The Environment

I suppose this topic sounds familiar, especially with the ongoing debate on whether global warming exists or is happening.
Well, it needs a look into the past to understand what is happening.
Originally, humans thought that we could not affect the atmosphere or our environment much. However, after the industrial revolution, more natural environments were converted and changed to human environments. Also, humans began to release more waste products to attain a higher standard of life e.g. manufacturing air-conditioners, cigarettes, household appliances etc. converting raw materials to products. These waste products, of course, are waste and some of them are harmful. We don't want to dump waste on our own property, right? After all, we got the whole earth and others' property to dump our waste. This was and is the mentality of most humans, and even people like me think like this. It's our primitive selfishness. So, all of this waste was dumped into the environment, which, because of this, is treated like a giant dumping area to put our stuff when we no longer want it.
As a result, the impact on the environment is huge, so natural patterns in the environment are all changing...for the worse.
Even if it isn't global warming(true, some places are getting colder, though this can be explained), something is happening. Storms are becoming stronger, coastlines are receding and so on. The South Atlantic had its first tropical storm. Some people say that it's just a cycle. If it's a cycle it should return to normal eventually. Question is, when is eventually? Will we be destroyed by the adverse parts of this cycle before it returns to the norm(if there is a norm)?
Something is happening to our environment, and we have to save it for our own survival.