Retreating glaciers, rising sea levels, extinction of species, extreme weather conditions... evidences of global warming exist in plenty. However, not all the people out there are convinced that these trends are any indicators of global warming. Even, eminent scientists and researchers all over the world are divided over this issue. All the evidence provided by researchers, who feel that the planet is heading for a disastrous climate change, is dismissed by global warming skeptics as mere exaggerations. Amidst all this confusion, the layman is left wondering whether the phenomenon of global warming is really happening, or is it just another large-scale controversy triggered for some personal gains of a few people sitting at the crux.
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Is Global Warming Real or Fake?
When researchers pitching for global warming talk about rising temperature, they refer to the average global temperature, and not that of a particular region or a country. On an average, the global temperature has increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit over the last century. In some regions, the temperature rise is less than the global average, while in some places it is more. For instance, the temperature in Arctic region has increased twice the global average in the same time-frame.Commercial and residential buildings need a lot of fuel to be burnt, emitting huge amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As compared to carbon dioxide, methane is twenty times more effectual at entrapping the heat in the atmosphere. Methane is obtained from several resources such as bovine flatulence, paddles, fossil fuel manufacture and bacteria in bogs. Flood in the fields decays the organic matter, and releases methane in the atmosphere. Nylon and nitric acid production, use of fertilizers in the agriculture, cars with catalytic converters and burning of organic matter are main sources of nitrous oxide. More than 33% of carbon dioxide emission comes from engines of light trucks and cars. Vehicles that have poor mileage contribute maximum to the global warming.
Nearly every single person agreed that regardless of what is causing global warming, it is unacceptable to continue to pollute the environment. It seems obvious that the public are increasingly frustrated with policy makers constantly missing the point, perhaps? Consumers are saying that it is they who need to act, and that governments and media are more concerned with the political machinations of environmental policy rather than the future of the planet.The most telling thing about this research is that the participants were of a broad range of demographics, generations and some were global warming skeptics. Yet they all held the same belief that in the greater scheme of things, the cause of global warming is second to the 'mess' we are making of our planet. It would seem that the world is ready to take action in securing a better environment for future generations. Other research concluded that people are concerned about the role of big business in the environmental debate also, which means the public are standing up and taking notice.