Global Warming- Stay Cool

Many bona fide journalists are concerned about the issue of global warming as in an article in last week’s Economist.[1]

However, are things really so bad? Should we all start panicking that the planet earth is heating up? And what amount of truth lies in this statement? Is our planet actually warming up so seriously? I have the scent that talking and writing about it has become a trend.
Some yellow journalist waste reasonable amounts of ink writing about the warm-terror and decorating it with phrases like: “The decade of 1990s is the warmest in 1,200 years.”

The myths around this topic are various.

To start with, scientists do not agree that earth is warming. Reliable climate measurements show no evidence of warming during the past 18 years. Although the temperature of the earth has risen, this rise is within natural margins.

Secondly, scientific groups do not agree with the general impression that humans influence climate change.
Only 13 percent of the scientists responding to a survey conducted by the environmental organization Greenpeace believe catastrophic climate change will result from continuing current patterns of energy use.

Last, but not least, reputable scientists reject the belief that global warming caused by humans will lead to catastrophic environmental changes. If a slight atmospheric warming occurred, it would primarily affect nighttime temperatures, lessening the number of frosty nights and extending the growing season. Thus, some scientists think a global warming trend would be an agricultural benefit.

Therefore, in the case of global warming and environment issues in general, the thought of potential disasters facing “mother” earth seems to make us over-react.
Logic should prevail. Besides, it has most of the times.


[1] The Economist February 10th 2007, “Heating Up”