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Why You Should Care About Global Warming

Why You Should Care About Global Warming

This blue-green planet we live on, called Earth, as
far as scientist can tell, is the only planet that can
sustain human life. The atmosphere has the perfect mix
of air that we need to breathe and that plants and
trees need for survival.

The earth is the perfect distance from the sun,
allowing temperatures optimal for habitation of
millions of specials of animals and plants, and it
keeps the planet’s vast oceans at a temperature where
the many species of fish survive.

In short, the planet Earth supports every species in
the food chain, from the bottom to the top.

If the planet were to cool permanently, even a few
degrees, there would be vast problems created. For
instance, what if snow came earlier and stayed later
in the Midwest; production of the grains grown there
would decrease sharply, creating not only a grain
shortage, but a meat shortage as well.

More importantly, what would happen if the earth were
to heat up several degrees permanently? The ocean
water temperature would no longer support plankton,
which support fish, which support birds, and so on up
the food chain.

The weather would greatly change; as the atmosphere
heats, rivers and oceans evaporate. The levels of
carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere would
increase, making the quality of our air, the air that
you and I breathe everyday, unsafe.

Every degree that our atmosphere changes is harmful to
the life cycle of all humankind in some way. Think
Globally!