Greenhousing The Wrong Way

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say that the melting of the
polar ice caps will continue causing ocean waters to rise, resulting in massive
coastal flooding of major cities such as Los Angeles and Miami.
If the next century's warming stays at a low end of estimates, the
consequences are likely to be mild. But if warming reaches the middle or top
estimates, we are likely to see such things as more frequent and more intense
heat waves, increased flooding, and droughts in different areas. Not to mention
the 60,000,000 migrants that would be caused if only 1% of our future population
had to seek higher ground. This many migrants would help to further our
already crowded cities, and take more jobs and require health care. Diseases
such as malaria and other insect borne ailments will have an expanded range if
the tropics continue to warm. If conditions change faster than species can
adapt, many, many, many animals will become extinct (World Book). So What Am I
Supposed To About All These Man Made ...

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