The consequences of the increase in global temperature:

The consequences of an increase in global temperature are enormous: The continuing decrease of glaciers in mountainous regions and the ice in the Arctic will cause the extinction of many species, and it will also have a great impact on agricultural yields. The increase in global temperature might also be the cause for recent extreme weather events worldwide. We have experienced, more frequent than usual, damaging hurricanes and tropical storms during the last decade.

Even though most scientists are worried and have given several recommendations to the politicians, then really effective steps remain yet to be taken. The present Kyoto Protocol about environmental precautions has been signed by many governments, but it has not been ratified by all, and fewer are actually complying with the agreed intentions of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, it has been damaging for the world’s climate that the USA continue to refuse to ratify the agreement, and it is obvious that the USA is contributing to the problem by a major share of the global emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses.

Globalwarming or Globalheating?

It is getting more and more hot all over the Globe. The average temperature is increasing dramatically, and the results are the melt down of the glaciers, the ice on Greenland, and the Antarctic. Most scientists agree upon that the climatic changes are a serious threat to the present way of living for many people all over the world. Only very few scientists dispute this fact, some (even fewer) claim that we do not face ‘warming’ but that the next phase will be an ice age.

However, to call the present problems for warming is an understatement. It is heating! So consequently the name of this threat ought to be: Globalheating! – Vote here whether it should be called Globalwarming, Globalheating, or something entirely different: