disintegration and a burst of added global warming. Recent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions place the Earth perilously close to dramatic climate change that could run out of our control, with great dangers for humans and other creatures. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the largest human-made climate forcing, but other trace constituents are important. Only intense simultaneous efforts to slow CO2 emissions and reduce non-CO2 forcings can keep climate within or near the range of the past million years." WAKE UP! we are responsible, its about time mankind woke up, to what is happening right in front of are eyes, you can choose a blinkered view but the truth is out there for all to see . We effect every part of this planet & everything ,the ice caps are melting for sure, its a proven fact,thats just the tip of the iceburg. I think it is a misnomer as the ambient temperature in different parts of the world may not increase initially, although the total average air temperature of the world is increasing. "Climate change" is a better descriptor. But the scenario you describe, Naboo, is a theory (that was the plot line of "Day After Tomorrow"). That is yet to be proved. And before all the denialists and tree-huggers start fighting: Yes, there have been periods in pre-history, of increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. Yes, there have been periods where there were no ice-caps. Yes we are still coming out of an ice-age, but there is indisputable evidence that