Myths about Global Warming

I just want to write this post because each and every human being is responsible for what we have done to our Earth today.If you take past 60 years, we humans have developed a lot and become so sophisticated by our life style... we have made great changes and yes, we also made terrible changes to our earth also.

I am not going to start a rally or any event to bring awareness here, but I can spread some of the myths to our people.

A small introduction of how the earth reflects and protects us from sun rays. Earth atmosphere has a outer layer which is very thin in structure and when the sun rays comes into the earth, some of the rays are reflected back to the atmosphere. Ok sounds pretty simple, so what we have done to this now?

Increasing carbon-di-oxide emission to the atmosphere creates a thick layer on the atmosphere and hence when the sun rays touches the earth, as usual some of the rays needs to be reflected back in order to maintain the earth's temperature..But in this case, the sun rays cannot be reflected back because of the thick layer of the carbon-di-oxide which is covering the atmosphere.

So what happens next? the sun rays stays resulting increase in the earth's temperature.

Next cause is, Melting Artic and Antarctic sea ice....because of the changes in temperature. These sea ice were protecting the earth from rash temperature changes. Now if that starts to melt, which has already started, what could be the cause?

• Raise in sea level, do you think ....so what? sea water doesn't reflect the sun rays...it observes it and hence there is going to be still much more rise in temperature level.
• Most of the coastal areas will be in water i.e completely drowned in sea water.
  
• More Tornado's, more storms, Irregular monsoon rains - agriculture will be affected.
• Cyclones will become more intense, with larger peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation.
• The hill stations or coolest tourist spots which you would like to go, won't be cooler anymore, it will have just regular temperature or may be even hotter?
• Cannot go out in the sun - Increase in sun burns and skin cancer.
  

If you see the weather events for the past 60years, 2005 is the most hottest year. You would have observed unexpected rainfall in Mumbai and how it drowned with 32inches of rainfall in just 24hours. This just an example that we observed through naked eye.

As a fellow citizen of earth, we are responsible for the cause and we are leaving NOTHING to our next generation i.e your children and your grand children. Don't misconception that all mentioned above will happen after 50year or so... they have already started and going to be still more intense in just 20 years.

We CANNOT stop of what is going to happen, but at least try NOT to increase the emission of carbon-di-oxide into the atmosphere. So that it will reduce at least 10% of the cause.

If you want to know how you can contribute or how to take action?
Please follow these or visit http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/index.html
or watch the documentery movie "An Inconvenient Truth"

• Replace a regular incandescent or tungsten light bulb with a compact fluorescent or white light bulb, because white light uses 60% less energy than the regular one.
• Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner
• Fly less or not at all.
• Get a less polluting car and use it less often.
• Get more efficient refrigeration - fridges and freezers are on 24/7/365 and as a result use the most energy of any domestic appliance.
• Reduce the amount of heating your house or office needs, use insulation, stop draughts, turn the thermostat down 1 degree.
• Reduce water heating requirements, takes showers not baths, take normal showers, not power-showers, get a more efficient washing machine.
• Get low energy light bulbs and turn them off when not needed.

As I am writing this blog I am feeling so guilty and hope you too will do. Lets pay a way and leave a place for our next generations to live and follow our thoughts.