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22 Devastating Effects Of Climate Change
Business Insider ^ | June 11, 2014 | by LESLIE BAEHR

Posted on 06/11/2014 2:59:29 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Major negative effects of climate change are here now and they're only getting worse. We've gathered some notable effects of climate change below.

1. Climate change will be insanely expensive.

2. Hundreds of millions of people may be displaced by 2050.

3. Dengue and malaria could spread in the U.S.

4. Western wildfires could burn up to eight times as much land by 2100.

5. An additional 8% of the world population will experience water scarcity by 2100.

6. Hurricanes could become up to 11% more intense and 20% wetter by 2100.

7. Four times as many New Yorkers could live in areas that flood by 2050.

8. Millions of people and trillions in assets are at risk in coastal cities.

9. 136 of the world's most historic places could be in jeopardy.

10. Global wheat and maize yields are already beginning to decline.

11. Some small island nations could be destroyed.

12. 100% of reefs may be at risk of extinction by 2050.

13. Within 300 years, 88% of New Orleans could be underwater.

14. Increasing droughts will make the driest regions even drier.

15. 63% of major wine regions could be jeopardized by 2050.

16. Some reptiles species could turn mostly female, potentially leading to their extinction.

17. Atlanta and New York could see twice as many days of thunderstorms a year by 2100 from the 1962 to 1989 average.

18. Many countries are losing their main dry season water source.

19. Air Pollution in California could created a serious public health hazard.

20. Equatorial regions and parts of the Antarctic will see up to a 50% decrease in their fisheries.

21. Some animals are shrinking.

22. An additional 20 million more children will go hungry by 2050.

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To: who_would_fardels_bear

“I thought BusinessInsider was a libertarian journal?”

Most of the BI articles I’ve read, have a leftist slant to them.

I think they masquerade as a “pro-business” publication.


41 posted on 06/11/2014 5:31:29 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: All

Here’s my guess as to what actually happens:

1. Climate change will be renamed weather variability.

2. Hundreds of millions of people may be enjoying the new engineered climate of the Sahara Desert.

3. Itchy forearms could spread in the U.S.

4. Western wildfires will be a thing of the past as the entire country will be one enormous city by 2100.

5. Everyone will be wealthy and have lots of desalinated ocean water by 2100.

6. Hurricanes will do what we tell them to do by 2100.

7. Four times as many New Yorkers could live in areas that have Starbucks by 2050.

8. Millions of people and trillions in assets will be fine in coastal cities as we remove excess sea water for the desalination projects.

9. 136 of the world’s most historic places could be in jeopardy but they will all be in newly Islamic Italy.

10. Global wheat and maize yields will continue to fluctuate.

11. Some small island nations could be adapting.

12. 1% of reefs may be at risk of extinction by 2050.

13. Within 300 years, 88% of New Orleans will be underwater but that will explain why seven million people live in Baton Rouge.

14. Increasing droughts will make the irrigation projects seem like a very good idea.

15. 0.063% of major wine regions could be jeopardized by 2050.

16. Some reptiles species could turn mostly female, potentially leading to their becoming Democrats.

17. Atlanta and New York could see twice as many days of thunderstorms a year by 2100 from the 1962 to 1989 average. Got nothing here, sounds sort of fun really.

18. Many countries are losing their main dry season water source which will also make the irrigation projects seem like a good idea.

19. Air Pollution in California could created a serious public health hazard. That’s what they said. I thought this was about changes in the future?

20. Equatorial regions and parts of the Antarctic will see up to a 50% decrease in their fisheries. Get ready for the white hot anger of penguins.

21. Some animals are shrinking. There’s an app for that. It’s called eating more.

22. An additional 20 million more children will go to Arizona by Greyhound by 2050.


42 posted on 06/11/2014 5:31:56 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (It wasn't this cold before global warming)
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To: rarestia

#6. Rain storms could become wetter and the rain drops could fall faster.
#7. Droughts everywhere there is a desert.
#8. Pull something crazy out of your ass and it could happen 80 year from now.


43 posted on 06/11/2014 7:40:50 PM PDT by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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lol, good point


44 posted on 06/11/2014 8:37:53 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: hal ogen

Thanks for stating it as it is. That was my first thought on reading “turned into morons”.


45 posted on 06/11/2014 9:24:46 PM PDT by IIntense (WH)
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46 posted on 06/12/2014 12:46:49 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Of COURSE bacon is good for you!!!)
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How dare the climate change. It always promised me it wouldn’t.

Dear climate: don't go changing, to try to please me . . .

47 posted on 06/12/2014 12:47:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Of COURSE bacon is good for you!!!)
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