I’ve heard more concern from folks about leaving their grandchildren a government budget-deficit than in their own progeny inheriting an imperiled planet. Since the mid-20th century the warming-trend is proceeding at an alarming rate, according to a body of data collected over decades by technological advances. Carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping greenhouse gas is produced by burning fossil fuels, exacerbated by deforestation, and we, as consumers have an opportunity and a duty to humanity to lessen these effects on our world by cooperating to curb our energy footprint where possible. We experience the stepped-up climate changes in proportion to where we reside; small island nations experience a rise in sea levels with devastating results. Some experience changes in weather patterns and precipitation, heat waves, droughts, forest fires, heavier rains storms, flooding, oceans expanding, diminished air and water quality, vector-borne diseases, temperature-related deaths and illnesses, loss of agricultural land and crops, higher food prices, major disruptions in ecosystems and habitats, with some animal species becoming extinct. Earthlings beware!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Jun 16 2017
What will the effects be of Trump pulling out of Paris climate accord?
I’ve heard more concern from folks about leaving their grandchildren a government budget-deficit than in their own progeny inheriting an imperiled planet. Since the mid-20th century the warming-trend is proceeding at an alarming rate, according to a body of data collected over decades by technological advances. Carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping greenhouse gas is produced by burning fossil fuels, exacerbated by deforestation, and we, as consumers have an opportunity and a duty to humanity to lessen these effects on our world by cooperating to curb our energy footprint where possible. We experience the stepped-up climate changes in proportion to where we reside; small island nations experience a rise in sea levels with devastating results. Some experience changes in weather patterns and precipitation, heat waves, droughts, forest fires, heavier rains storms, flooding, oceans expanding, diminished air and water quality, vector-borne diseases, temperature-related deaths and illnesses, loss of agricultural land and crops, higher food prices, major disruptions in ecosystems and habitats, with some animal species becoming extinct. Earthlings beware!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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