It's getting hot in here. No, I'm not talking about that rap song. It really is getting warmer around the world because of a phenomenon called global warming. As the name suggests, it affects the entire world. This is partly the reason for all these erratic weather patterns we have been experiencing in recent years. Should we be scared? I think we should. If you look around you might even see custom street banners telling you to!

Since the industrial revolution, we have been releasing harmful chemicals and gases into the air. At first we thought that the number of factories doing this shouldn't be able to cause drastic changes. 50 years later, we are starting to eat our own words because industries have grown exponentially. Tons of harmful carbon based compounds pollute the air and trap solar radiation in the atmosphere causing a rise in temperature. This is called the greenhouse effect. Although the hole in the ozone layer is slowly reforming its getting hotter and hotter. It's so hot that some people would even rush outside at the slightest hint of movement in the trees or flagpoles on a hot day because of the breeze!

It's hard to say that it's not entirely our fault but the fact of the matter is that we really are the ones to blame. Even the seemingly mundane act of using spray on cologne or deodorant might seem harmless. But there are millions of people in the world. Imagine all these people simultaneously spraying aerosols into the air at the same time!