Scientific News..

Scientists tell us that the evidence the Earth is warming is unmistakable. Increases in global average air and sea temperature, ice melting and rising global sea levels all help us understand and prepare for the coming challenges. In addition to these observed changes, climate-sensitive impacts on human health are occurring today.

The core concern is briefly stated: climate change endangers human health. The warming of the planet will be gradual, but the effects of extreme weather events more storms, floods, droughts and heat waves will be sudden and greatly felt. Both trends can affect some of the most fundamental determinants of health: air, water, food, shelter and freedom from disease.

Human beings are already exposed to the effects of climate-sensitive diseases and these diseases today kill millions. They include malnutrition, which causes over 3.5 million deaths per year, diarrheal diseases, which kill over 1.8 million, and malaria, which kills almost 1 million.

Examples already provide us with images of the future:

• European heat wave, 2003: Estimates suggest that approximately 70 000 more people died in that summer than would have been expected.

• Hurricane Katrina, 2005: More than 1 800 people died and thousands more were displaced. Additionally, health facilities throughout the region were destroyed critically affecting health infrastructure.

• Malaria in the East African highlands: In the last 30 years, warmer temperatures have also created more favorable conditions for mosquito populations in the region and therefore for transmission of malaria.

• Epidemics of cholera in Bangladesh: They are closely linked to flooding and unsafe water.

These trends and events cannot be blamed solely to climate change but they are the types of challenges we expect to become more frequent and intense with climate changes. They will further strain health resources that, in many regions, are already under severe stress.

Every Little Helps...

The little things one can do in order to STOP adding to the destruction of the planet. It won't necessarily stop Global warming but theres no need to add to it.

• PARK IT.. Leave your car at home for a day (or a week or a month) and try walking or biking. If work is too far away to walk, take public transit or carpool. (One city bus eliminates the emissions for 40 cars).

• SHUT DOWN... Turn off the lights, the computer and the TV when they are not in use.
  

• WHERE IS THE BEEF... Try eating meat-free at least one day a week.

• EAT IT... Choose foods produced organically, locally and in season.

• LET IT ROT... Put a composter in your backyard or use your green bin to reduce household waste.

• DON'T BE IDLE.. Turn off your car's engine if stopped for more than 10 seconds.

• KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE TEMP... Set your thermostat above room temperature in the summer and below room temperature in the winter.

• BRIGHT IDEAS... Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs).

• DON'T DUMP IT, BLUE BOX IT... The simple act of recycling has more impact on the environment than the average Canadian thinks.

Early Warming Signs... Beware

Melted ice which the polar bears live on, thus they are endanger due to the effects of global warming.

Pictures of before the effects of global waring begun and pictures of the same icy areas after global warming had been detected.













On the left is a picture in the past before global warming and on the right is after global warming. Most of the ice has melted into water, which is a sign of things to begin, such as flooding and sea level rise.

Global Warming = Bad Health???

The United Nations has said that global warming and its effects, including a rise in air and sea temperatures and extreme weather patterns, is not only dangerous for the planet but is also dangerous to human health.

In addition to global warming causing more frequent and more severe storms, heat waves, droughts and floods, climate change affected the quality and availability of water and food which is our fundamental determinants of nutrition and health.

the often-overlooked reality needs to be recognized, the protecting human health is embedded in the heart of the global climate change agenda.

Problems like malnutrition and climate-related infectious diseases will take their heaviest toll on the most vulnerable small children, the elderly and the infirm, adding women living in poverty faced particular risk when natural disasters and other global-warming related dangers strike.

Climate change is real, it is accelerating and it threatens all of us.

Is Oxygen actually healthy and can sea creatures help in the war to combat global warming?

Some of the oxygen we breathe today is being produced because of viruses infecting
micro-organisms in the world's oceans.

These organisms are also responsible for
removing carbon dioxide from our
atmosphere and locking it away in their
bodies, which sink to the bottom of the
ocean when they die, removing it forever and limiting global warming.

At least a proportion of the oxygen we breathe is a by-product of the bacteria suffering from a virus infection, viruses appear to be of central importance in the planetary process. In fact they may be essential to our survival.

Guess Whos Back...

Most have heard of the inconvenient truth that was presented by Al Gore. After his failure to become the united states president, everyone thought he had been defeated.

Barack Obama confidently agreed to to giving Al Gore a high level post in his administration. Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in figuring out how to solve the problem of climate change.

"He's somebody I talk to on a regular basis. I'm already consulting with him in terms of these issues but climate change is real." www.wonkette.com

So he and Al are wonderful comrades in plotting a resurgence of global Socialism.

Lets us nuclear power...

In the past various deals have been made in order to combat global warming, and as usual another deal has been made to do just that.

Britain and France have teamed up to export nuclear power. France generates over 78% of its electricity from nuclear power, giving the nation energy independence as well as one of the lowest electric rates in all of Europe.

The French success story has attracted the interest of Great Britain, which is poised to announce a joint agreement between the nations to develop and market nuclear power around the globe.

Now is this actually going to help. fair enough its going to form as a bases for friendship between Britain and France but is it the best for the world?

Fish Lovers.. More Fish = Good Health overall.

Global Warming compounds has been said to damage world commercial fish stock, by pollution and overfishing. this was said by the U.N officials on Friday.. "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxVMzaBlanLXbdRFN_w6p_7uMW7gD8UVK1680"

The fish industry is been seriously affected by rising ocean surface as well as temperatures which is been caused by Global Warming.

"We are seeing shifts in marine life that we have never observed before," Nellemann says.
This problem can be decreased if there is a reduction in the global carbon emissions and shipping pollution and also stop overfishing. This is just the tip of the ice berg.

Nellemann also said more than 50 percent of the world's coral reefs could die by 2050 because of bleaching caused by higher ocean surface temperatures, based on climate projections by international scientists.

We wouldn't have seen this as such a problem but in fact it is a very big problem, because 50% of the population get their protein from fishes and sea animals. so we really need to watch out for this because our health is also been put at risk in many ways than one.

China Is Complaning.....

Beijing is worried that Global Warming could devastate China's development. Hotter global temperatures which is produced by greenhouse gases means that different regions of China is likely to suffer spreading deserts, worsen droughts and floods, shrinking glaciers and rising seas.
A report states that climate warming may have serious consequences for our environment of survival as China's economic sector, such as agriculture and coastal regions.

Industrialist's China could overtake United States as the world's top emitter of human-generated greenhouse gases. Beijing has been contacted in order to decrease their use of carbon dioxide emissions for factories, fields and vehicles.
If we don't take into account the effects of climate change, Chain will suffer serious damage in its long term grain security.
China has repeatedly ruled out accepting mandatory international emissions limits, and has said that rich countries are the ones responsible for the accumulation of greenhouse gases and they should look to poorer countries for a way out.
To conclude, China might be complaining about the damages that will be caused to them, but this problem is far bigger then just China. And EVERY country will be needed to make the change, not just China.

The 5 Deadliest Effects of Global Warming...

• Spread of disease. As northern countries get warm, disease carrying insects migrate north, bringing plague and disease with them. Indeed some scientists believe that in some countries thanks to global warming, malaria has not been able to fully disapear.

• Warmer waters and more hurricanes. As the temperature of oceans rises, so will the probability of more frequent and stronger hurricanes. We saw in this in 2004 and 2005.

• Increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves. Although some areas of Earth will become wetter due to global warming, other areas will suffer serious droughts and heat waves. Africa will receive the worst of it, with more severe droughts also expected in Europe. Water is already a dangerously rare commodity in Africa, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, global warming will exacerbate the conditions and could lead to conflicts and war.

• Economic consequences. Most of the effects of anthropogenic global warming won’t be good. And these effects spell one thing for the countries of the world: economic consequences. Hurricanes cause do billions of dollars in damage, diseases cost money to treat and control and conflicts exacerbate all of these.

• Polar ice caps meltingThe ice caps melting is a four-pronged danger.

Climate Change Increasing Drought and Fossible Flood Attacks...

By the year 2025 billions of people will be at serious risk from storms, flood and drought, this is partly because of Global Warming. Most poeple will end up living in areas that will indanger their lives becasue those places will be prone to extreme storms.

As former vice president of United States Al Gore mentioned, we willl not be the onces to live to experience such tragedies and disasters and it would cost millions if not billions of dollars to start the recovering of Global Warmingk, however how many are ready to give up thoses millions of dollars to fix this problem?

Most predidents and the citizens of countries are against war and would do anything possible to stop wars because of what it does to the people, however Global Warming can also be seen as a war to be faught and stopped. It does exactly what wars does to countries and people in those countires. It distroys lives, causes food shotrtage for thoses alive and tears apart countires.

There are various things that could be done to limit the amount of Carbondioxide thats been released into the air.. there are now cars been made that do not need fuel, factories can contribute a great deal to this and so much more,
But are we ready for the change???