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The world today is haunted by the issue of global warming (climate change) that in no more than a century will show the consequences and potentially devastated human civilization.
Disasters that triggered because climate instability is starting to take its toll much is not small. Although only in the form of studies or predictions (estimates), it helps us be aware of this warning.
Here are 10 events that are predicted to occur in the future due to global warming effects.
1. Windstorm will blow more Terrible
Hurricane Katrina!
Not to be clarified whether global warming is responsible for the occurrence of hurricane Katrina. will but, there are indications that linked global warming that would create a Category 5 storms - category 4 hurricane Katrina itself when it hit Louisiana. The strength of the storm begins warm water and forecast models show future hurricanes will become more powerful as ocean temperatures rise. Global warming also makes hurricanes more destructive that the rising sea levels that trigger greater flooding in coastal areas.
2. Global Warming Can Trigger Terrorism
Terrorism-Migration!
Global warming could create conditions of instability in poor countries, thus causing migration and a fertile ground for the growth of terrorism. Condition of the country is not stable due to the harsh climate and erratic causing many people to leave the country and due to pressure some of which can perform actions that lead to terrorism. Not to mention the problem of the refusal of the countries visited by these immigrants.
3. Great Barrier Reef Disappeared in 20 Years
Rising seas caused by global warming in the past 20 years will drown this magical coral clusters. Charlie, a former head of research at the Australian Institute of Marine Science told The Times: "There is no expectation, the Great Barrier will disappear in 20 years or more. Once the carbon dioxide (CO2) touching the level as predicted between 2030 and 2060, all coral reefs will disappear. This is supported by the researchers reefs and also all other relevant organizations. It is critical and this is reality ". As quoted from the words of Charlie in an exclusive interview.
4. Sahara Desert will turn to Green
The scientists see signs that the Sahara desert and the surrounding verdant due to the increasing rainfall. Rain was able to revitalize the area that hot, thus attracting the farming community. Tendency the shrinking this desert explained by climate models, which predict a return to conditions that change the Sahara became lush pasture as about 12 thousand years ago.
5. The animals are Shrinking
The new study states that animal species will experience an average shrinkage of up to 50 percent of body mass in the last 30 years. Initial studies on sheep suspected that winter is shorter and lighter making the sheep did not add weight to survive the first year of his life. Such factors may also affect fish populations. The researchers say climate change could disrupt the food chain cycle, where the predators at the top of the food chain is the most affected by shrinking prey.
6. Amazon forest will change become a desert
Having millions of species and reserve 1/5 the world's clean water, the Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. But global warming and deforestation are reversing the function of forests as carbon sinks and changing 30-60 percent dry forest to grassland. Projections indicate that these forests could disappear by the year 2050.
7. Islands Indonesian lost thousands his island
Due to global warming, at least 2,000 small islands in the Indonesian archipelago may be lost by the year 2030 and this is exacerbated as a consequence of illegal mining and other activities that damage the environment. Indonesia today has lost at least 24 of the 17 504 islands in its territory.
8. London will sink in the year 2100
Not only reefs and islands are threatened by global warming ramps. In fact a major threat also haunts the area major cities in coastal areas at risk of sinking under water due to rising sea levels. Dozens of world cities including London and New York could just disappear sink towards the end of this century. According to a study that says that global warming will cause rising sea levels faster than that predicted prev. London including high-risk cities such as depicted in a film in 2007 entitled "Flood". Experts say the city is going down less than 100 years.
9. The melting of the Alps
In recent years this looks a reduction in the intensity of snow in areas of low, volume shrinking glacier (the glacier), and also the increased melting of ice frozen region. This has a direct impact on tourism activities in the winter. Predicted glacier-glacier will disappear between 2030 and 2050. Italy and Switzerland have decided to redraw the boundaries of their territory due to reduced glacier Alpine glacier-mark and sweep borders two countries.
10. The sinking of the Maldives Islands
The islands are low and flat seas surrounded predicted will be drowned by the sea that surrounds it. This is bad news for the residents and also for the tourism that relies on white sandy beaches with warm water, one of which is the islands of the Maldives. The researchers give time not more than a hundred years before the island was truly disappear swallowed by the ocean.
That's 10 events were "Horrendous" is going to happen in the world of the future, due to global warming is happening. Terrible indeed, although most of us probably will not experience it, but it is our children and grandchildren who will deal with it. Maybe some defecate people consider the issue of global warming is artificial, but perhaps some of us have felt the temperature rise in each region compared to approximately 10 years ago. The author himself about 10-15 years ago had lived in one of the city at that time weather was always cool even before noon though. And in recent years the city during the hot summer days is not inferior to the jakarta city.
Indeed, no one has proved as a result of global warming, but one thing is clear, it's time to rethink human to appreciate nature and with less hostile nature in all its activities, including the development of strategies, both infrastructure and industry. We also hope that, with the holding of an international meeting to discuss the issue of climate change was held in December 2009 ago - in Copenhagen, Denmark, May bring meaningful change and hopefully work programs have been implemented in the meeting should be able to save the earth front. Fingers crossed!!!
As quoted from various sources.
