Natural Disasters: The Effects of Climate Change
by Emma Grady, New York, NY 
on 11.26.08
Credit: Getty Images
Raging seas, angry fires, thirsty deserts; is nature trying to tell us something? Data shows that in the last 25 years, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones have become more frequent in the tropics. Eleven of the warmest years on record since 1850 have occurred in the last 12 years. This collection of images portrays the devastating toll global warming and climate change has started to take.
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Why is WWF so biased in the presentation of the facts? I think a more pertinent question might be, “what sort of information is being given to the public by WWF?” From what I glean it appears the alarmist view on climate change is being presented while the other side of science which says the Earth is cooling, is ignored..Why?
This is indeed worrying, as the public apparently is not being given both sides of the climate change debate. Are we filling people with unnecessary anxiety by causing them to focus on a problem which has divided the scientific community. It’s far from being a `done and dusted’ issue. There's no need to fix something which is not broke.
The real danger to humanity comes not from our “carbon footprint” but rather from natural forces both within and without the Earth’s atmosphere such as sun spot activity. People should be made aware that in actual fact the temperature of the Earth has declined in the past decade - since 2002. The real danger is that if the Earth continues to cool, as it will pose a very substantial threat to human existence as it could usher in a new ice age. If this happens, the consequences of a global cooling will be much worse than any slight rise in the Earth’s surface temperature.