8. Will you be able to eat the same foods you’re used to eating? What will happen to the world’s food supply?????? Diseases and fungi will attack crops , Natural disasters will destroy existing crops , Once abundant foods may disappear.
11. Dead zones of Pacific Ocean, on the coast of Oregon in the United States and in the last year has increased four times in size.
12. The 2 main reasons for the lower levels of oxygen in the water are: As the water gets warmer it has less ability to absorb oxygen. (2) The disruption of the water currents and weather has prevented oxygen being transported to the area.
15. Promoters of ‘adventure-’ or ‘ecotourism’ : “Go visit the last paradises… before they’ll be destroyed by tourist hordes.” The British daily The Observer: hurry up if they want to see the ‘10 wonders of a vanishing world’. UNWTO Maldives
16. There are many ways in which we don't even understand yet the full impacts global warming will have on the economy. But one of the economic sectors –
17. Wine Industry In California and parts of southern Europe had become much less hospitable to grow grapes for wine. Researchers predicted :- A stunning 81% of all US wine country could be rendered much less hospitable to wine by higher temperatures and extreme weather events caused by global warming.
18. Some proofs WORLD BANK financing for renewable energy and energy efficiency has hit record levels.Climate change is core to mission. Development and poverty reduction will be severely impacted by climate change.Developing countries will bear the brunt of climate change and its costs. The poor will suffer the earliest and the most from its effects.
20. The most important thing about a changing climate is that we can expect to see more and more abnormal weather events all over the world. This may mean that while the ice caps and many mountain glaciers are melting, other places actually receive unusual amounts of snow and ice.
Editor's Notes
Not just ice caps and coral reefs that will be affected by rising global temperatures - global warming threatens our economy in many ways as well. But one of the economic sectors where this has been most thoroughly studied happens to be the wine industry. Global warming is predicted to make many areas that rely heavily on wine vineyards, such as California and parts of southern Europe, much less hospitable to growing grapes for wine. In fact, researchers have predicted that a stunning 81% of all US wine country could be rendered much less hospitable to wine by higher temperatures and extreme weather events caused by global warming. These negative impacts on the wine industry represent just one of the best-understood examples of how global warming threatens our economy.
These negative impacts on the wine industry represent just one of the best-understood examples of how global warming threatens our economy.