w h e r e t h e r e a r e s o m e g l a c i e r s , y o u w i l l n o t i c e t h e c h a n g e s i n t h e s e g l a c i e r s .
N o t e t h a t f o r t h e p a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s , t h e g l a c i e r s a r o u n d t h e p l a n e t h a v e b e e n m e l t i n g d u e t o e x t r e m e h e a t . A c c o r d i n g t o s t u d i e s , a b o u t 8 4 % t h e g l a c i e r s i n t h e A n t a r c t i c h a v e s h o w n s i g n s o f m e l t i n g i n t h e p a s t 5 0 y e a r s d u e t o w a r m e r c l i m a t e . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e P e r u v i a n A n d e s w h i c h h a v e a l w a y s b e e n k n o w n f o r i t s g r e a t g l a c i e r c a p s h a v e b e e n r e p o r t e d t o b e m e l t i n g r e a l l y f a s t f o r t h e p a s t 5 0 y e a r s d u e t o w a r m e r w e a t h e r . G i v e n t h e f a c t t h a t t h e g l a c i e r s i n m a n y p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d a r e m e l t i n g d u e t o w a r m e r w e a t h e r , o n e c a n n o t r e a l l y s a y i n a l l h o n e s t y t h a t t h e r e i s n o g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
C a n Y o u D o S o m e t h i n g T o P r e v e n t G l o b a l W a r m i n g ?
E v e r y o n e c a n h e l p p r e v e n t g l o b a l w a r m i n g . A c c o r d i n g t o e x p e r t s , o n e o f t h e b e s t w a y s t o p r e v e n t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s t o s t a r t p l a n t i n g t r e e s . A l l t y p e s o f t r e e s c a n r e d u c e t h e l e v e l o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e i n t h e a t m o s p h e r e s o t h e r e a r e v e r y e f f e c t i v e i n r e d u c i n g t h e a m o u n t o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s . N o t e t h a t g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s a r e t h e p r i m a r y c u l p r i t s f o r g l o b a l w a r m i n g . I f w e c a n r e d u c e t h e a m o u n t o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s i n t h e a t m o s p h e r e , w e m a y b e a b l e t o s t o p t h e e a r t h f r o m h e a t i n g u p f u r t h e r .
A s i d e f r o m p l a t i n g t r e e s , w e c a n h e l p p r e v e n t g l o b a l w a r m i n g b y r e d u c i n g o u r f u e l c o n s u m p t i o n . I f p o s s i b l e , w e m u s t a v o i d b u r n i n g f o s s i l f o i l . N o t e t h a t b u r n i n g o f f o s s i l f u e l r e l e a s e s t r e m e n d o u s a m o u n t s o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e i n t o t h e a t m o s p h e r e . I n s t e a d o f r i d i n g o u r c a r s e v e r y d a y , w e s h o u l d s t a r t u s i n g o t h e r f o r m s o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t h a t d o e s n o t r e q u i r e t h e b u r n i n g o f f o s s i l f u e l . A g o o d e x a m p l e o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t h a t d o e s n o t b u r n f o s s i l f u e l i s t h e b i c y c l e .
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