tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405662664343410797.post-29247002213105061532007-11-07T12:05:00.000-08:002007-11-07T15:39:26.737-08:00Unfortunately <span style="font-style:italic;">global warming</span> isn't a very good description of what's happening on our planet. A better way of putting it is more along the lines of "<span style="font-style:italic;">Global climate destabilization</span>."<br /><br />Sure, the temperature has gone up only a little bit in the last century, and sure it's only likely to go up a couple degrees more in the next few decades... but wait.<br /><br /><center><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mF_anaVcCXg&amp;rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mF_anaVcCXg&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br />It's not the change in temperature that's going to get us, it's how fast the change happens. All life on the planet is highly adaptable; It can be a new predator in the area, a lack of sunlight for a long time, new diseases, or what have you. The issue is, life can only adapt so fast. <br />If conditions change too rapidly for species to adapt to, they simply go extinct. Natural events, like massive volcanos going off, huge meteors hitting the Earth, and such have caused this a number of times in the past. Scientists have titled these "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_level_event"><span style="font-style:italic;">Extinction Level Events</span></a>."<br /><br />In the case of <span style="font-style:italic;">global warming</span> the temperature on the planet is likely to rise rather sharply within our lifetime. This sudden spike will have a very sharp, and sudden impact on our ecosystem; An ecosystem that is already just barely staying balanced in the wake of the human population explosion.<br /><br />So, what should we do? <br />Well, I agree with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_anaVcCXg">wonderingmind42</a> in the video above. Total inaction is too much of a risk, we have to move to do something about it; Not just as individual nations, but as the only species on the planet that could actually do anything to change what is coming... before it's too late to do so.Felekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17678091882454447185noreply@blogger.com