Currently there is considerable interest in the phenomena of global warming. There have been many international meetings with the heads of the states from various countries during the past 15 years. The latest records seem to show that the global temperature has risen by half a degree in Centigrade during the past decade. Although people are concerned about global warming, the rise in temperature is only half a degree it does not lead to a major concern until one looks at the receding boundaries of the polar caps. During the same ten-year periods, the ice caps at both poles have melted by more than 1,000 each.
Lets examine a simple analogy.
If one takes a flask with water and begins to heat it, the temperature will rapidly rise. On the other hand if several ice cubes are placed in the flask and the heat is applied, the temperature will not rise so rapidly but will begin to melt the ice. It is clear that the half-degree rise in the global temperature in the presence of polar caps will be significantly different once all the ice at the caps has melted. Many researchers attribute this phenomena of the global temperature including El Nino effects attributed to the long term change in the jet stream as caused by the continuous rise of the Himalayas and the formation of the Tibetan plateau. It is well known that the Indian subcontinental plate is continuously moving northward and is being restrained by the Euro-Asia plate thus causing the rise in the Himalayas.