| Do you remember popular movies,"Water world" and" | | | | swallow up large parts of coastal Europe, Asia and |
| The Day after Tomorrow"? Both movies painted a | | | | almost every island. |
| terrifying image of the future, if global warming | | | | 2. According to the politicians and the fossil fuel |
| continued. Horrendous typhoons', drowning of almost | | | | industry: The "Great Global Warming Swindle" is a |
| all coastal areas, rapid freezes and abrupt baffling | | | | controversial documentary film by British television |
| changes in the weather were shown with amazing | | | | producer Martin Durkin, which argues against the |
| special effects in the movies. But if we're not careful | | | | scientific theory that human activity is the main cause |
| this scenario could easily turn into reality. | | | | of the green house effect. According to the |
| Global warming has been a popular topic of debate | | | | producer Martin Durkin and a whole panel of eminent |
| since the early 1970s and the battle is still raging. | | | | scientists , global warming is due to solar activity |
| Although a large amount of research has been done | | | | which is at an extremely high level. Cosmic rays and |
| on the topic, there are two diametrically opposite | | | | heat from the sun causes cloud formation which then |
| beliefs being propagated. It seems that no one has | | | | results in higher temperatures. Since this solar activity |
| an exact idea of whether global warming actually | | | | cannot be controlled by humans there is no need to |
| exists or is it just a hoax by scientists for the | | | | control fossil fuel emission or shift to |
| purpose of research funding and jobs. | | | | environment-friendly solar or nuclear energy. |
| Let's just take a brief look at both perspectives, | | | | Although the firs theory places the blame squarely on |
| 1. According to the scientists and environmentalists: | | | | human consumption of fossil fuels,CFCs and other CO |
| Carbon dioxide helps to warm the earth and makes | | | | 2 producing elements , the other theory completely |
| up just a small part of the atmospheric blanket. In | | | | absolves the humans and blames the sun entirely for |
| the last 20 years, humans have pumped out | | | | all global warming effects. So whom do you believe? |
| increasing levels of CO 2, which is now acting like a | | | | The bottom line is: |
| nice wooly blanket coddling the earth. The result: a | | | | Both theories agree that global warming does exist |
| universal rise in temperature, which is slowly melting | | | | and it is damaging the earth. Irrespective of theory, |
| the ice reserves at the North and South poles. Pour | | | | its time for us to modify the only factors under our |
| all that melting water into oceans and you could | | | | control, by curbing excessive CO 2 emission and |
| drown coastal areas. The Greenland ice sheet has a | | | | saving the one and only planet we have for our |
| capacity to raise global sea levels 23 Ft. enough to | | | | children. |