SAVE THE EARTH (14 january 2005)
You have probably heard about global warming, haven't you?
No, this is not about sex or other savoury or unsavoury subjects. Okay, if you want, you can have a sexy girl. But please don't stop reading.
Yesterday, I saw this program on the BBC about global warming . The earth is warming up, as you may know. But so far, scientists have thought it was only (?) one or two degrees per century.
New research, however, has shown that the warming is going much faster than this. And as the earth warms up, the process tends to speed up.
If the earth continues warming up, there will be more forest fires - which will produce more greenhouse gases and warm the earth up even more.
But the worst is still to come: deep down in the oceans, vast stores of methane lie dissolved in the water. At a certain temperature this methane will come out. And methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. So you can imagine what a catastrophe that will be!
The program ended with the words: This is not a prediction. It's a warning.
Need I say more?
Just a few interesting links:
