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Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
The Earth is heating
up. The early warning signs are in.
Click on the map to find out where it's happening.
This map illustrates
the local consequences of global warming.
FINGERPRINTS:
Direct manifestations of a widespread and long-term
trend toward warmer global temperatures
- Heat waves and periods
of unusually warm weather
- Sea level rise and coastal flooding
- Glaciers melting
- Arctic and Antarctic warming
HARBINGERS:
Events that foreshadow the types of impacts likely
to become more frequent and widespread with continued warming.
- Spreading disease
- Earlier spring arrival
- Plant and animal range shifts and population declines
- Coral reef bleaching
- Downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding
- Droughts and fires
Although many of the
indicators are concentrated in
North America and Europe -- where the science is the strongest
--
the map clearly illustrates the global nature of climate changes.
Although factors other
than climate may have intensified the severity
of some of the events on the map, scientists predict such problems
will increase if emissions of greenhouse gases are not brought
under control.
You can get a copy
of the map as a 3 feet by 2 feet display poster.
A low resolution version of the map is available in PDF format
for
you to view online.
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The following organizations produced GLOBAL WARMING: Early Warning
Signs:
Environmental Defense Fund
Natural Resources Defense Council
Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists U.S. Public Interest Research Group
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund
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