Must there always be a right and wrong here? Could it not be that the earth is warming in part due to natural phenomenon but that human activity is certainly affecting the speed of the warm up???? What bugs me more than anything about this and other debates is the polarization of a very grey argument. Here we have clear evidence, once again, that the earth goes through rapid changes in climate but the Global Warming faction will disrepute the findings. On the other hand, here we also have evidence showing ‘rapid’ climate change occurs over 200, 000 odd years but the Global Warming deniers will try to hide that fact for their own purpose.

Why can we, as humans, not do something because it’s the right thing to do, regardless of whether or not it will save the planet from dying???? We know that by polluting less, burning less fossil fuels, being more environmentally consious and friendly will make our lives and the lives of the creatures and organisms we share this planet with much better. Our lakes, rivers, and oceans will be cleaner, our health will improve, our air will be easier and cleaner to breathe, our food will taste better, and thus our standard of living will be higher!!!

Instead, we bicker and argue and debate and fight and point fingers and reject and refuse and repell and deny losing focus on what is most important, our daily quality of life. Too often humanity gets caught up in huge philosophical and socio-economic debates over issues that, when cut down to the core, can be solved very easily IF there is a WILL to solve them. The problem is, humanity doesn’t seem to have that will.

Karl Marx and Barack Obama have nothing to do with this post. Dramatic changes to the climate, such as ice ages and rapid warming events, typically cause drastic changes to life on Earth. Please keep comments on-topic.

– Eliza, DISCOVER online news editor