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Warming can't get the cold shoulder
Issue date: 11/5/07 Section: Opinions
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Awareness of global warming has grown in the past few years, but have you?
Apparently, climate scientists have underestimated the rate at which climate changes will occur.
Now it is estimated that it should be happening within the next 30 years, which is why it needs to be taken care of now.
To those of you who have been taking initiatives, kudos to you. Those of you who haven't wised up on the topic of global warming need to. It isn't something to take lightly. This affects anyone and everyone.
Some people believe that it exists and some don't. Regardless of what you believe it is better to be safe than sorry.
If it's true, it means we're in danger of severe temperature changes, melting ice caps, extinct animals, hurting economies and much more. Our future isn't looking very bright.
Global warming was first theorized in 1824 when French mathematician Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier found that Earth's temperature was slowly increasing. Fourier believed that the earth's atmosphere trapped solar radiation and reflected it back toward Earth.
That was more than 180 years ago and he nailed it.
Back in 1997, the U.S., the largest producer of greenhouse gases, didn't sign an international agreement about global warming called the Kyoto Protocol.
It was signed and ratified by 125 countries, to fight global warming and required countries to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases. It went into effect on Feb. 16, 2005.
The year 2005 ended up setting weather records. It was the hottest year with the least arctic ice and the hottest Caribbean waters. It was also the worst Atlantic hurricane season - example being Hurricane Katrina - and record droughts.
Maybe the U.S. is trying to make amends in the form of Al Gore, who just got a Nobel Prize for raising awareness.
Awareness has spread to YouTube. There are over 23,000 videos pertaining to global warming, but one strikes us in particular. A video titled "The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See," strikes up a good argument for both believers and non-believers.
Apparently, climate scientists have underestimated the rate at which climate changes will occur.
Now it is estimated that it should be happening within the next 30 years, which is why it needs to be taken care of now.
To those of you who have been taking initiatives, kudos to you. Those of you who haven't wised up on the topic of global warming need to. It isn't something to take lightly. This affects anyone and everyone.
Some people believe that it exists and some don't. Regardless of what you believe it is better to be safe than sorry.
If it's true, it means we're in danger of severe temperature changes, melting ice caps, extinct animals, hurting economies and much more. Our future isn't looking very bright.
Global warming was first theorized in 1824 when French mathematician Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier found that Earth's temperature was slowly increasing. Fourier believed that the earth's atmosphere trapped solar radiation and reflected it back toward Earth.
That was more than 180 years ago and he nailed it.
Back in 1997, the U.S., the largest producer of greenhouse gases, didn't sign an international agreement about global warming called the Kyoto Protocol.
It was signed and ratified by 125 countries, to fight global warming and required countries to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases. It went into effect on Feb. 16, 2005.
The year 2005 ended up setting weather records. It was the hottest year with the least arctic ice and the hottest Caribbean waters. It was also the worst Atlantic hurricane season - example being Hurricane Katrina - and record droughts.
Maybe the U.S. is trying to make amends in the form of Al Gore, who just got a Nobel Prize for raising awareness.
Awareness has spread to YouTube. There are over 23,000 videos pertaining to global warming, but one strikes us in particular. A video titled "The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See," strikes up a good argument for both believers and non-believers.