Top 100 Ways Global Warming Will Change Your Life
As a concrete thinker, I am always on the lookout for someone explaining abstract concepts to me in a way I can easily grasp. The Center for American progress has done just that. I recommend you read the complete article but I will post what I think are the most interesting highlights.
Say Goodbye to Ski Vacations. Slopes on the East Coast last year closed months ahead of time due to warmer weather, some losing as much as a third of their season.
I think the effect on the state economies from the above will be devastating and something they won't be able to make up with beach vacations.
Say Goodbye to Salmon Dinners. Get ready for a lot more chicken dinners: Wild pacific salmon have already vanished from 40 percent of their traditional habitats in the Northwest and the NRDC warns warmer temperatures are going to erase 41 percent of their habitat by 2090.
As a Pacific Northwest native, the idea that 40% of our salmon is almost gone is sad. Just as local governments are realizing that dams were causing a great deal of harm, global warming comes along to finish them off.
The article goes on to detail other changes: More mosquitos, the loss of large meadows of wildflowers, avocado production falling 40%, nut production falling 20%, potato and peanuts being wiped out, the end of polar bears but more attacks by other bears due to lack of glaciers, increase in the amount of poisoness jellyfish, and more.
The Green, Green Grass of Antarctica . Grass has started to grow in Antarctica in areas formerly covered by ice sheets and glaciers. While Antarctic hair grass has grown before in isolated tufts, warmer temperatures allow it to take over larger and larger areas and, for the first time, survive through the winter.
and finally, the worst change of all:
Say Hello to Bulgarian Hooker Shortages. "Brothel owners in Bulgaria are blaming global warming for staff shortages. They claim their best girls are working in ski resorts because a lack of snow has forced tourists to seek other pleasures."