Global Warming Awareness!

This site is dedicated to inform you of the facts and many different controversies regarding global warming. This page is just getting started so be patient with us and send us any scholarly or useful articles/information you may have! The video under music is pretty informative...has decent music...and very interesting photos! Check it out!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Global Warming, in brief, is the warming of the Earth. Our planet, Earth, is continually being warmed by different sources (for e.g. gases in the atmosphere, ultraviolet rays from the sun etc.) This total process of warming of the earth due to different reasons is called the Global Warming. But why do we need to be so cautious of it? The truth is that certain human activities are affecting this process in a negative way. Industries and modern factories release gases in a large amount which enter the atmosphere and stay there. They have the ability to absorb heat and also to send it back towards earth. In this way, the planet's overall temperature starts increasing. This in turn results in more diseases and more severe natural disasters thus causing thousands of deaths. To learn more about how it began and more...Click here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***Is the movie, "The Day After Tomorrrow," accurate? We found an article from the Sierra Club that explains this much better than we could...Click here -- Day After Tomorrow Facts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We read a book in our college class called "Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints" edited by Cynthia A. Bily, which was very interesting with regard to this topic. Politicians, the media, big business, scientists, and environmentalists all play conflicting roles in the global warming debate as public policy collides head-on with special interests and a complex scientific theory. Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints covers the debate with a wide range of opinions in the following chapters: Does Global Warming Pose a Serious Threat? What Causes Global Warming? What Will Be the Effects of Global Warming? Should Measures Be Taken to Combat Global Warming? This anthology examines the prominent viewpoints surrounding the global warming controversy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We do not want to make this site political in any form, however we found this interesting chart as to where global warming ranks when compared to other issues the US faces.(July 2006) Click here to see more from this site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ****Polar Bears to be listed as an endangered species by December....They say that the threat to polar bears is caused by receding sea ice, which bears use as a platform to hunt for prey...Read more at The Department of the Intereior! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~