Is Global Warming Really Happening?

By Clarissa

Is global warming really happening? Many people seem to think that humans are most responsible for the heating of the climate. Many others think that the earth is going through a heating and cooling phase. When you think about it, this "global warming" is really just a phase. Back in the 1970's everyone was scared of global cooling. Everyone thought that the next ice age was just around the corner. But, take a look at the bigger picture. People have lived on this planet for thousands of years and we are still here. Global warming and cooling haven't had that much of an effect until people started worrying about it. (For example the last 5 years.) So this "heating of the planet" MUST be a phase. Yes, I'll admit that the planet is heating up just a few degrees. But, take a look at the facts: it was predicted that this last hurricane season would be the worst one on record, yet there were not as many hurricanes, according to http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/index.html?from=hurricane_welcome
In 2005 there were 28 storms (above the average of 10) and 15 of them were hurricanes. 7 of those were Category 3 or higher. In 2007 the average number of hurricanes were 15 and only six of them were hurricanes. 2 of those were Catagory 3 or higher. So the number of hurricanes has been going down from 2005 to 2007. If Global Warming was REALLY happening, then the number of hurricanes should have gone up do to the rise of temperature in the oceans. Clearly you can see that global warming is full of mistakes and isn't true.