... faster near the poles than near the equator. Such changes will have a significant effect on weather patterns. There will be changes in precipitation, storms, and wind directions and so on. Rising temperatures are expected to increase tropical storm activity. The hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean is ... expected to start earlier and last longer. Storms will be more severe. Changing wind patterns will mean that the paths of the storms will be changed, too, making some regions more vulnerable to damage than they are today. Another ... major effect of global warming is the ris...

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... faster near the poles than near the equator. Such changes will have a significant effect on weather patterns. There will be changes in precipitation, storms, and wind directions and so on. Rising temperatures are expected to increase tropical storm activity. The hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean is ... expected to start earlier and last longer. Storms will be more severe. Changing wind patterns will mean that the paths of the storms will be changed, too, making some regions more vulnerable to damage than they are today. Another ... major effect of global warming is the ris...

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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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... 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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... Celsius (over a span of years), it may seem infinitesimal. However, when this temperature change is compared to the temperature change from that of the ice age, it seems significant. What I mean to say is that, it is evident that the global temperature have been rising more rapidly than the past ... goes on and on. In his book 'Global Warming', Michael Anderson states that the IPCC has projected that the artic could have a complete ice-free summer by the year 2070. Another recent study projects that this could happen decades earlier. An example of melting glaciers is Montana glacier...

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... wide concern. 3.2 Small Average Global Temperature Can Have A Big Impact Just a few degrees increase in the earth's temperature can cause droughts and crop failures, ecosystem imbalances, as well as melting ice caps causing sea levels to rise. The best estimates by the CSIRO predict annual warming over Australia by 2030 to be ~1 °C. (Climate Change in Australia CSIRO Report) WWF's report &tilde ... they died, it implied oxygen levels were low and signaled mine workers to get out. Satellite observations show the arctic sea ice decreasing, and projections for the rest of the century predi...

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... many other severe drought conditions arose: Texas, Florida and Louisiana broke the 104 year record for having the three driest months; Florida wildfires were the worst in 50 years; Dust storms pounded Colorado, Kansas and Montana; From September 2001 - February 2002 the Northeast experienced the second driest six month period ever recorded. (NOAA, Drought) With warmer temperatures rainfall increases and becomes ... continues at the current rate" (Effects). A section, larger than the state of Rhode Island, around 40 percent of the 12,000 year old ice shelf in Antarctica - Larson B - coll...

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... climate leads to more precipitation and evaporation, causing some regions to become wetter while others will become significantly dryer. Global Warming is already having noticeable effects on the environment. Ice on rivers and lakes are breaking up quicker, glaciers have shrunk, animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner. Predictions that scientist previously made are now starting to become ... reality. There has been a loss of sea ice, accelerating sea levels, longer, and more intense heat waves. Different regions of the world such as North America, Latin America, Europe...

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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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... light in, but keep heat from escaping. The Effects of Global Warming The effects of global warming are devastating. The Earth is changing before our very eyes. Glaciers and sea ice are melting, which is rising the sea levels and ruining habitats. The oceans are getting warmer and more acidic, too. This has effected polar bears, whales, and sea plankton. Precipitation ... around the globe has increased, including stronger hurricanes and tropical storms. There has been extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and wild fires. This has been destructing both animal and hu...

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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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... greenhouse gas differs in the ability to asborb heat. Doom Sayers predicts that the increasing of concentrated gases are likely to accelerate the rate of climate change.Resulting in polar ice caps melting which could cause the sea level to rise by a foot and a swampy coastal communities. Warmer temperatures could increase health risks,including the spread of disease. The increase of ... precipitaton will bring higher evaporation and make the storms stronger and more frequent.The same evaporation could suck the land dry in some of the regions all over the world. Inconclusion, is the worl...

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