Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change

So today is Blog Action Day and this year's topic is climate change. While there are a lot of theories both in favor and against the belief that global warming is a legitimate environmental issue, I am a strong believer that this is something we should all be concerned about. The deadliest effects of climate change include economic downturn, the spread of various diseases, polar ice caps melting, warmer waters that can result in frequent hurricanes, and more frequent heat waves and droughts. You may be thinking isn't this already happening?? Yeah, I'm thinking that as well. It rained heavily for the last two days in California and today it was sunny and 93 degrees (and it's October?) If this isn't a result of global warming, then I don't know what is. Want more proof? There was a dang tornado in Moreno Valley not too long ago - how do you explain that? In all seriousness, climate change should be on everyone's minds. If you haven't already, I would strongly suggest reading Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth to get a better understanding of what is happening around the world in regards to climate change. It is disappointing that many people believe this is a political issue and that global warming is some sort of governmental conspiracy...it really isn't. The proof is in the pictures....the data is there. Neither aliens nor the Democratic Party caused this.

I had to calculate my carbon footprint in my Ecology and Evolution class in college a few years back using this site..check it out it's pretty insane:
http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/

Countries by Carbon Dioxide Emissions via Burning of Fossil Fuels:
source: Wikipedia

Basically, we all need to cool it...especially the industrialized nations.

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