Scientists are in consensus that there are great changes taking place in today’s earth climate, which is not as a result of natural global warming. Nevertheless people tend to differ with the scientists. But one point that is agreeable is that the earth’s climate is always showing a changing trend.

Global warming is being experienced worldwide. In America all the states are showing signs of warming with an average rise of four degrees Fahrenheit. The warmest years on record were 1998 followed by 2006. The years 1999 to 2005 were ranked amongst the top 25 warmest years in the history of the US. The mean temperature for 2006 was 55 degrees Fahrenheit. These changes are the ones that point to global warming.

Drought is one very clear indicator of climate changes as a result of global warming. It is generally getting drier and drier by the years due to build up of heat around the surface of the earth. In addition, continued evaporation increases drought during the months of spring and fall. The level of drought has increased, particularly in the US, with the last major one being between 1999 and 2002. In the last 40 years, US have had two other devastating and widespread droughts where food supply was reduced because crops could not flourish.

In recent years there have been very many droughts in the West, particularly in the last thirty years. These have generated wildfires that reached record highs in 2006 in terms of the number of fire incidences and acres of land damaged. In spite of all the warming and droughts that characterize global warming, you will still not miss cases of storms. Because global warming provides energy to the atmosphere, the storms are expected to be anything but ordinary. Whilst all seem okay, a gentle rain will gradually soak the ground thus not causing any minor disturbance to people.

Due to global warming, these storms are causing major destruction. Despite the presence of droughts, rainfall totals have escalated in the past century in rapid downpours, preceding dry spells. The frequency of rain has equally escalated in the past 50 years, thanks to global warming, hence exaggerating the storms into raging ones.

Further, hurricanes have also grown stronger in the recent past. The increase in global warming can be attributed to people. The earth can however be a serene environment if all individuals would minimize or stop on all activities that lead to the global warming.

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