Davao Hive Philippines: Project Blueberry

WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING

2009-10-09T22:11:00.000-07:00

Global Warming is defined as the increase of the average temperature on Earth. As the Earth is getting hotter, disasters like hurricanes, droughts and floods are getting more frequent.

Over the last 100 years, the average temperature of the air near the Earth´s surface has risen a little less than 1° Celsius (0.74 ± 0.18°C, or 1.3 ± 0.32° Fahrenheit). Does not seem all that much? It is responsible for the conspicuous increase in storms, floods and raging forest fires we have seen in the last ten years, though, say scientists.

Their data show that an increase of one degree Celsius makes the Earth warmer now than it has been for at least a thousand years. Out of the 20 warmest years on record, 19 have occurred since 1980. The three hottest years ever observed have all occurred in the last eight years, even.

Earth should be in cool-down-period

But it is not only about how much the Earth is warming, it is also about how fast it is warming. There have always been natural climate changes – Ice Ages and the warm intermediate times between them – but those evolved over periods of 50,000 to 100,000 years.

A temperature rise as fast as the one we have seen over the last 30 years has never happened before, as far as scientists can ascertain. Moreover, normally the Earth should now be in a cool-down-period, according to natural effects like solar cycles and volcano activity, not in a heating-up phase.

Davaohive: Project Blueberry

2009-10-09T09:24:00.000-07:00

Project Blueberry's Earth Congress Initiative aims to popularize Global Environmental Activism, promote Pro-Green Mechanisms, and infuse in our culture a crusade to protect our ailing Mother Earth.

Earth Congress is an initiative to convene all Environmental Groups from all sectors in the community who are in accord on its objectives, aspirations, and determination of SAVING MOTHER EARTH AND MITIGATE THE ILL EFFECTS OF HUMAN INTERVENTION IN THE NATURAL WORLD

Davaohive: Project Blueberry

2009-10-09T08:45:00.001-07:00

Davaohive Launches Project Blueberry at www.davaohive101.wordpress.com.

Be Part of Project Blueberry's Earth Congress and be an advocate against Environmental Degradation! Promote Green Conservation and commit to our Habitat's Preservation.