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A picture says a thousand words. Therefore in this post, most words are being replaced by diagrams, maps and charts. Everything will be presented accordingly to provide maximum understanding of the immediate adverse and davastating effects of global warming. 

Source: Global Warming Art

Quoted from Wikipedia:

“…As of November 2007, the CO₂ concentration in Earth’s atmosphere was about 0.0384% by volume, or 384 ppmv. This is 100 ppm (35%) above the 1832 ice core levels of 284 ppm…”

We are on the verge of hitting the 400ppm threshold which many scientists believe is the tipping point for an irriversible chain reaction of catastrophic climate change.

Source: UNEP GRID-Arendal

Source: Global Warming Art

In simple terms, increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration = increase in average global temperature.

Source: Global Warming Art

Source: Global Warming Art

Increase in average global temperature = increase in polar ice loss  = increase in sea level rise. What’s next? 

A signifcant rise in sea level will render many parts of the world totally inundated. Places like Florida, Louisiana, Netherlands, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Shanghai and Tianjin will be in deep trouble should the current projections turn out to be a reality.

Source: Global Warming Art

Currently we have only up to Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. With the ocean getting warmer with more energy being absorbed, unprecedented deadly super storms more powerful than Katrina, RIta, Nargis and so will occur more frequently.

Currently there is no precise prediction of what our future climate will be as the global climate system is really a complex integration of various sub-systems but everything that we have detected and studied clearly tells us that Earth is sick.

This is not an issue about gender, race, politics or economy. This is an issue about the people we care, the Earth we care and the future generations we care.

We are at the crossroads now, either we neglect the signals and symptoms walking down the path of self-destruction, or we could do something by letting our concerns be heard, or even better by getting involved in major and minor effective environmental campaign to reduce our carbon footprint on this lovely blue planet.

The choice is yours…

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