Global Warming: The Effects of Daily Life
Our Earth's ozone layer has become irreversibly damaged due to the amount of greenhouse gases that have been created and emitted over the last several hundred years, which become trapped in the atmosphere.

Global Warming Overcooked?
The Academy Award received by Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" was a major coup for those who believe the current global warming phenomena the Earth is experiencing are largely caused by human creations like automobiles and industrialization. But now a prominent French scientist, who 15 years ago was on the leading edge of proclaiming that global warming was of serious concern, has reversed course. Dr. Claude Allegre, a prominent geochemist who was one of 1,500 prominent scientists to sign the letter known as "The World Scientists Warning to Humanity" detailing the threat of global warming, has recently proclaimed that science does not support predictions of calamity surrounding climate change.

John Maerz: Climate column was disservice
The Banner-Herald showed poor judgment in running local writer Jack Scott's Sunday piece on climate change. Under the misleading headline "Climate change consensus," Scott offered as evidence of the falseness of climate-change science the fact that Copernicus and Galileo challenged the prevailing cosmological view that the Earth was the center of our universe, and that Soviet scientist Trofim Lysenko promoted a false scientific challenge to Mendelian genetics. Neither has anything to do with the merits of climate-change science, and is nothing more than a distraction from an informed discussion.

Local climate change 'denier' makes poor arguments
We are perplexed by a recent column on global climate change written by Jack Scott, identified in the Insights and Ideas section of Sunday's Banner-Herald as "a local bookbinder and restorator" who lives in Jackson County (The Big Idea, "Climate change consensus").

Climate change no tall tale for local fisherman
When it comes to fishermen, "We have a reputation as notorious liars," says Rich Rusk with a laugh. But as chairman of the Oconee River Chapter of Trout Unlimited, he along with his fellow fishermen have seen a sobering truth: during the height of the drought, young trout dying in North Georgia hatcheries, and mature trout floating up dead in the Chattahoochee River's 85-degree water.

Speaking of Climate change
Chances are you’ve heard someone (maybe yourself) complain about the pollen lately. Did you know you can trace it to climate change? More carbon dioxide equals faster-growing plants equals record-high local pollen counts of 5,000 or more — bound to be irritating when most people are allergic to counts of 120, says James Porter, the Meigs Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia.

Mexico, Germany urge climate change action
KOENIGSWINTER, Germany - With the fight against global warming in serious trouble, Germany and Mexico are calling on world leaders to get international negotiations back on track and reach concrete results by the end of the year.

John Steffl: Solar energy isn't competitive
A Forum piece in Sunday's Banner-Herald opinions section, "Solar energy can be option for Georgia," overlooks a few facts and realities. Solar energy costs more than nuclear and coal.