Posted on April 5, 2008 in Latest News
- Gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect, such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons, are increasing faster and the net effect of these increases could be a worldwide rise in temperature, estimated at 2° to 6° C (4° to 11° F) over the next century.
- Warming of this magnitude could mean climatic changes on a world level, affecting crop production and causing sea levels to rise significantly. If this happens, millions of people would be adversely affected, displaced by major flooding and suffer injuries to life and limb.
- It is widely believed that the global mean temperature could increase from 1.4 degrees to 5.8 degrees centigrade by the year 2100 and this could translate into heat and health related issues for the populace unaccustomed or ill-prepared for this change. The effects of such a change in temperature of environment could bring about more frequent extreme high maximum temperatures and less frequent low minimum temperatures.
- The most obvious impact of global warming will be the heat and cold waves. These will lead to an increase in the number of deaths of both human and animals. The other health effects of weather-related disasters, and that is addition to immediate death and injury to people, are the increase in the occurrences of depression and psychological stress.
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