Global Dimming?

The bottom line is that our world as we know it is in trouble, and we

didn't forget to do our home work. We did however forget to take

care of the place we live in a.k.a our planet. (Image taken from flickr)


"Research has shown that air pollutants from fossil fuel use make

clouds reflect more of the sun’s rays back into space. This leads

to an effect known as global dimming whereby less heat and

energy reaches the earth. At first, it sounds like an ironic savior

to climate change problems. However, it is believed that global

dimming caused the droughts in Ethiopia in the 1970s and 80s

where millions died, because the northern hemisphere oceans

were not warm enough to allow rain formation. Global dimming

is also hiding the true power of global warming. By cleaning up

global dimming-causing pollutants without tackling greenhouse

gas emissions, rapid warming has been observed, and various

human health and ecological disasters have resulted, as

witnessed during the European heat wave in 2003, which saw

thousands of people die."(found in article)


As you have followed my blogs and the issue of global warming

i am once again trying to inform you of one of the more

important issues within "Global Warming" which in this case is

"Global Dimming". The problem with this is that we are the ones

responsible for it, and this is leading to the fact that now more

than ever we should be concerned with how we have treated our

planet which we live on. Again I must stress that unfortunately

this is a real topic, and should be a concern for you followers of

my blog. (related link to help inform you)