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Global Warming – a threat to Mother Earth

May 23, 2008 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am of the opinion that people in our society still look upon Global Warming as a joke but really there would be nothing to laugh about when it starts to take effect.

Global Warming is no joke! What people fail to realise is that this change is going to affect the direction of our lives in future.

We live, we survive on this earth and I mean not only us as Guyanese but the whole world also; by the rainforests, Mother Nature, trees, however you want to put it. But put into perspective if all that should just perish, do you seriously believe that we would have a chance to live? Of course not! Since the rainforest provides us with oxygen to breathe, no rainforest, no air.

Now is the time for us, as Guyanese, to unite against this global dilemma and make a move; make a move to conserve what we have or should I say what we have left. You see, God gave us this earth, bright and beautiful, but our greed for power, authority, money etc. has caused us to deface and destroy this earthly paradise.

Just take a look. Take a look at the different mountain ranges, namely the Himalayas Mountain Range which once held over 180 huge glaciers but now a mere 30.

Take a look at the Polar bears, poor animals now wandering on rocky ground instead of solid ice; take a look at the bare trees and cracked soil in Africa or the dry dusty basin in Spain which was once flooded with water.

Take a look! Don’t you think it is time we realise and accept the fact that maybe all these global happenings, namely the cyclones and earthquakes, aren’t just coincidence? Don’t you think it is time for us to do something not only for our gain but for the world?

The earth is rebelling. Why? Maybe it is because we are the ones destroying it, we are the ones emitting all the greenhouse gases namely carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and water vapor, which accumulate in the atmosphere and destroy the ozone layer.

Every time part of the ozone layer is destroyed the intensity of the sun’s radiation on the earth will increase causing humidity levels to rise, seas to swell, ice and glaciers to melt, and abnormal heat waves throughout some parts of the earth.

Our rainforests around the world may be the only practical answer in reversing this global phenomenon. But how can that happen if half of it is being destroyed for man’s gain, without replacement?

You see what’s wrong with the people in today’s world, many of them do things for their own personal gain but never take the time to really see who or what suffers as a consequence to their actions. As with industrial sites especially, do they really care that they might be putting six billion people, the numerous species of animals, trees, natural habitats and all at risk for the climate change effect? What is there to care about?

All I know is that if we don’t make a change now, by the time we realise and make that special effort to change, it might just be a little too late. So please members of society I urge you, make an attempt to reverse this global dilemma; get out your trowels and plant a tree today. Help save our animals from extinction, help save civilization, help save the planet of your birth, help save our dear own ‘Mother Earth’.
Christina A. Pooran

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