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CLIMATE CHANGE: The impacts of climate change have begun to appear and may get much worse over the course of this century. This interactive map displays some of the possible impacts.
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Climate change is a global problem. Pumping ever more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as a result of industry, transportation and other human activities will affect the planet from the Arctic Sea to the Amazon rainforest, sparing no region. The following maps show just a few of the potential impacts, including temperature rise, droughts and downpours, ocean acidification and even the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.
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Add Commentit is true that globle warming has affected our life seriously!! I am a Chinese, living in Harbin now. But there is less and less snow now and the temperature is much higher than five years ago. I am afraid that we have no chance to skate after ten years.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisClimate change is a global problem? Well climate change is inevitable. Look at all those places they say have warmed so much over the last century. Guess what they have all been reporting this winter. Snow where it has not been seen in 100 years. Bitter subfreezing cold the likes of which has not been seen by anyone currently alive. Global warming - yeahRITE! At best temperatures peaked in 1998 and have been steady, if not declining, since. I love the post by the Chinese person in Harbin. Or should we be accurate and say "NOW". There is less and less snow now, huh? Compared to what, where you lived before? Daisy1984 - you get out much? Did you hear about all the unusual cold in California and other places in the last year or the fact it snowed in Baghdad? Warming oceans were "proof positive" of anthropogenic warming in the 1990 decade. Now the oceans are cooling even as China is finally admitted to be the worst polluter (of CO2 among other things) in the world.
But I have to admit one thing. It is true, Daisy1984 is correct on this point - global warming has indeed affected my life. I admit this while carefully avoiding admitting that global warming is 100% natural, normal and good. Less snow she says - and that is a bad thing? Well in my case global warming means more high-thong-count days at the beach and I tell you most assuredly THAT IS GREAT - BRING ON THE GLOBAL WARMING!
The only real solution to man having impacts on the world would be one or more of the following or something I have left out equally shocking:
A major, probably nuclear, war started by Iran, for instance.
A world pandemic, possibly bird flu out of India as we may be seeing the start of as I write this - I do hope I am wrong.
An asteroid or some such hitting the Earth.
NORMAL, NATURAL events such as Katrina and others routinely blamed on anthropogenic causes with higher body counts.
Face it - the more people, the more impact. You can blame it on the lavish lifestyles of America but if you do so be careful - the patron saint of the Church Of Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Change Alarmism (CACCA) - Albert Gore - is a shining example of the worst of the lot. So before you knock the rest of America demand that he start walking the walk or that he stop talking the talk, please! Besides, as mentioned, CHINA is now the #1 polluter - as if they were not before... well at least now it is official! So with regards to the usual "blame America and expect them to fix everything" no, this time blame CHINA and tell THEM it is THEIR turn to pony up.
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI would like to share my interest as one of the principals of Royal Wind, we have designed an Ocean Temperature Regulatory System using our revolutionary turbines to power cold water pumps. Our system is designed to pump large amounts of cold water to the surface of the ocean to create cold water thermoclines. We believe that widespread use of our system worldwide would result in a much desired global temperature regulation and reduction. The health of our oceans and the increased carbon sequestration are linked to global sustainability. We feel that without intervention the oceans are in danger of collapse. The health of our oceans is crucial to the maintenance of oxygen levels in the atmosphere. If the oceans die, we will struggle to survive. It’s all connected: ocean health, carbon sequestration, and global temperatures. Here’s the plan:
To install our ocean-current powered cold water pumps in strategic locations worldwide, creating cold water thermoclines, increasing the sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide. Our system will also be used to build the polar icecap back to a more acceptable year-round base level which will also ensure the continued function of the thermohaline and of the North Atlantic drift. Our system will also be used to create cold water barriers to hurricanes. We can solve the Earth's problems with the right effort. We must if we plan to continue living on this Earth.