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1.
Imagine, the northern continents frozen
wastelands, the ends of the earth,
perishing. Imagine, the sickly thought of
being swallowed up by seething lava –
it’s not as impossible as you might think.
Global warming is happening, and the future,
our future, does not look bright.
2.
‘The Day After Tomorrow’, a movie made
portraying the end of the world, was a
huge blockbuster success, however movie
critics claimed it was too far-fetched
to be a legend in the tough movie making
businesses of today.
But now scientists are saying that
the movie isn’t in fact as far-fetched as
first thought. It has been said, that ‘The
Day After Tomorrow’, is a revelation, of
what might actually happen, if the horrific
realities of global warming ever reached
their final stages.
8.
The alarm bells have already begun ringing.
Unless every nation, in the world, takes
immediate action to combat climate change
in a certain number of years, Earth, could
become completely uninhabitable.
This is the raw truth uncovered! We are
being warned now, so we can change the
future – for the good of our planet!
3.
Over the past 100 years the average global
air temperature has risen by more than 0.7oC.
This may not sound like much change but even
1 degree difference can have a dramatic
effect on the Earth.
Since the temperature is steadily rising, the
Arctic Sea ice is melting. The thickness of
Arctic icebergs are about half of what it was
50 years ago.
4.
With the ice melting at this speed sea levels
will rise as much as 85cm in the next century.
This is a huge threat to people living near the
coastlines, wetlands and reefs. Due to the
icebergs melting in such a heavy capacity,
this could one day change ocean currents,
having a devastating effect on marine
ecosystems.
9.
The progressive change in global
temperature has been caused by burning
fossil fuels, which release carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gases into...