Introduction on Global Warming: Myth or Reality

Jakarta is soon to become an ex-capital city. Indonesia is planning to move its administrative headquarters from its richest island of Java to the forest island of Borneo because two-fifths of Jakarta lies below sea level and parts are dropping at a rate of 20 cm (8 inches) a year. Maldives began to divert a portion of the country’s billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland because it will no longer be the country by 2050. The accumulated amount of man-made, global warming pollution in the atmosphere traps as much extra heat energy as would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every 24 hours, 365 days a year. These all figures are pointing towards one end that global warming is a reality. In order to serve economic goals, some countries find it more suitable to declare it a self-presumed myth yet realities prove that global warming is an awful reality. The main evidence of global warming includes an increase in Earth’s average temperature, changes in weather patterns, and rising food insecurity around the globe. Moreover, the intensification of natural disasters, shrinking of ice sheets, and extinction of species are some other clear evidence of global warming. The main causes which lead to global warming include huge consumption of animal products, burning of fossil fuel, and deforestation coupled with excessive use of insecticides, lubricants, and fertilizers. These causes result in devastating consequences which include loss of life and infrastructure, reduction in agriculture productivity, and immense administrative challenges. Thus, the above issues prove that global warming is not a myth but a concrete reality of the 21st century.