The polar ice caps and glaciers melt, the ocean levels rise and heat waves kill thousands across the world. Through research of increasing heat levels and public exposure, countless scientists have begun to paint a grim picture for the world’s environmental future.

While there may be an annual occurrence of temperature change, many scientists claim the Earth is experiencing “global warming”, or an increase of the average temperature of the planet?s near surface.

However, many scientists consider these images and observations embellished. Contrary to the hype proliferating through the media, some of the causes and consequences of global warming may be fictitious.

Audiences around the world were exposed to the concept of anthropogenic, or man-made, global warming in An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary explaining the effects of global warming. This Academy Award