Global Warming

G-L-O-B-A-L w-a-r-m-i-n-g. Recall the technical term? This is the latest term that appears atleast once a month in our newspapers nowadays. It’s a fact that just two decades ago people do not even know what is Global Warming and now you have people all around the world, even in developing countries, concerned over this issue. It is really phenomenal that this kind of change can happen. Lets look at who are our major contributors of Global Warming. USA gets the gold award for being the largest producer of greenhouse gases all in the name of industrialization . China is just behind and is catching up fast with USA. While these countries and many more are contributing to global warming at one side, on the other side, we have crazy ideas from scientists to reduce global warming. This is certainly a sign of their fears over this issue. How crazy could their ideas get? Lets take a look. First suggestion is to dump tons of iron dust into the ocean. The iron dust would grow planktons which will absorb carbon dioxide from the air. Although this sounds innovative and interesting but it has aroused a caution about the ecological consequences of large-scale fertilisation of the ocean. Second one is to use jet engines which would shoot tons of sulphates into the air. Next suggestion is to build a ‘sun shade’ in the space using Frisbee-like spaceships that go between the Earth and the Sun, and act as an umbrella to reduce heat. Finally , large filters could be made to grab carbon dioxide from the air using chemical absorbers and then compressing the carbon dioxide into a liquid or compressed gas that can be shipped elsewhere. These suggestions sure do costs a lot of time, effort and expenses too. Man had affected ,and is still continuing to do for that matter, the planet negatively that now he is desperately looking for ways to reverse it. While some effects can be reversed, global warming is something that does not decline fast. It would take many years of constant efforts to stop the burgeoning global warming and it’s a doubt even if it would save the world!(358 words)