Global Warming seems like this huge mess that mankind has collectively made of the climate. So how can one individual man or woman do anything that can help set the scales right? What can one person do to make it alright? Quite a lot when you think about it!

During hard economic times, it is difficult to get people to focus on an environmental issue which seems to have little immediate bearing on their lives. However if they act lovingly towards the planet and its resources, it is they themselves who will benefit.

So how can you help as an individual? Global warming takes place due to excessive release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Look for ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Try to use the cycle instead of the car. You will reduce fuel emissions.

Having a barbecue may seem like fun to you but is very bad for the environment. Cook your food in a fuel effective manner preferably without burning too much coal.Fossil fuels are used to generate electricity as well. So the more you use your lights, fans and other electrical gadgets the larger your carbon footprint will be.

The big companies in the corporate world run because they make a profit. If they begin to take responsibility for their manufacturing processes and begin using cleaner fuel, it affects their profitability. When the government makes them clean up environmental messes that they create it runs down their profits and may even in an occasional case shut down the company.

This is why it is difficult to get corporates to take responsibility for climate change and global warming. Governments around the world are making laws that will ensure that the corporates take some heat if they are not environmentally concerned. The Carbon Tax being levied by Australia on its mining industry is a perfect example of this.

Perhaps it is unfair to expect one big company to pay up when all the small companies are contributing to the situation just as much. It may be a worthwhile science project to come up with a measuring system to see just how much greenhouse gas emission comes out of each factory to be able to penalize the company according to its actions.

It is easy to say that the big bad corporates are the ones that are burning the most fossil fuels and causing global warming. It negates the responsibility of the individual for his part in the massive event. Just as every drop in the ocean contributes to its volume, every action of the individual contributes to global warming.

If you have lived a decade or two on the planet you would have come to the conclusion that the temperatures on the planet are far more volatile this year than they have ever been in the past. The winter has been cooler and the summer has been warmer than previous seasons.

There is a definite swing to extreme temperatures on the planet. So why is Climate Change still considered a myth? Human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels is contributing to increased concentrations of greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere leading to adverse changes in global climate.

The corporates worldwide have decided that Climate Change is not related to their activities. Half of the companies misrepresented climate science in their public communications, and the majority of them found other ways to spread misinformation. This included befuddling concerned citizens with bogus reports of their own findings.

They seem to be following the path of the tobacco industry whose end goal was delaying sensible regulations that protect our health and safety. The companies are out to cause confusion and delay by contesting all the findings of any climate change scientific study ever undertaken. A fact that does not bode well for the collective future of the planet.

We feel Global Warming is a distant problem and will eventually be solved by the miracles of science as it does not affect human lives and lifestyles too much. The truth is while humans may just find the planet a bit warmer and so decide to go indoors and enjoy the AC, the rest of the flora and fauna on Earth is at risk.

The Gila National Forest is battling a wildfire since June 2012 that is a direct result of global warming. The fire in the state of New Mexico started because the high temperatures dried up the forest leaving is vulnerable to fire which incidentally is believed to have started due to lightening. Now the dry wood is acting as fuel to feed the fire raging through the forest.

The Gila Wilderness has been in the past a fragile home to a small population of Mexican Wolves. This rare breed of wolves is now facing extinction in the region due to the forest. The young bears, mountain lions, birds, coyotes, and all the other species just born a few months ago in the spring are also going to find it tough to survive as the forest cover depletes with the wildfire.

Global Warming is not some distant problem that maybe our descendants will have to face, its a current issue that we need to deal with right now. What would be most helpful would be to have science projects highlighting this problem’s various aspects and offering concrete solutions.

Global warming is the term used to describe ever rising temperatures on the planet due to the activities of mankind. This heating up of the planet is now on record thanks to a number of diligent science projects taken up by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center.

NOAA scientists found that the average temperature — 64.3 degrees F – for the contiguous US during May 2012 was 3.3 degrees higher than the long-term average. This means that the earth is losing moisture and is becoming drier. The rain isn’t helping as the nationally averaged precipitation as per the NOAA scientists was 2.51 inches, which is 0.36 inches below average.

31 states experienced record warmth for the season. Only the Northwest did not see warmer-than-average temperatures; only Oregon and Washington had temperatures that were normal. The scientists go so far as to say that 37.4 percent of the contiguous US is experiencing drought conditions.

The drought and wind created ideal wildfire conditions in the Southwest. Over 210,000 acres of the Gila National Forest in western New Mexico have already been consumed by forest fires. The animals were trapped and those which survived the fire may not last much longer as they are now starving in the absence of their natural food. Is there a science project that can help overcome this catastrophe?