Our Earth.......

Who could have imagined that in just 50yrs the planet would become so uninhabitable that mankind ceased to exist. The warnings were there 100yrs before: The End of The World is Nigh and Nostradamus so knowingly put his ideas into word. Yet we continued to deplete Mother Earth of her stocks and shares. We ended our own existence. October 21st 2059

In the famine of 1991 in Ethopia we witnessed deaths of an epic proportion. It echoed the untimely and awful devastation of the famine of 1980. I was quite young at the time and possibly ignorant of any reason for this unnatural disaster. I thought, "Maybe if they stopped having children....", and to a small degree this could be a good idea and one that should have been put into practice but then the whole human right act comes into play and the government (Menghistu regime) and that's not what I'm here to convey.....
The scientific explanation for the famine in 1984-5 is purely one of simple ecological logistics. The rain didn't fall and the rain didn't fall because of Global Dimming. The shift in the atmospheres natural balance disabled if you like, the yearly rainfall from the sea to the Ethiopian planes - in layman's terms many scientists believe the effect of Global Dimming caused a significant effect on the hydrological cycle. GD seemed to be the highly probable cause of the failure of the Sahel Monsoon that is the exact life force in Ethiopia, year oin and year out replenshing the land for new growth and humanity to continue. The failure of this brought about the disastrous drought in the 1980s. The energy that comes from the sunlight was being blocked by pollutants. We remember from school (if you went and I didn't - much) ; the sunlight heats the ocean and the particles rise and fall as rainfall. If the sunlight is blocked then the heat from the rays cannot pick up the escaped water particles and then there is no rain. The studies carried out in 2001 showed that our use of aerosols were cutting down the sunlight by use of this blocking mechanism therefore changing the hydrological cycle. This had a direct effect on Ethiopia (for example) and the famine came as a result. Did we killed all those men, women and children because we are obsessed with unnatural smells, aromas and white armpits? I have my own views and they support the Global Dimming phenomenon, you may disagree but the evidence whether flouted as flimsy or unsupported or not is there for us to see, the argument can only be contested for so long. The sheer volume of aerosol usage has changed the atmosphere so much so that it could become irreversible by the year 2060. Yes there are other factors that have contributed to GD but not on a scale as grandiose as the aerosol gases humans insist on using. To support my believe in the aerosol debate I might add that the decrease in GD was all too prevalent by the end of 1990 (we had been using less gases by this point and the Cleaner Air act came fiercly into force) Although there were many doubts to the full authenticity of these findings and many disagreed it, should be a defining moment in the history of the earth that has only just been recognised and received. As early as 1950 research showed that Global Dimming was taking effect but these findings were ignored and dismissed even up until the year 2001 several scientists were still trying hard to convince doubters and those who had no idea of what GD was - that this change was having an effect so apparent that it was unfathomable and confusing as to why people were still unaware of it. What did become apparent as early as the year 1945 was the decrease in natural sunlight. Reports in Ireland suggested that they 'lacked sun' and also in Japan and the Soviet the same findings became all too prevalent but again only in smaller scientific circles. Note that as I stated above the decrease came about in the late 1990s and co-incidentally these phenomenon of GD effects have not increased since(*note we are still adhering to advisory warnings about harmful aerosol gases)
Global Warming had already begun to effect the planet before the studies of Global Dimming took place and in fact scientists at the time thought that GW was the sole reason for the impending cataclysmic death of earth. But what GD brought to light was the conflict between the two effects and how that was to reduce the timescale earth had left to be saved. Global Warming was heating our atmosphere whilst Global Dimming was cooling it. The dilemma here is: While Global warming is heating the planet, Global dimming is cooling the planet, what greater evil is there. The findings were in 1974 that the use of aerosols or even sulphur could be used as an emergency aide to help reduce the effect of GW by use of utilising properties that can be found within the effects of GD. There are several reasons why this could be potentially catastrophic. GD as mentioned earlier causes changes in the rainfall patterns - famine would repeat, agriculture would suffer and rain forests would almost definitely fail. Use of sulphur would cause acid rain and humans would potentially be at harm from the black carbon. In the instance of aerosol usage (being effective at reducing the harmful effects of GW)it has a short lifetime. So all in all are we fucked? It seems not as bad it initially was founded to be although the are many effects of both GW and GD that can not be reversed - a time for change is most certainly upon us to secure a safer environment for our future families. I for one do not want to envisage my son's son's and daughters living for only a short period of time before being suffocated in an unbearable atmospheric shift.

In the UK (closer to home - you may sit up and realise) by the year (fore casted by) 2059 the temperature will have risen by a massive 10degrees. No! Put away your sunblock and lock away your silly smiles. This is not going to be a Factor30 sunshine kind of heat rise or heatwave, this is potentially catastrophic. The rise in temperature will destabilise 10,000billion tons of methane gas which is stored naturally under the sea bed..this my friends is 8 times stronger than the co2 released now. By this point it will be too late. We could not inhabit a country under these conditions and if you think how the temperature increase will affect the cooler countries how will it affect the warmer climes of the Mediterranean, the equator. These temperatures will occur and for the first time in almost 4billion years.
Along with this there will be an increase of natural disasters like monsoons, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, tornadoes and perilous weather all across the globe.
You can't imagine good ol' Blighty to be part of this scenario? Its impossible believe but it is inevitable.
Changes made to how we burn our fossil fuels can be implemented - cleaner ways to burn these naturals fuel will make a significant difference to the future of our planet. As far as GW is concerned the many ways we have utilised already have made small differences to the planet and her state but they have to be continous and more stringent.
Pollution is the cause of GW so reducing harmful gases can be a guarantee in securing a world that can be for the most part habitable.
Global warming is simply the increase in temperature of the planets climate (1c in the last 100yrs) Some argue that the planet's climate is increasing on its own and when I was 12yrs old I believed the earth was in a cycle - not from any of our wrongdoings but that she would eventually revert to a mass of burning properties, rather like a ball of fire of biblical proprtions. This I endeavoured was the full- cycle of how earth would naturally end and then a re-birth would come about. How naive I was is not in question but how apt that I become so very interested in the cycle of earth, tampered with by us or not - that cycle seems to have some findings in real science.
There are several factors relating to Global Warming. The Greenhouse (Gas) Effect is the most common known and it seems potentially disasterous. The Greenhouse Gasses have increased the earths temperature by simply trapping energy in the atmosphere...sounds romantic eh?
The effects of GW (which is the average increase in temp across the world) causes changes in the earths climate - the earth has had an average climate or controlled by and large until the effects of Global Warming and of GGs. The changes have and will continue to alter these long-term weather patterns.
A warmer Earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, a rise in sea level, and a wide range of impacts on plants, wildlife, and our selfish selves. When scientists talk about the issue of climate change, their concern is about global warming caused by our activities on this planet.

Back before the Industrial Revolution which was about 200 years ago - we used very little fossil fuels, releasing minor gases into the atmosphere but we advanced and began to use machinery that utilised fossil fuels and also the need for timber created deforestation and the climate began to change as a direct result of this as burning these fuels created the Greenhouse effect.
This part I state in simplistic terms so the reader can understand that only very small and fundamental changes around you can make a difference.

Reduce the amount of electricity you use.
Recycle (the methane given off into the atmosphere is a contributary factor in GGs)
Simple use of gardening areas for the growth of your own food.
Less petrol consumption or use LPG
All of these simple and easily followed plans can ensure that something is left of our planet for our future families. This is about doing your part...the scientists can help governments and agencies do theirs. For now at least some notice is being taken - this is the real deal. our planet is our home. Our planet is where we survive, live, enjoy......