Environment. Think.. Global Warming?

The word ‘environment’ is fast becoming associated with the concept of ‘global warming’.  And it’s no wonder.. With new ‘global warming’ articles in the media every week, it has become a significant concern for most, trumped only by the new threat of global recession.

Events such as Earth Hour also supported by the media (Fairfax -SMH) have helped raise concern and awareness for the cause. Previously, in recent history, the depletion of the ozone layer was a huge environmental event, and it all focused around mans impact on the environment. And now, we are faced with yet another struggle. It’s something we can only blame ourselves for, and something that potentially threatens humanities survival on planet earth…

But not everyone believes it exists.

Ian Plimer from the university of Melbourne argues that what we assume is climate change as a result of mans impact on the globe, is can actually be explained as a natural phenomenon. “[The] planet is variable, it always changes” he claims in a lateline interview uploaded to the Lateline vodcast on ABC last night.

Plimer claims that “they are looking at the atmosphere, they are not looking at the total system of the planet”. In his new book ‘Heaven+Earth’ he voices his his concerns in order “to give the public some information so that they can say I think I’m being lead away.”

It’s an interesting view, and one that differs from what the media seems to brand as an environmental event which is caused by humankind.