Climate Change
Climate Change
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An introduction to global warming impacts: Hell and High Water
http://climateprogress.org/2009/…• Staggeringly high temperature rise, especially over land — some 10°F over much of the United States
• Sea level rise of 3 to 7 feet, rising some 6 to 12 inches (or more) each decade thereafter
• Dust Bowls over the U.S. SW and many other heavily populated regions around the globe
• Massive species loss on land and sea — 50% or more of all life
• Unexpected impacts — the fearsome “unknown unknowns”
• More severe hurricanes — especially in the Gulf