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from:T h e g r e e n h o u s e e f f e c t i s c o n s t a n t l y m a k i n g t h e n e w s a n d w a r n i n g a f t e r w a r n i n g i s r i n g i n g o u r e a r s t h a t k e e p e m p h a s i z i n g h o w i t i s t o b e b l a m e d f o r g l o b a l w a r m i n g . I f H u r r i c a n e K a t r i n a a n d o t h e r s t r o n g h u r r i c a n e s w e r e n o t h u r t i n g u s s o b a d , a n d s o u n d i n g t h e w a r n i n g o f w h a t c o u l d h a p p e n i f w e d o n t d o s o m e t h i n g a b o u t g l o b a l w a r m i n g , w e w o u l d h a v e m a y b e n o t g i v e n t h e e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a s e c o n d t h o u g h t a n d c o n s i g n e d t h e m t o y e t a n o t h e r s c i e n t i f i c m y t h .
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Y o u m i g h t a r g u e t h a t t h e g r e e n h o u s e e f f e c t h a s b e e n w i t h m a n k i n d f o r m o r e t h a n f o u r b i l l i o n y e a r s a n d t h e r e h a s n o t b e e n a n y t h i n g t o w o r r y a b o u t t h i s f a r . T h e t r o u b l e i s t h a t t h e r e c e n t e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r e a b i t d i f f e r e n t b e c a u s e s o m e o f t h e a c t i v i t i e s t h a t w e h u m a n s a r e p u r s u i n g a s w e l l a s c e r t a i n p r a c t i c e s a r e c h a n g i n g t h i s a s y e t b e n i g n c h a n g e i n c l i m a t i c c o n d i t i o n s .
W e h a v e c e r t a i n l y b e e n e x p e r i e n c i n g t h e e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g f o r t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s m o s t n o t i c e a b l y i n c h a n g e s t o c l i m a t i c c o n d i t i o n s . T h e c i r c u l a t i o n o f t h e o c e a n s i s c h a n g i n g , t h e p l a n e t s o r b i t i s a f f e c t e d a n d t h e r e i s a l s o a c h a n g e i n t h e s u n s i n t e n s i t y . T h i s i s r e a s o n t o c o n s i d e r w h a t t h e i l l - e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r e , a n d d o s o m e t h i n g s e r i o u s t o p r e v e n t , a l l e v i a t e a s w e l l a s r e d u c e i t s a d v e r s e e f f e c t s o n h u m a n k i n d . T h e r e h a v e b e e n d r a s t i c c h a n g e s t o t h e g l o b e a n d d i r e c o n s e q u e n c e s w i l l n o t s p a r e h u m a n s a s w e l l a s t h e m i l l i o n s o f o t h e r s p e c i e s t h a t a r e d e p e n d e n t o n t h e e a r t h f o r t h e i r v e r y s u r v i v a l .
W i t h g l a c i e r s m e l t i n g a n d c a u s i n g t h e s e a l e v e l s t o r i s e , w e c a n s e e t h e p e r f e c t e x a m p l e o f t h e e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i n t h e r i s i n g s e a l e v e l s . T h o u g h w e c a n n o t r e a d i l y s e e o r p e r c e i v e t h e s e e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , t h e y a r e s t i l l s e r i o u s a n d m a y c a u s e m o r e l a n d t o g o u n d e r t h e w a t e r s o f t h e s e a s i f w e a r e n o t c a r e f u l . T h i s c a n b e s e e n i n t h e e x a m p l e w h e n j u s t a 0 . 3 m e t e r r i s e i n s e a l e v e l w i l l c a u s e t h e s w a l l o w i n g u p o f f i f t e e n m e t e r s o f a b e a c h . I t c e r t a i n l y i s r e a s o n t o s i t u p a n d t a k e n o t i c e b e f o r e i t g e t s t o o l a t e .
O t h e r e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r e f e l t i n t h e e f f e c t i t h a s o n a g r i c u l t u r a l p r a c t i c e s t h a t a r e d e p e n d e n t w h o l l y o n g l a c i e r s m e l t i n g i n a r e g u l a r m a n n e r . T h e r e a r e a n u m b e r o f c o u n t r i e s i n t h e w o r l d t h a t d e p e n d o n m e l t i n g o f s n o w s f r o m m o u n t a i n s f o r i r r i g a t i o n o f t h e i r p l a n t s a n d i n g e n e r a t i n g e l e c t r i c i t y . I f t h e m e l t i n g o c c u r s i n p e r i o d s o f b a d t i m e s , i t w o u l d t h r o w o u t o f g e a r t h e p l a n t i n g a s w e l l a s h a r v e s t i n g p e r i o d s t h u s e n d a n g e r i n g t h e e c o n o m y o f t h e s e c o u n t r i e s o n b o t h l o c a l a s w e l l a s n a t i o n a l l e v e l s .
T h u s , w e n e e d t o f a c e t h e p r o b l e m o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g h e a d - o n i f w e w a n t t o e s c a p e t h e b a d e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d s u r v i v e f o r l o n g o n t h e p l a n e t .
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