Implications Post

If the problem of global warming doesn’t get solved, the world will come to an end. Okay, so maybe that’s a little bit dramatic, but there’s truth in the statement. Even though the world is coming to an end anyway, and global warming is a completely natural process, humans are helping the process along instead of trying to slow it down. Research shows that even in ten years, if carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions don’t drop, the climate on Earth will change significantly. Since we live in the South, we all remember the bad hurricanes we’ve had through the years - Floyd in ’99, Isabel in ’03, and certainly Katrina in ’05 just to name a few. Many scientists are supporting the theory that global warming, which can cause a rise in sea level temperature, is pushing the Atlantic Ocean temperature up just high enough for a hurricane’s ideal temperature to form. Hurricane Katrina has been ranked as one of the top five deadliest and costliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It has been reported that 1,800 people lost their lives there was well over $100 billion in damage. If the trend continues and these hurricanes just get worse, what’s going to happen with the next big hurricane? If we don’t slow down our emissions and pollution to our world, Earth is going to turn into a mighty bad place to live. We could experience loss of coastal lands, which would lead to mass migrations, food shortages, which would lead to starvation, and straight up public disarray because of the changes that could happen. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the world to get this bad off anytime soon, so what are YOU going to do about it?