... threats to test the capabilities of mankind. Its effects are predicted to be catastrophic: dramatic climate changes, leading to the melting of the polar ice caps and great rises in sea level. This could flood islands and cause major life loss. Diseases are likely to spread more easily due to ... more common. The strength of hurricanes, for example, is largely determined by the temperature of the ocean waters over which these storms develop. Some atmospheric scientists think that as global warming raises water temperatures near the oceans surface, hurricanes will have the potential to dev...

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... threats to test the capabilities of mankind. Its effects are predicted to be catastrophic: dramatic climate changes, leading to the melting of the polar ice caps and great rises in sea level. This could flood islands and cause major life loss. Diseases are likely to spread more easily due to ... more common. The strength of hurricanes, for example, is largely determined by the temperature of the ocean waters over which these storms develop. Some atmospheric scientists think that as global warming raises water temperatures near the oceans surface, hurricanes will have the potential to dev...

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... gases to a lower level, global temperatures could rise 1.6 to 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the year 2100. This would represent the fastest rate of global warming since the end of the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago. With the increased warming of the Earth it could lead to catastrophic events that could endanger living species on our planet. One event ... enough money to pay the price for food. Another event that would occur from global warming is the drastic rise in sea level. As the Earth warms up, the polar ice caps will start to melt. This would put immense amounts of water into...

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... warming, the decade of the 1980's has had the six hottest years of the century (Erandson 18-22). Atmospheric disturbances brought on by the additional warming will produce more violent storms and larger death tolls. Some areas, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, will dry out and a greater occurrence of lightning strikes will set massive forest fires. The charring of the Earth ... once productive cropland could lose topsoil and become man-made deserts. Coastal regions, where half the human population lives, will feel the adverse effects of rising sea levels as the ice caps melt und...

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... effects of global warming, especially at a local level. Scientists have been able, however, to predict some changes that will effect us globally. Some of these changes are already taking place. Ice caps in the Arctic Ocean have decreased in size, while global sea levels have raised 4-8 inches in the past century. Precipitation has risen worldwide by about one percent. Extreme forms ... of precipitation have become more common. Without some sort of regulation, the problem may become much worse. Some consequences we may face in the future include: even stronger storms, depleted soil moist...

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... prelude to global warming, the decade of the 1980's has had the six hottest years of the century. Atmospheric disturbances brought on by the additional warming will produce more violent storms and larger death tolls. Some areas, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, will dry out and a greater occurrence of lighting strikes will set massive forest fires. The charring of the Earth ... once productive cropland could lose topsoil and become man-made deserts. Coastal regions, where half the human population lives, will feel the adverse effects of rising sea levels as the ice caps melt und...

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