According to this story on World Net Daily, we are entering a global cooling trend. HOWEVER. This does not mean that we should take this as a sign to do whatever we want because there will be no consequences to the earth. Everything we do has a consequence, and just because the world is compensating right now does not mean it will continue.
Please, don't quit in your efforts.
Plus, I'm trying to keep politics out of this, but World Net Daily is not exactly a reliable, balanced news source. Just check the ads.
Just pointing out that we hear things like this daily, and while some of the facts may be true, that does not mean everything else doesn't matter.
Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Brief Mid-Week Interlude
So, as many of you US people may know, President Obama signed the stimulus package into law yesterday. What I want you to notice is just how much of it is on energy and environmental concerns!
(Okay, so I tried to upload an image of the page so you could see it here, but Blogger's having problems. I will try again later!)
Source: CNN.com
(Okay, so I tried to upload an image of the page so you could see it here, but Blogger's having problems. I will try again later!)
Source: CNN.com
Friday, August 8, 2008
I am officially sporadic
I have been so busy with work and packing and everything lately I haven't had time to eat, sleep, or breathe, much less update. Many apologies!!!
About the only thing I have heard recently was an interesting news story from the BBC about "global dimming." It's not a trick or tip, but it is intriguing and helps open our eyes to why we should be working on these things in the first place.
It also makes a frightening point: the cause of global dimming is pollution particles in the atmosphere, which are obscuring the amount of sunlight the earth receives. You would think this would lead to a cooler climate, yes? Well, it does. The problem is greenhouse gases. They're warming the earth by trapping the sun's energy while the pollution is cooling it.
See the problem?
If we get rid of substantial amounts of the pollution, the balance is destroyed and we actually INCREASE global warming, because there's more energy from the sun to be trapped. But if we get rid of many greenhouse gases first, the climate cools because there's still less sunlight.
What to do, what to do?
I'd go with focusing on greenhouse gases first and foremost, wouldn't you?
There are other problems, too, but that one is really the most striking to me. You can read the entire story here. I would definitely recommend it, it's a very interesting read.
About the only thing I have heard recently was an interesting news story from the BBC about "global dimming." It's not a trick or tip, but it is intriguing and helps open our eyes to why we should be working on these things in the first place.
It also makes a frightening point: the cause of global dimming is pollution particles in the atmosphere, which are obscuring the amount of sunlight the earth receives. You would think this would lead to a cooler climate, yes? Well, it does. The problem is greenhouse gases. They're warming the earth by trapping the sun's energy while the pollution is cooling it.
See the problem?
If we get rid of substantial amounts of the pollution, the balance is destroyed and we actually INCREASE global warming, because there's more energy from the sun to be trapped. But if we get rid of many greenhouse gases first, the climate cools because there's still less sunlight.
What to do, what to do?
I'd go with focusing on greenhouse gases first and foremost, wouldn't you?
There are other problems, too, but that one is really the most striking to me. You can read the entire story here. I would definitely recommend it, it's a very interesting read.
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