November 14, 2011

For years people have been skeptible of the idea of global warming and climate change but more and more data reflects that the phenomena is definitely real and should be a serious area of concern.  More and more records have been showing that the world temperatures are getting to be as high as ever, resulting in the melting of icecaps and glaciers.  With the ice melting globally, sea levels will rise and you can then expect for water to surge onto land areas and bury some places which would then be non-existant.  With increasing sea levels, you can also expect a higher storm surge when a typhoon or a hurricane hits rendering the possibility of more human lives lost.  Another problem with increasing temperatures is that the snow on mountians will start melting more improving the risk of landslides and flooding to happen in heavily populated areas around the world.  Higher temperatures will reflect drier seasons as well in areas and places will become more vulnearble to drought. The global output of carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how weak the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming where most developed nations are at fault, especially the U.S.  The new data for the 2010 mean levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario talked about by climate experts in 2006.  The carbon output into the atmosphere rose 6% just from 2009 to 2010.  These numbers have scientists across the country urging the public to take action and become aware of this situation before the point of no return. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHZzACcYJRo  This is a really cool video I found on youtube that shows land temperatures around the world since 1800.