There is a clear connection between population growth and virtually every challenge facing our planet, including global warming. However there is an simple way to half the amount of pollution which leads to Global Warming, and that's to half the number of polluters.

We are all Global Warmers and there is very little we can do about it.  Some of us may turn our central heating down a degree or two.  Some my leave the car in the garage and cycle to work.  A few may install solar panels or even a wind turbine on their roofs but it is all very, very, little, far far too late. 

With a very great deal of effort and dedication we humans can reduced the amount of global warming we cause per capita by an infinitesimal amount.  There is only one way left open to us that can possibly succeed and that is to reduce the number of global warmers on this planet!

Sorry if that's a hard pill to swallow but its true.  We can't close our eyes to it any longer.  Unless we reduce our own population by 50% or more within this century our planet will no longer be able to sustain us.  Either we reduce our population the easy way, through birth control, or Mother Earth will do the job for us the hard way!

As I write this article (May 2006) the world population stands at 6,533,749,177 global warmers. Each day there are some 240,000 more. CLICK HERE to find out how many global warmers there are today.

Scientists have recently published data which paints a stark picture of climate change in the future, announcing that the Arctic has entered an irreversible stage of warming.

Loss of Arctic sea ice has increased to such levels that the region is beginning to absorb more of the suns rays which in turn is leading to further ice melts and rising sea temperatures.

Scientists fear that the Arctic has now reached 'a point of no return' which will inevitably lead to the melting of Greenland's land ice, this would radically raise sea levels.

British Green Party Principal Speaker Keith Taylor commented: "This is the latest in a long line of wake up calls on climate change which our leaders have so far ignored. "

"If a significant portion of Greenland's glaciers melt, sea levels could rise by up to six metres; every low-lying city in the world will be affected. The implications of this are simply astonishing."

"We must increase the pressure on the government to act, and act now on climate change other wise it will simply be too little too late."

Over the past 30 years, temperatures in the Arctic have been creeping up, rising half a degree Celsius with attendant increases in glacial melting and decreases in sea ice. Experts predict that at current levels of greenhouse gases--carbon dioxide alone is at 375 parts per million--the earth may warm by as much as five degrees Celsius, matching conditions roughly 130,000 years ago. Now a refined climate model is predicting, among other things, sea level rises of as much as 7 meters.

Modeler Bette Otto-Bliesner of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder and paleoclimatologist Jonathan Overpeck of the University of Arizona in America matched results from the Community Climate System Model and climate records preserved in ice cores, exposed coral reefs, fossilised pollen and the chemical makeup of shells to determine the accuracy of the computer simulation.

Roughly 130,000 years ago the Arctic enjoyed higher levels of solar radiation, leading to increased warming in the summer and the retreat of glaciers worldwide. The model correctly predicted the extent of the resulting Arctic ice melt, enough to raise sea levels by roughly nine feet.

Sea levels rose as much as 7 meters 130,000 years ago and Jonathan Overpeck speculates that may have been the result of additional melting in Antarctica. After all, the ice there is not all landlocked.

This time around, the warming is global, rather than concentrated in the Arctic. "In the Antarctic, all you have to do is break up the ice sheet and float it away and that would raise sea level," he says. "It's just like throwing a bunch of ice cubes into a full glass of water and watching the water spill over the top."

Such a sea level rise would inundate low-lying lands such as South east England, New Orleans and southern Florida in America, Bangladesh and the Netherlands. Already sea level rise has increased to an inch per decade, thanks to melting ice and warm water expansion. Evidence that the Arctic is exponentially warming continues to accumulate.

Indeed, in another paper, Goran Ekstrom of Harvard University reported a marked increase in so-called glacial earthquakes (seismic events recorded throughout the world when Greenland's glaciers slip past rock) since 2002. In fact, 2005 alone saw twice as many quakes as in previous years, with most of that increase coming during the summer months.
"We need to start serious measures to reduce greenhouse gases within the next decade," Overpeck says. "If we don't do something soon, we're committed to [13 to 20 feet] of sea level rise in the future." --David Biello

The only serious measure which can offer a long term, sustainable solution is to half the human population.  And the only humane way of doing that is persuade people to have fewer, if any, children.  We need to get the message across that children are replacements NOT additions.

And they are not toys and they are not cute little pets, they are Global Warmers.  Wanting a baby to love is just not good enough anymore.  We all have urges and the urge to reproduce is strong.  So are the urges we have from time to time to commit all kinds of horrible antisocial deeds but most of us are able to control those urges and refrain from doing things which we know will harm others.

We must realise that to have more children that we need to replace ourselves is an antisocial act.  But I am asking you to do better than that.  I am asking you, pleading with you to please only produce half the number of children you need as replacements.  Give Mother Earth a chance, she just can't take it any longer.

Balloon Data Confirms the Antarctic Warming Trend too. Launching weather balloons has been a nearly daily habit at some Antarctic research facilities since 1957. Carrying radiosondes--instruments that measure atmospheric conditions such as temperature and wind speed--the balloons travel as high as 12 miles or more. A new analysis of the past 30 years of records from nine research stations, including Amundsen-Scott at the South Pole, reveals that the air above the entirety of Antarctica has warmed by as much as 0.70 degree Celsius per decade during the winter months.

This is just the start.  Time is running out.  Whether Global Warming will untimely lead to a hothouse or an ice age we do not know.  What we do know is that, either way, Mother Earth will go on.  Whether she goes on with or without us remains to be seen.

So what is the answer?

Well we can faff around turning off a few lights and insulating our roofs.  It will help a bit, but there is only one sure way to reduce global warming and that is to reduce the numbers of Global Warmers.  The human population is just too high, especially in the industrial countries where most greenhouse gasses are produced. 

For over a million years our fight for survival cantered around reproducing the species.  Having babies was more that just a good thing to do, it was essential for our very survival.  Well in the mid 20th century all that started to change.  There are now just too many of us, using up finite resources, producing litter,  toxic waste including greenhouse gases and threatening the destruction of our environment. 

All these global warmers need food, housing and energy in order to live comfortable, fulfilling lives.  The result of this is more global warming for every human being who lives.  We can't kill half of us off but we can half the number of replacements we breed.  So please, please, please, resist the mindless animal urge to reproduce.  Resist the urge to produce even more global warmers!

Global warming does not happen by itself, it is caused by Global Warmers, you and me.  There is too much global warming because there are too many Global Warmers!  Its as simple as that.

Now I don't propose we all rush out and slit our wrists or jump off cliffs to save our planet.  What I do propose however it that we all limit the number of replacement global warmers we breed.  That way we we can half the human population within a generation.  This is the ONLY way left open to us. 

The human population has reached plague proportions. If it was any other species our response would be swift and sure. We cannot reduce our impact per capita very far, fast enough, without reducing our standard of living to an unacceptable level. We must face up to the tough truth that we do not have much time left and we must act decisively now. It’s a numbers game. The more Global Warmers, the more Global Warming. The only solution that can possibly work in time is to reduce our population by at least half. If this argument has fallen out of favour lately its now time to bring it back, quickly. This is the only solution which can work in time, and time is running out fast. The message of evolution is clear: Adapt or Die!

Contributed by Jack Cox