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T h e c l i m a t e i s c h a n g i n g d r a s t i c a l l y , r e g a r d l e s s o f w h a t s k e p t i c s s a y , t h e r e i s l i t e r a l p r o o f t h a t g o e s t o s h o w t h a t t h e E a r t h s s u r f a c e t e m p e r a t u r e h a s i n c r e a s e d d r a s t i c a l l y , e v e n i n t h e p a s t d e c a d e a l o n e , a s t h e r e i s n o w o v e r w h e l m i n g s c i e n t i f i c c o n s e n s u s t h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s i n f a c t h a p p e n i n g , a n d n o t o n l y t h a t b u t a l s o t h a t i t i s h u m a n - i n d u c e d .
W i t h g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d c l i m a t e c h a n g e o n t h e i n c r e a s e , a n d w i t h s p e c i e s a n d t h e i r h a b i t a t s o n t h e d e c e a s e , t h e c h a n c e s f o r e c o s y s t e m s t o b e a b l e t o a d a p t n a t u r a l l y a r e d i m i n i s h i n g , a n d m a n y a r e a g r e e d o n t h e f a c t t h a t t h e i s s u e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d c l i m a t e c h a n g e j u s t m a y b e o n e o f t h e g r e a t e s t t h r e a t s t h a t i s f a c i n g t h e p l a n e t .
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I t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g w i l l h a v e i n c r e d i b l e i m p a c t o n t h e w o r l d o v e r a l l , b o t h o n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d o n s o c i e t y i n g e n e r a l , a s h i g h e r t e m p e r a t u r e s w i l l c a u s e a m e l t i n g o f i c e i n G r e e n l a n d a n d A n t a r c t i c a , a n d t h i s w i l l r e s u l t i n a c c e l e r a t i n g t h e r i s e o f t h e s e a l e v e l . A s w e l l , t h e s p e e d a t w h i c h g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s e x p e c t e d t o o c c u r i n t h e 2 1 s t c e n t u r y i s f a s t e r t h a n m o s t p l a n t a n d a n i m a l s p e c i e s w i l l b e a b l e t o c o p e w i t h , t h u s r e s u l t i n g i n c a u s i n g m a n y t o b e c o m e e x t i n c t , a n d q u i c k l y a t t h a t .
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P r e p a r a t i o n i s o b v i o u s l y t h e b e s t i d e a , e s p e c i a l l y c o n s i d e r i n g t h a t i f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s g o i n g t o o c c u r t h e r e i s r e a l l y n o t h i n g t h a t a n y o n e c a n d o a b o u t i t . H o w e v e r w e c a n a t l e a s t h o l d i t o f f , b y t a k i n g m o r e c a r e a n d c o n s i d e r a t i o n w i t h t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , f o r i n s t a n c e r e c y c l i n g a n d n o t p o l l u t i n g t h e a i r a s m u c h .
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