The United States have experienced their share of natural disasters this year. Most destructive would be Hurricane Katrina which devastated many in the Gulf.
Some view the hurricanes with political or religious viewpoints. They feel these natural disasters are warnings to commit to a better way of living and enforce stronger economic legislations.
However, scientists have proven that global warming and hurricanes directly relate to one another.
The increase in CO2 in the atmosphere causes warmer climate temperatures to produce stronger hurricanes. While the two angles are controversial, they both present sufficient and compelling reasoning.
Scientists have concluded that the recent massive hurricanes are inevitable results of reckless human activities, such as the overindulgences in oil fuel machinery. They argue that the intensities were predictable through various studies. Kevin Trenberth, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research told the following to ABC News, "There's good evidence to show that Category 4 and 5 storms indeed are becoming more common and a bigger part of the overall pictures of the hurricanes in the world." He attributes this to the higher sea levels, increased ocean temperatures, and increased water vapor in the atmosphere. According to ABC, "Trenberth calculates Hurricane Katrina was stronger and dumped an extra inch of rainfall because of global warming."
Many modern scientists support Trenberth stance. The former director of hurricane research at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hugh Willoughby, recently told ABC News that government leaders should pay close attention to the findings that global warming will mean more rainfall in hurricanes.
Not everyone agrees with the scientific findings of researchers. Meteorologist Bill Gray does not believe in the concept of global warming in any way. "The humans aren't doing it," he said. "It's nature and it is the nature that's causing all these changes, and we can't do anything about that." He disputes the idea of global warming being the cause of stronger hurricanes. Gray is not alone in his position either.
Michael Crichton is a well known author for his novel, "Jurassic Park", and also for his recent work of fiction addressing the issue of global warming entitled "State of Fear". This novel speaks to the battle of eco-terrorists across the world; liberals and environmentalists use the idea of global warming to ignite fear in Americans in hopes of reducing harmful environmental damages.
The book touches on many troubling issues the country has been addressing for years and it points out many inaccuracy stated by previous researchers. The book claims, "In the 1970's all the climate scientists believed an ice age was coming." It also states "Dr. Hansen overestimated [global warming] by 300 percent", which directly refers to Jim Hansen's, Vice President of Research of Health Industry Insights, prediction to congress in 1988.
According to ABC, Crichton said, "Environmental organizations are fomenting false fears in order to promote agendas and raise money." Crichton also goes on to say that he agrees that the climate is getting warmer, but researcher exaggerate the notion of global warming to increase government grants and funding.
While the issue of global warming and its effects remain taboo, the general ideas behind reduction remain vital. One should always seek to increase environmental conditions to ensure a healthy global future.
Whether or not global warming is the actual cause of the recent catastrophic hurricanes, it still presences problems in numerous areas and will remain a global concern.
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