LifeSite, April 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – National Geographic’s Kids magazine has just sent its young readers a special issue titled ‘Save the Earth’. An 11 page section of the edition, headlined ‘Save the Planet’, discusses ‘5 Big Problems Facing the Earth’.
The ‘Alert missions’ given to the young readers in 5 brief articles are global warming, pollution, declining biodiversity, overpopulation, and habitat destruction.
The Global Warming article warns many scientists predict that “temperatures may continue to rise by as much as ten degrees Fahrenheit over the next hundred years” and that “heat is melting glaciers and polar ice sheets, which causes sea levels to rise. Millions of people who live along coasts may be threatened by flooding from rising seas.” The articles does not mention that there is still intense disagreement among many of the world’s leading scientists about the extent, causes and actual effects of global warming.
The overpopulation article notes that “someday there may be more people on earth than there is food to go around.”