Global Warming – Hot Button Issue
One of the most discussed and debated issues nowadays are global warming and its direct and indirect influence on the humanity and on the Earth as a whole. One of the biggest concerns of the global warming is its unexplored nature and, in the majority of cases, unknown patterns. What have changed during the last decade and what made this topic go on the top lines of the scientific researches?
If ten or even seven years ago we were talking about global warming as one of the possible problems without clear perception of how it can really change our lives, today we have to face some of the evident consequences of what scientists call an increase in the near-surface average temperature of the Earth. And this practical experience makes us more aware and alert about global warming and the risks it may pose to humanity.
The variety of opinions leaves a great room for creativity and doubts to those who has only a helicopter view on this issue. Should you decide to go through the critical enviromentalists’ ideas and prognoses for climate change, such as the one presented by B. Lomborg, familiarize yourself with scientific climatologists’ reports of R. Alley or dive into religious discussion about climate change: you will hardly be able to build a clear understanding of the real meaning of this climate phenomena.
Global warming not only attracts attention of scientists or philosophical and religious institutions but also is extensively debated on the political arena. The attention brought to this issue is, by itself, the best proof of how highly affected and insecure the humanity is in the face of nature. The fact is that we…