Infographic: How Will Climate Change Impact Us?
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Is climate change and global warming a threat for our generation or is it a challenge only for future generations? The answer is plain to see, as the extreme events of 2012 are what climate scientists have been warning of for 25 years.
Is climate change and global warming a threat for our generation or is it a challenge only for future generations? The answer is plain to see, as the extreme events of 2012 are what climate scientists have been warning of for 25 years.
Although some media outlets report on global warming with a sceptical air, an overwhelming majority of scientists believe that the extreme weather of the last decade is at least partially caused by global warming. Some examples of climate calamities caused partly by global warming include Hurricane Katrina and Sandy in the United States, as well as severe drought in desert countries.
These storms, droughts, and floods can cause death and economic issues for people all over the world – many of whom cannot afford to rebuild their lives after a devastating disaster.
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And despite what some naysayers with alternative theories about why global temperatures are rising – including the idea that the earth goes through natural temperature cycles every few millennia – the dramatic changes in the earth’s atmospheric makeup suggests humans are to blame. Since the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide levels increased 38 percent because of humans, methane levels have increased 148 percent, nitrous oxide is up 15 percent – and the list goes on and on.
Check out the infographic below to see what else the changing climate is affecting.
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