This seems to be an age of catastrophic events. The Tsunami in Thailand and floods in Kerala are fresh in the memory but there is a sense of foreboding that we have not seen the last of such natural tragedies. With the high concentration of people in pockets of land, any disaster is bound to result in a huge loss of lives. There is a debate about climate change- whether its caused by man ( which includes everything created by man) or just a natural phenomenon. Those who believe that climate change is induced by man present strong evidence - rising temperatures, hitting record highs each passing year, increasing levels of Carbon di Oxide in the atmosphere, and so on. A new term Anthropocene has been coined to denote the era where man's influence is being marked on the earth.
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