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Leading scientists around the world agree that man-made greenhouse gases from fossil fuels are causing global warming.
Effects are already being seen worldwide. And long-term consequences are devastating, pointing to a darker future each day
we fail to act.
But if each of us takes action — in our homes, in our communities, and in our nation — there is still time to reduce global
warming pollution and help safeguard our environment for birds, wildlife, and our children.
Tropical forests cover 23 per cent of the Earth's land surface, but they are disappearing at a rate of 4.6 million hectares a year. Asia leads losses with 2.2
million hectares a year, Latin America and the Caribbean together lose 1.9 million and Africa loses 470,000 hectares of rain forest every year.
Not exactly for fun…can be threatening
Year 2200
(Roughly 200 years from now)
TNSE decided to junk the debate and serious science and take a lighter look at climate change and its
effects. It is pretty obvious to us that all of us are working rather quickly to make a hell hole out of this
planet. About two centuries from now, how successful will our efforts be?
Temperature:
Atleast 10c rise in the southern hemisphere and an over20c rise in the
northern hemisphere. A hot, hot world.
Sea Level:
As loving ancestors, buy the boats now, when they are cheap. At 80m up, a
watery world awaits your descendants
Animals:
Plenty of cockroaches, mosquitoes and other pesky creatures. Save pictures of
today's animals for posterity.
Plant:
All those weeds will have a ball, the nice ones like paddy and wheat will be
priced like truffles are today
Industry:
Develop a taste for seafood and teach your children the same. Jellyfish will be
aplenty, the Chinese are already eating them
Water:
Clean drinking water is at a premium. Cholera is common. Water is the burning
issue for wars and not religion.
Habitations
Floating houses are fashionable, but the sea sickness is terrible. Stilt houses
and mountain burrows are good options.
Replacing ten 100W light bulbs with CFLs reduces the same amount of carbon
dioxide that an SUV emits over a year over the course of the bulbs' lifetime!
The warmest 22 years ever recorded have happened within the last 25 years. The two warmest ever recorded, within the last three.
M U S T WAT C H
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is a 2006 documentary film, directed by
Davis Guggenheim, about former United States Vice President Al
Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a
comprehensive slide show. The documentary has been generally well-
received politically in many parts of the world and is credited for raising
further awareness of global warming internationally. Several colleges
and high schools have also begun to use the film in science curriculum.
In July 2007 47-country Internet survey conducted by The Nielsen
Company and Oxford University, sixty-six percent of viewers who
claimed to have seen An Inconvenient Truth said the film had “changed
their mind” about global warming and eighty-nine percent said
watching the movie made them more aware of the problem. Three out
of four (74%) viewers said they changed some of their habits as a result
of seeing the film.
Our planet is losing forest at the staggering rate of a football-pitch sized area every second.