Quote (Silva @ Jun 6 2010 06:49pm)
What are you currently doing to help?
It's debatable whether we can even save it lol
I believe we're past the tipping point. The warming we've seen already is virtually all from pre 1960s pollution. The earth's avg. temperature has risen .8 degrees C, with some parts like Alaska rising as much as 3.5 degrees C, and Greenland and Antartica rising over 5 degrees C.
If we stopped all pollution today, the earth would still warm about another 1 degree C, which could have huge effects on topic places like Greenland.
The very real problem is that climate change feeds on itself.. the more deserts there are, the more they expand and grow drier and warmer. The less ice there is, the more sun and heat is absorbed into the ocean cause it isn't reflected anymore.