Moms Clean Air Force Is it getting hotter ? 99% of #climate scientists think it is. LIKE if you agree and then please SHARE. Have you seen our "Armed with the Facts" series on Global #ClimateChange? Click here to learn more: momscleanairforce.org/climate-change-facts/ Some highlights on impacts to humans: To children—and to everyone’s health: heat waves are more frequent, more intense, and last longer, leading to stroke and respiratory problems. Children’s lungs are more vulnerable to the smog that is caused by higher temperatures. Insect-borne illnesses are spreading, and asthma and allergy seasons are getting longer. To farmers: Searing droughts of longer than normal duration are plaguing our Heartland. To ranchers: More frequent, large scale wildfires are turning thousands of acres of pasture into infernos fueled by drier, warmer weather. To homeowners: destruction of houses and gardens due to abnormally high winds, and flooding isn’t just a coast issue—as folks in Vermont and Tennessee well know. To taxpayers: the federal government spent three times more than the private insurance industry on climate change impacts in 2012–efforts that are entirely funded by taxpayers. To city dwellers: massive power outages and destruction of infrastructure due to more severe and frequent storms. Floods that would normally occur once a century are now happening every 3 to 20 years. To wildlife: many species cannot adapt fast enough to global warming; they are threatened with extinction. #CleanAir #ActOnClimate #CleanAir4Kids
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 23:08:05 +0000
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