Big trouble.
Are you going to do SOMETHING to change THIS?!
I certainly hope so.
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• "More than one sixth of the world population live in glacier- or snowmelt-fed river basins and will be affected by decrease of water volume." And depending on how much fossil fuels are burned in the future, "262-983 million people are likely to move into the water stressed-category" by 2050.
• Global warming could increase the number of hungry in the world in 2080 by anywhere between 140 million and 1 billion, depending on how much greenhouse gas is emitted into the air over the next few decades.
• "Overall a 2 to 3 fold increase of population to be flooded is expected by 2080."
• Malaria, diarrhea diseases, dengue fever, tick-borne diseases, heat-related deaths will all rise with global warming. But in the United Kingdom, the drop in cold-related deaths will be bigger than the increase in heatstroke related deaths.
• In eastern North America, depending on fossil fuel emissions, smog will increase and there would be a 4.5 percent increase in smog-related deaths.
• Because global warming will hurt the poor more, there will be more "social equity" concerns and pressure for governments to do more.
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This is part of this article and it's scary.
The full study by the scientists will be out sometime soon and I am quoting from the article again:
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The "technical summary," which will eventually be released to the public but was obtained by The Associated Press, will not be edited by diplomats. The technical summary, Rosenzweig said, contains "the real facts."
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For more info:
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
The summary of the report: PDF archive
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I certainly hope so.
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• "More than one sixth of the world population live in glacier- or snowmelt-fed river basins and will be affected by decrease of water volume." And depending on how much fossil fuels are burned in the future, "262-983 million people are likely to move into the water stressed-category" by 2050.
• Global warming could increase the number of hungry in the world in 2080 by anywhere between 140 million and 1 billion, depending on how much greenhouse gas is emitted into the air over the next few decades.
• "Overall a 2 to 3 fold increase of population to be flooded is expected by 2080."
• Malaria, diarrhea diseases, dengue fever, tick-borne diseases, heat-related deaths will all rise with global warming. But in the United Kingdom, the drop in cold-related deaths will be bigger than the increase in heatstroke related deaths.
• In eastern North America, depending on fossil fuel emissions, smog will increase and there would be a 4.5 percent increase in smog-related deaths.
• Because global warming will hurt the poor more, there will be more "social equity" concerns and pressure for governments to do more.
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This is part of this article and it's scary.
The full study by the scientists will be out sometime soon and I am quoting from the article again:
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The "technical summary," which will eventually be released to the public but was obtained by The Associated Press, will not be edited by diplomats. The technical summary, Rosenzweig said, contains "the real facts."
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For more info:
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
The summary of the report: PDF archive
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