One of the biggest problems facing society today is global warming. Everyone is talking about global warming, also known as “climate change” or “green is the new black”. However, as Mark Twain once said, “everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” (1897 P. 8). According to Dictionary.com, global warming can be described as “an increase in the average global temperature believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect.” We are the most responsible for this situation because “… by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil, by deforesting forests, we have drastically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere and the temperature is increasing”. – (Climatecrisis.net). These gases have a long-term effect on the global climate. According to Jan Corfee-Morlot, Mark Maslin and Jacquelin Burgess “global warming officially occurred more than 100 years ago”. (2007, p. 2745). However, this issue does not receive the adequate attention it deserves. For many individuals, global warming is not a serious problem and they do not truly believe that global warming is happening right now. However, “Every day that passes brings with it new evidence that we are facing a planetary emergency, a climate crisis that requires immediate attention.” (Gore, 2007). Some of this evidence includes reduced sea ice growth and, by the same token, a decline in the polar bear population. According to an article published in the New York Times titled "The Annotated Polar Bear Decision" by Andrew C. Revkin, (2007), the polar bear became the first species to be added to the endangered species list of species in on the verge of extinction due to this problem. . Another major evidence of global warming is the melting of mountain glaciers. Second... half of the document... eas pp. 2741-2776Published by: The Royal SocietyArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25190619Global Temperature ChangeHansen J, Sato M, Ruedy R, Lo K, David W. Lea, and Medina M. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 103, No. 39 (26 September 2006), pp. 14288-14293Published by: National Academy of SciencesArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30050366Platt, Suzy. "1982. Mark Twain (1835-1910). Cited Respectfully: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989." 1982. Mark Twain (1835-1910). Cited Respectfully: A Dictionary of Citations. 1989. Www.bartleby.com, n.d. Web. October 25, 2012. Revkin, Andrew C. “Polar Bears.” News. Nytimes.com, May 14, 2008. Web.October 24. 2012. .