It is difficult to find a problem with greater global implications than environmental change. It sounds simplistic but the environment is everywhere. In fact it is possible to correlate everything we do, feel and experience with our environment. Whether we like it or not, believe it or not, our environment has been significantly modified with a probable anthropic component since humanity has existed. It is well known that this man-made influence has occurred primarily in the last hundred years, in correlation with our desire for scientific knowledge, thirst for industrial expansion, and insatiable desire for progress. From history, various events or topics can be highlighted that have a global aspect, but very few are comparable to environmental change. Most were regional or national in scope, with some connections across the globe. The various wars of the 20th and 21st centuries were considered global due to the numerous nations involved, but even those left some parts of the world untouched. There is a commonality between all global events; collective and individual fear (Weber and Stern, 2011). Shermer (2011) stated that there is an attraction to numerous apocalyptic scenarios, including global environmental change, and that there is indeed a logical human connection; it is in our psyche. We are apparently attracted more to disaster and death than to peace and well-being, achieving a kind of satisfaction that we do not recognize as related to our ancient ancestors. Shermer also discovered that our brains are wired this way because our ancestors' decision-making process concluded that danger lurked behind every bush and therefore the best way to deal with it was to assume that there was actually danger everywhere; sort of better safe than sorry a...... middle of paper ...... and expectations and outcomes; something we don't like and that continues the cycle of distress. Works Cited Doherty, T. J., & Clayton, S. (2011). The psychological impacts of global climate change. American Psychologist, 66(4), 265-276. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023141Ehrlich PR (1968). The demographic bomb. New York: Ballantine.Ford, D., Steward, J. R., & Bacus, J. (2013). Millennium Madness! Y2K?: A content analysis of disaster themes in selected print media. Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 31(1), 89-98.Gardner, D. (2011). Babble of the future: why experts are hedgehogs and foxes know better. Penguin.Shermer, M. (2011). The end is always near. New Scientist, 210(2815), 30-31.Weber, UE, & Stern, P.C. (2011). Public understanding of climate change in the United States. American Psychologist,66(4), 315-328. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023253