Global Warming

Hello guys,
I know it has been very long time but school life is hectic and I have gotten carried away with things... But anyway, the reason I am writing this post is because of global warming. Now we all know what is global warming, but for those young readers who don't, it is the gradual warming of our planet, which is mainly due to human causes.

Me and my friends have been conducting an interesting experiment, to test the overall increase in heat every year. This is what we do- We take one ice cube at a time from a cooler we put in a small field near our park. We start a timer, and then toss the cube to each other. We stop the timer when the cube has melted. We do this with at least five cubes, to find the average time one cube takes to melt. On the 16th of April, we decided to do this test. We were astonished to find, that this April, the cubes lasted just 15 seconds under the sun! It is only then when we realized the harmful effects of the global warming.


For those who live in or near the metropolis of Gurgaon, you must have noticed that this April, which is usually a pleasant month, is now suffering deadly blows from a scorching sun. This phenomenon is being observed worldwide, with increasing heat, fatal storms, water scarcity and starving human's. It can no longer be "We must act against Global warming", it is now "We have to act against global warming!". Already many islands, like the islands of Maldives are threatened to be engulfed by the rising Indian Ocean. Imagine, 1200 islands of nature's finest are being destroyed because of humans.

Bhutan, which is a Carbon-Negative country- Which means that the country produces more oxygen than carbon-dioxide is suffering even though it has nothing to do with global warming.  In fact, it is doing more than enough to act against it... With rising deforestation and pollutants going out in the sea, there are many impacts on the flora and fauna as well.

Bhutan alone has 336 million metric tons of carbon in it's forest. As we all know, all life forms on earth are carbon based life forms. Carbon is the key component in all life forms present on earth.  In today's world, the way so many countries continue to cut trees - more than that can be replaced, it's giving an immense boost to the already growing global warming. Just imagine, if one forest is brought down, how much carbon would be released? As we know, that carbon boosts global warming, as it stores heat and traps it. This can cause the entire permafrost ( the dead and frozen plant material found in places like Siberia, Greenland, and Alaska) to melt down- which will release even more carbon!

We have to fix what we broke, fix the ozone, fix the unbalance in nature, fix global warming and undo everything wrong we have done. For if we won't, we might as well say good bye to Earth.

Hope you guys have learn't something from this, and have understood the gravity of the situation. On this note, I would like you to reflect on this and have a good day.

For more information on Bhutan, you can:

Visit this URL "https://www.ted.com/talks/tshering_tobgay_this_country_isn_t_just_carbon_neutral_it_s_carbon_negative?language=en"