Global Warming Effects

Global warming is not a 20th century phenomenon. It has, in fact, occurred in the past more than once, along with periods of extreme cold known as the ice ages. With so much written and reported about global warming, sometimes it's difficult to detect which is fact and which is just part of scientific scaretactics. Here are some facts about global warming that might help: What exactly is global warming? Global warming is...

The four hurricanes that bashed Florida and the Caribbean in the five-week period after the summer, intense storms over the western Pacific, heat waves that kill tens of thousands of Europeans last year and continued drought over the southwestern United States is only beginning, experts say. The ice is melting faster than anyone expected in Antarctica and Greenland, ocean currents are changing and the sea is on the slide, experts. "This year, a...