... 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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... Artic Ocean which will not only devastate arctic ecosystems, but will further climate change and weather. A warming of this extent could also begin an irreversible disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheets which would result, within a few hundred years, in a further rise in sea level by at least 6 meters. The following greenhouse gases contribute to global warming at different degrees ... mean near the equator. Global warming could raise sea level one meter or more in the next century by expanding ocean water, melting mountain glaciers, and perhaps eventually causing polar ice shee...

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... because there is an increase in the occurrence of extremely hot days and a decrease in the occurrence of extremely cold days. The snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased. Globally, sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent (Schneider, 30). The frequency ... the cold season, the average snowfall has tended to diminish as the climate warms (Patz, 31). There is the possibility that a warmer world could lead to more frequent and intense storms, including hurrica...

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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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... 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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