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Belief 1: All Global Warming means is our seasons will be a little warmer, what's wrong with that?

"Global Warming" is the gradual increase in the world-wide average temperature. This temperature increase is triggering what is known as "Global Climate Change," which is a shift in the "normal" atmospheric/weather patterns for Earth's regions. This shift could cause catastrophic weather phenomenon and render parts of the globe uninhabitable in the decades and centuries to come.

Belief 3: The wild weather experienced in the past few years can be somewhat attributed to Global Warming.

As former Vice-President Al Gore points out in his film An Inconvenient Truth, a study sampling more than 900 peer-reviewed articles on Global Warming published in scientific journals found not a single dissenting opinion on the validity of the science behind Global Warming predictions.

In case you were wondering, Senator Inhofe is an economics major who has worked in the aviation, real-estate, and insurance fields.

While most weather phenomenon occur due to a host of corresponding factors, scientists are beginning to link Global Warming effects with stronger and more unpredictable weather. One of the most influential factors in weather events is ocean temperature, and with Global Warming causing a rise in sea surface temperatures scientists predict hurricanes and storms driven by the El-Nino and La-Nina currents to intensify in strength and frequency.

Belief 4: I am only one person. Turning off a light, recycling a can, or making one less car trip won't make a difference in Global Warming.

Making an effort to turn off lights when not in use, beginning a recycling program, or cutting down on car trips/carpooling can make a tremendous difference. Turning these simple actions into habits and actively working to reduce your Carbon emissions help to reduce your "Carbon Footprint." With education and widespread efforts to reduce power consumption, reuse resources, and replace fossil fuels as a method of transportation, thousands of individuals can combine to save hundreds of thousands and even millions of tons of Carbon Dioxide from entering our atmosphere each year.

Learn more about your "Carbon Footprint" here: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/

And what you can do to lower your CO₂emissions: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/