Just the beginning of a coming calamity’, global warming, the rise in the average surface temperature of the planet, has been a controversial topic for the past several decades. Many scientists have portrayed it as the end of our world, a doomsday, predicting that unnatural increases in greenhouse gases will contribute to drastic temperature increases over the next century, while many corporations have tried to deny allegations that greenhouse gases are the main cause of this. However, members of each group see both sides of the issue.