Europe is solidly ensconced in a deep freeze. Australia bakes in a 120 degree oven. California, Nevada and Arizona are thirsting for rain amidst their worst drought in over two hundred years. So is western China, where once hearty glass lands have turned to vast arid deserts. Homes in America’s southern states are blanketed by ice and snow. Balmy Atlanta had a wind-chill factor of minus ten. Glaciers around the world are melting at records paces. Alaska sees its warmest winter on record. Rising ocean levels are slowly wiping tiny South Pacific island nations off the map. Despite what climate change naysayers proclaim, Mother Nature’s on the march, and we only have our self to blame.
Reports issued at the 50th UN Security Conference currently being held in Munich, Germany document that climate change is the greatest worldwide threat facing mankind today. Moreover, the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community is that climate change is a direct result of emissions generated by mankind’s use of fossil fuels and the production of other greenhouse gases. The days for sticking one’s head in the sand are over. If mankind does not change course before it’s too late, our world is in for a rude awakening.
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