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"Global warming will be the greatest environmental challenge in the 21st century." - Vice President, Albert Gore.
( Sounds familiar? From the documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth 06. Oh wow! We actually paid attention in English class.)
Humans have been strengthening and competing for economy might, military superiority etc, in this rush we have failed to realize that we have focused so much on our luxury living [$$$], that the environment has fallen prey to our activities and technology. You see la..
That's why..
The aim of this blog is to promote awareness on the issue of Global warming, just one of the many ways we have influenced the environment in a negative way.
The aim of this blog is to promote awareness on the issue of Global warming, just one of the many ways we have influenced the environment in a negative way.
Global Warming is caused by...
• Pollution
• Burning of Fossil Fuels
• Methane
• Domestication of cattle
• The exhaust from car engines
• Carbon Dioxide
• Deforestation
• Nitrous oxide
• Carbon in Atmosphere and Ocean
• City Gridlock
• The Greenhouse Effect
Just to give u a firsthand experience of this phenomenon, I was once told by an elderly person of his experience on temperature change over the years, he said “spending almost 65 years of my life in one place, I noticed that the intensity of the heat would increase gradually but surely, I only realised this by comparing the heat of today to the temp of my youth years”. This is just an experience of one person in a period of 60 years.
In other words, the world is getting HOTTER.
(Even sharks have already prepared their master plan.. Ngehehe!)
The temperature is believed to have been relatively stable over the one or two thousand years before 1850, and with coming of the industrial age, came a hidden curse, that haunts us and will remain until we understand and accept the magnitude of the problem work on it hopefully one day solve it.
Scientists predict that continued global warming on the order of 2.5°-10.4°F over the next 100 years is likely to result in:
- A rise in sea level between 9-88 cms, leading to more coastal erosion, flooding during storms, and permanent inundation
- severe stress on many forests, wetlands, alpine regions, and other natural ecosystems
- Greater threats to human health as mosquitoes and other disease-carrying insects and rodents spread diseases over larger geographical regions
- Disruption of agriculture in some parts of the world due to increased temperature, water stress, and sea-level rise in low-lying areas such as Bangladesh or the Mississippi River delta.
The increasing global average temperature will result in:
- Rising sea levels
- Cause severe weather
- The extension of tropical diseases
- Melting ice caps and other changes in polar regions
- More hurricane (might happen in Malaysia although we've never experienced this before)
- Hotter summers and some animals will not survive in the higher heat
The most important action we can take to slow global warming is to reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases. This can be achieved by:
- increasing energy efficiency standards
- encouraging the use of renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar power)
- eliminating subsidies that encourage the use of coal and oil by making them artificially cheap
- protecting and restoring forests, which serve as important storehouses of carbon
Individuals can reduce the need for fossil fuels and often save money by:
- walking, jogging, or cycling whenever possible (get muscular! & you don't have to go to gym)
- driving more fuel efficient or less-polluting cars (such as hybrid car)
- using energy-efficient appliances insulating homes
- using less electricity in general
The message has been spread to the public of the increasing destruction towards the environment, and it is the people who decide, to buy environmentally friendly products or just not care about all this “unnecessary information” and continue in living in denial.
It is your decision from now.
YOU DECIDE!
YOU DECIDE!
1 comments:
Well, I have seen Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' and it was certainly an eye opener. Great job guys. This is the crux of the matter. The Earth is dying and we are the only ones who can save it...or are we? Good one guys!
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