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Another good new article has come out that pulls together in one place some basic analyses of some of the many dangerous consequences and results of Anthropogenic Global Warming and its associated Climate Changes. I'm quoting some excerpts, including the first paragraph and then the list of topic headings (which amount to another paragraph). Each of these headings has a short analysis of the topic back in the original article. Go to the article linked in the title to read the rest of the information.
25 Devastating Effects Of Climate Change
Business Insider
Leslie Baehr and Chelsea Harvey
OCT. 11, 2014
(excerpts)
The world is getting warmer and that's already causing disasters that will devastate lives and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Those problems are only getting worse, as shown by recent reports from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) and the White House, among others. The greenhouse gas emissions that drive warming "now substantially exceed the highest concentrations recorded in ice cores during the past 800,000 years," the IPCC said. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, which primarily come from the burning of fossil fuels, have risen 40% since preindustrial times. Last month, world leaders convened at the UN Climate Summit 2014 to discuss plans to reduce carbon emissions though there were some notable absences. Most attendees recognized that failure to address these issues could spell terrible consequences for people all over the world. We've gathered some of those terrible consequences of climate change below. Unless otherwise noted, each effect assumes a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) by 2100, a number the IPCC has suggested we are "more likely than not" to exceed, and a sea level rise of 0.5 meters (1.5 feet) by 2100, about the average of all the IPCC's most recent climate scenarios. This is a conservative estimate other studies predict significantly more sea level rise.
1.) Climate change will cost hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
2.) Hundreds of millions of people will be forced to move by 2050.
3.) Dangerous infectious diseases could spread in the U.S.
4.) Western wildfires could burn up to eight times as much land by 2100.
5.) Water scarcity will hit hundreds of millions of additional people by 2100.
6.) Hurricanes could become even scarier.
7.) Four times as many New Yorkers could live in areas that flood by 2050.
8.) Millions of people and trillions in assets are at risk in coastal cities.
9.) 136 of the world's most historic places could be lost to sea-level rise.
10.) Global wheat and maize yields are already beginning to decline.
11.) Small island nations could be destroyed.
12.) There could be no more reefs after 2050.
13.) The marine food chain could fall apart.
13.) The marine food chain could fall apart.
14.) Within 300 years, 88% of New Orleans could be underwater.
15.) Increasing droughts will make the driest regions even drier.
16.) 63% of major wine regions will no longer be suitable for grape-growing by 2050.
17.) Some reptile species could turn mostly female, potentially leading to their extinction.
18.) Atlanta and New York could see twice as many stormy days by 2100, compared to the 1962 to 1989 average.
19.) Many countries are losing essential water sources.
20.) Air pollution in California could cause a public health disaster.
21.) Equatorial regions and parts of the Antarctic will see up to a 50% decrease in their fisheries.
22.) Climate change may lead to more depression and anxiety.
23.) Some animals are shrinking.
24.) Thousands of plants and animal species will lose their native habitats.
25.) 20 million more children will go hungry by 2050.
25 Devastating Effects Of Climate Change
Business Insider
Leslie Baehr and Chelsea Harvey
OCT. 11, 2014
(excerpts)
The world is getting warmer and that's already causing disasters that will devastate lives and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Those problems are only getting worse, as shown by recent reports from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) and the White House, among others. The greenhouse gas emissions that drive warming "now substantially exceed the highest concentrations recorded in ice cores during the past 800,000 years," the IPCC said. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, which primarily come from the burning of fossil fuels, have risen 40% since preindustrial times. Last month, world leaders convened at the UN Climate Summit 2014 to discuss plans to reduce carbon emissions though there were some notable absences. Most attendees recognized that failure to address these issues could spell terrible consequences for people all over the world. We've gathered some of those terrible consequences of climate change below. Unless otherwise noted, each effect assumes a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) by 2100, a number the IPCC has suggested we are "more likely than not" to exceed, and a sea level rise of 0.5 meters (1.5 feet) by 2100, about the average of all the IPCC's most recent climate scenarios. This is a conservative estimate other studies predict significantly more sea level rise.
1.) Climate change will cost hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
2.) Hundreds of millions of people will be forced to move by 2050.
3.) Dangerous infectious diseases could spread in the U.S.
4.) Western wildfires could burn up to eight times as much land by 2100.
5.) Water scarcity will hit hundreds of millions of additional people by 2100.
6.) Hurricanes could become even scarier.
7.) Four times as many New Yorkers could live in areas that flood by 2050.
8.) Millions of people and trillions in assets are at risk in coastal cities.
9.) 136 of the world's most historic places could be lost to sea-level rise.
10.) Global wheat and maize yields are already beginning to decline.
11.) Small island nations could be destroyed.
12.) There could be no more reefs after 2050.
13.) The marine food chain could fall apart.
13.) The marine food chain could fall apart.
14.) Within 300 years, 88% of New Orleans could be underwater.
15.) Increasing droughts will make the driest regions even drier.
16.) 63% of major wine regions will no longer be suitable for grape-growing by 2050.
17.) Some reptile species could turn mostly female, potentially leading to their extinction.
18.) Atlanta and New York could see twice as many stormy days by 2100, compared to the 1962 to 1989 average.
19.) Many countries are losing essential water sources.
20.) Air pollution in California could cause a public health disaster.
21.) Equatorial regions and parts of the Antarctic will see up to a 50% decrease in their fisheries.
22.) Climate change may lead to more depression and anxiety.
23.) Some animals are shrinking.
24.) Thousands of plants and animal species will lose their native habitats.
25.) 20 million more children will go hungry by 2050.
