27 March, 2009

30 Days of Green: The Facts


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The Facts.

[ 15 - 37% ] Amount of plant and animal species that global warming could wipe out by 2050.


Sea levels around the world could rise by more than [ 20 feet. ] This is because we are losing the shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica. This will have devastating effects on coastal areas worldwide, as they will all be flooded.


[ $400, 000 ] Square miles of Arctic sea ice that have meltedin the last 30 years (roughly the size of Texas), threatening polar bear habitats and further accelerating global warming worldwide, according to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.


Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years. This means beginning in the year 2033, [ 300,000 ] people per year will perish from global warming and its effects.


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Sources: NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005 Study, Nature Magazine January 2004, National Climatic Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.

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