because it may be gone in 73 years. If you thought that global warming thing was mere hype, think again. According to a Reuters article titled, "Millions to go hungry, waterless: climate report," a new global warming report mentions that, "By the end of the century, climate change will bring water scarcity to between 1.1 and 3.2 billion people as temperatures rise by 2 to 3 Celsius (3.6 to 4.8 Fahrenheit), a leaked draft of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report said."
Fabulous. As if we want it any hotter here in South Florida, where this summer's temperatures hung out at a scorching 97*F for as long as I can remember.
"In Europe, glaciers would disappear from the central Alps, while some Pacific island nations would be hit hard by rising sea levels and more frequent tropical storms."
As we have all heard, polar bears have turned to cannibalism because of ice melting and starvation. The great tsunami that took hundreds of thousands of lives in the Asian region was catastrophic, but we hear nothing nowadays about relief efforts and what is being done to prevent further disasters of this sort. Everybody knows of Katrina, she's a household name now.
It is inevitable that this Earth is being slowly destroyed, but there are ways to slow the process down or revert it altogether. Why not recycle more so our oceans aren't as polluted anymore? Take your used batteries to battery-recycle locations instead of tossing them into your garbage cans and forgetting their consequences. Switch to cold water laundry cycles and turn the lights out when you leave the house.
All are things we can do everyday to help our struggling environment. Let's not let these haunting predictions come true..
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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