Have you ever looked at a relief map of the world?
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Note how far north Europe and Britain are in relationship to the USA. But their winter climates are relatively mild. Do you know why that is? It's because of the Gulf Stream.
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Guess what global warming (better known as climate change) has been doing? It's been dumping trillions of gallons of fresh cold water into the North Atlantic. There is a fear that such melting in the Arctic Circle could very well disrupt the Gulf stream and actually change long-standing weather patterns. That's one of the dangers of climate CHANGE. Like a change in rainfall patterns which would affect crop growth, or a change in the seasons which could do the same thing.
The witch doctors always have an explanation after the fact about why the volcano god got had a temper tantrum even though the tribe threw more than the requested number virgins into it.
Witch doctors. Where do you think melting ice goes.
Certainly, you must realize that our climate is not just a result of latitude. If it was, Brittain would have had long, severe winters every year for hundreds of years.
Further more, human beings have settled in areas that have had predictable rainfall every year in order to raise crops. If and when climate change alters the weather patterns, human beings are going to have a lot more to worry about than just the physical discomfort of changing temperatures. Imagine the US Midwest bread basket as a dry, sun parched arid desert incapable of growing wheat, or corn, or barley, or soy beans, or any one of countless other crops that not only keep our food cheap, but keep us fed to the point that we don't even really think about hunger as being a realistic possibility like people used to constantly worry about hundreds of years ago. Think about what it's been like in Texas the last couple of years, but just moving north. But go ahead and make jokes if you think that will make the problem disappear.
First off you need to find that mythical melting ice. Arctic and Antarctic ice levels are increasing far beyond the levels seen at the low point in 2007. You really do need to look at sources that actually try and tell the truth.