Talk:Global warming
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I have transwikied the now deleted page Global warming (simplified) from the main English wikipedia after the AfD debate at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global warming/Global warming (simplified). I intend to clean it up and simplify it shortly. --Ezeu 02:26, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
I deleted this because it was not from a NPOV. Is the globe warming? Global warming is a very serious and real thing. Many people try to close their eyes and pretend it’s not there. If you can’t see it, it's not there right? Wrong. Global warming is something as real as you or me. And something needs to be done about it, or we are going to drive our own species into extinction, not mentioning the rest of the world. A skeptic to the point of human life might find this a good thing; luckily, however, most people aren’t. There are many affects global warming will have upon the world. . Mountains in the Pacific Northwest are projected to lose as much as 88 percent of average snow by 2090; the Central Rocky Mountains could lose up to 75 percent; and parts of the Southern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada range could lose 98-100 percent. It is drastic, if we keep living the way we do today, how much impact the heat will have on the sun. Considering that many people get their water from melt water on glaciers and snow, there will become a serious problem with lack of drinking water. This will place considerable strain on the region’s water supply. Along with the snow disappearing wetlands will too. This includes areas that provide critical breeding and wintering habitat for waterfowl. Global warming will also create more heat waves, droughts, and wildfires. The past nine years were the warmest years to record and scientists project that the heat waves will just become more intense and more frequent unless the CO2 in the atmosphere is severely reduced. Warmer, drier conditions due to global warming have caused a four-fold increase in the number of major wildfires in western forests and a six-fold increase in the area of forest burned since the mid-1980s. It is scary how much damage heat can cause. Not only will the environment be affected, but living things will be too. Diseases will spread if the head becomes higher. More insects and disease causing parasites will be able to move farther north and not be killed by cold winters. This will increase the risk of parasitic diseases in humans and animals alike. Habitat for animals will be reduced over time to almost nothing at all. Sagebrush habitats are predicted to decline by 59 percent by the end of THIS century. This will create devastating consequences for the sage grouse, mule deer, pronghorn and other western species that depend on sagebrushes. Streams will also have a higher temperature making fish and water animals that depend on cold water die off. Most innocent highland animals have no hope in the future, such as the mountain goats, bighorn sheep and ptarmigan. As temperatures continue to rise, they are forced higher and higher in elevation to keep the same habitat. This can’t continue forever you can imagine. So many animals are affected by global warming that extinction is a huge concern. Many species have already seen the end of their rope. --Sir James Paul 02:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
