| Are you a believer of Global warming or not? Or | | | | problem, trying to fix it will affect American |
| are you one of the cynics yet to be convinced? | | | | industry and workers. FACT: A well thought out |
| Well both have a part to play in the Global | | | | trading program will harness American ingenuity to |
| Warming arena debate. The whole issue is | | | | decrease heat-trapping pollution cost-effectively, |
| surrounded by facts and figures but when these | | | | jumpstarting a new carbon economy. MYTH: The |
| facts and figures are looked at it is very difficult | | | | cold winters and cool summers that have been |
| to prove them with science, so you end up with | | | | happening of late are not the effects of global |
| hearsay. Global warming from our point of view is | | | | warming, and are infrequent events. FACT: While |
| the increase in the average temperature of the | | | | it is true that different areas of country's have |
| Earth's near-surface air and oceans. When you | | | | experienced some colder winters here and there, |
| observe all the different global warming myths | | | | between them the average temperature has ben |
| that are published in various publications, online, | | | | on the up. MYTH: We can adapt to climate |
| TV, and radio you will understand the issue with | | | | change. Civilizations have survived droughts and |
| conflicting information. Because of these global | | | | temperature shifts in the past. FACT: Although it |
| warming myths come in many forms it is | | | | is true that the human race has survived an |
| essential to understand the causes of global | | | | onslaught of drought and prolonged warmth along |
| warming, and the facts attached to those myths. | | | | with the bitter cold and more, entire societies |
| MYTH: Water vapour is the most important, | | | | have collapsed from dramatic climatic shifts. |
| abundant greenhouse gas. So if we're going to | | | | MYTH: Global warming along with extra CO2 will |
| control a greenhouse gas, why don't we control it | | | | be beneficial, they reduce cold related deaths and |
| instead of carbon dioxide? FACT: Water vapour | | | | stimulate crop growth. FACT: Any beneficial |
| does trap more heat than carbon dioxide (CO2), | | | | effects will be far outweighed by damage and |
| but as CO2 levels increase in the atmosphere, | | | | disruption. MYTH: Global warming is just part of |
| they lead to warmer conditions, which lead to | | | | the worlds natural cycle. The Arctic has warmed |
| more water vapour in the air, which leads to even | | | | up in the past as it is doing now. FACT: The global |
| warmer conditions, thus a never ending cycle. | | | | warming we are experiencing is not natural. People |
| Because of this relationship between CO2, water | | | | are causing it. While the global warming myth |
| vapour and climate, to fight global warming nations | | | | story is interesting, it does reduce the impact of |
| must focus on controlling CO2. MYTH: Global | | | | the facts. But as they say "Truth is stranger than |
| warming reduces as the ozone hole shrinks. FACT: | | | | fiction." The many myths on global warming doing |
| Global warming and the ozone hole are two | | | | the rounds are based on global warming statistics, |
| separate issues. MYTH: Global warming is not | | | | just with a different view point. It is always best, |
| occurring due to some glaciers and ice sheets are | | | | as with everything, to look at the global warming |
| expanding and not shrinking. FACT: In most parts | | | | myth with an open mind. There is always two |
| of the world, the shrinking of glaciers and ice caps | | | | sides to every coin, so explore both before |
| have been dramatic. The best available scientific | | | | making your full opinion. Perhaps this article on |
| data indicate that Greenland's massive ice sheet is | | | | global warming myth with strike a chord with you |
| shrinking. MYTH: So what if global warming is a | | | | and will inspire further reading into the subject. |