The ruthless heat waves that we've begun to see will become more frequent and severe, leading to countless deaths from heatstroke. The spread of infectious disease will greatly increase as carrier species migrate North with the rising temperatures. Malaria, yellow fever, and other diseases will show up in areas never before seen. We have already seen this starting to happen with the encephalitis outbreaks in New York and St. Louis and the West Nile outbreaks in New York and New Jersey. There is no doubt that global warming is an issue vital to the future of our planet and ourselves.
Recent reports have erased all doubts-there is more than enough proof that it is happening.
More than that, we know what needs to be done to stop it. The failure to do so would simply be irresponsible, and no less than our survival of a species is at stake. Scientists have proven that industrial emissions will lead to severe climate changes and violent weather disasters like we have never seen before. We know that they will increase the spread of disease, erode our coastlines, obliterate countless species, and raise the sea level to the point of completely submerging islands in the South Pacific as well as parts of New York, Florida, and California. Global warming, like so many other challenges facing the world today, is a problem that can only be solved through a coordinated global response.