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As winter grips the Northern Hemisphere and capture cold snaps blanket the region in ice and snow, it's tough to envision a phenomenon such as global warming. Needless to say, even as temperatures plunge north of the Equator, Australia is engulfed with catastrophic wildfires sweeping across the continent. Environmentalists put the blame on global warming brought on by greenhouse gases and increased emissions associated with people.

Global warming would be the explanation for virtually any number of phenomenon in the environment. Species extinction, climate change, decreasing ice caps are blamed on global warming by environmentalists misquoting scientists using anecdotal and sloppy research.

The simple fact is global warming is happening; however no one is sure shy. Whether the mild temperature increase is an immediate effect of individuals will be doubtful. The reason isn't enough evidence exists to support any one theory over the other. Average temperatures are increasing by less than one degree a decade. This increase could be a cycle the planet has gone through several times within its four billion year history. Records indicate tropical plants and ponds in areas that currently are buried under snow and ice hockey for nine months out of the year. A ice age occurred around medieval times, which some postulate is one of the reasons of what is known as the Dark Ages.

The geological record indicates several ice ages have occurred and that they do occur with some frequency. If scientists are basing their theories on documented temperatures, even then they will come across temperatures are increasing. Consistent temperatures only go back over one hundred decades. Future scientists will more than likely record a decline in average temperatures and also give environmentalists an excuse to blame freezing. Global warming isn't a hoax and the environmental impact is severe. But blaming people for the phenomenon is incorrect. But, no matter what the origin, the effects on global warming will need to be addressed and only individuals can correct it. Through conservation efforts, and also an increased motion toward renewable energy resources, global climate change could be slowed or averted.

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