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This article describes some of the direct actions of climate change.
Ocean Currents and Normal Life
The THC Thermohaliene Circulation and chiefly the North Atlantic Current influence the atmosphere above and below water. The jet stream winds in the northern hemisphere greatly affect temperature changes in Asia. Very recently an increase due to air temperature has motivated more forest fires in the Russia/Siberia zone, flooding of Pakistan, and China. Some flooding could have been prevented if those nations did not destroy or damage the native natural habitats. In Europe the disturbance is shown in parts of the middle of the continent in the form of increased flooding, and southern Germany now looks more like it should in November during the month of September. Snow is now falling a month earlier than normal, and gradually starting earlier in the year.
In the southern hemisphere, much more Antarctic ice is being witnesses floating in the ocean near Australia and the southern tips of the continents. If nature is not capable of restoring the stream, the results will be disastrous. North America, Asia, and Europe will get more extreme weather conditions as crops are destroyed. Within an Ice Age, many parts of the world will get very high temperature extremes, droughts, and some will gain huge flooding. This climate change has begun in a gradual pace, but a breaking point will come when dramatic weather phenomena happen. The expected affect would be billions of deaths and a dramatic change in the worlds food supply.
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Ron