Nostradamus, Mayans: What do they know? Part III

In the third and final chapter of this three-part series to discuss the possibility of the end of the world within a decade or two, we will cover mother nature. At the risk of sounding like a nut job liberal who is spreading democratic agenda and lies, I will assume everyone reading this blog believes in Global Climate Change formerly known as Global Warming. If you do not believe in Global Climate Change, I could spend some time explaining how historical trends have been towards warmer temperature, how carbon dioxide is increasing sporadically in the atmosphere as well as methane, how extreme weather has been the norm during the last twenty years, how glaciers are disappearing faster than Madoff's money, how the arctic and antarctic sea ice are melting, or how we can finally see Greenland's coastline because its ice sheet is melting but it wouldn't matter.

It is wild how balanced our environment is and how anything changed could throw everything off its normal track. A small increase in average temperature or a small increase in the salt level in the oceans could literally mean the end of life as we know it.  We cannot view Katrina as God's way of punishing the sinners in New Orleans. We cannot turn away as tens of thousands die each year because of storms, tornadoes, tsunamis and hurricanes. We need to realize the severity of our passiveness.

Let us discuss how global warming could be catastrophic. Firstly, the miles of ice sheets and glaciers that are melting each year. Those miles of ice would raise sea levels to extraordinary heights, California, Louisiana, Florida, the Eastern Seacoast, Japan, and many islands all over the world would be under water. Not to mention other effects like seawater intrusion and lost wetland.

Another tool in mother nature's toolbox of destruction when talking about global climate change is the rising temperature's effect on extreme weather. As temperature of the oceans rise, hurricanes become more and more frequent and extreme. Droughts and wild fire will increase in staggering numbers along with killer heatwaves.

Last but definitely not least is carbon dioxide.  According to study done at Mauna Loa, Hawaii the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has risen 25% in the last 40 years. That number would not be as alarming if it wasn't for a compound that is toxic to the human heart. How about the increasing proportions of the extremely flammable chemical, methane? 

The over-whelming majority of scientists across the world are warning of Global Climate Change, but what do they know?