Global warming to Ice Age: Kal ho na ho…
CALL IT fiction paving the way for fact, or the vice-versa…it turns out to be the same. The likely future shape of things, as depicted on celluloid by the acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker Roland Emmerich in his movie The Day After Tomorrow , sent shivers down my spine. It has the potential to kick up a global debate on whether the mankind would actually witness the natural catastrophe that the movie talks about — the Ice Age , a fall-out of man-made environmental pollution . With the Green House fast turning into a “red” phenomenon for the concerned lot, the movie has virtually stirred the hornet’s nest: will the Ice Age be a reality one day? Well, the filmmaker asserts that the depiction of the catastrophe is more than mere fiction, and so do the scientists. An Ice Age occurs when the Conveyor — the massive system of water flow from North to South — shuts down. Besides, it’s is also said to be a fallout of a complicated interaction between various natural elements/celestial events suc...