Global Warming, Further Implications
Continuation of a prior post, here are some of the lesser known consequences, all broken down into succinct bulletpoints for those with limited attention spans.
How are we really affected?
- Soybean production could go up 15%
- Poison Ivy grows 2½ times faster
- More potent skin irritant chemical
- Honeysuckle, woody vines and other hardier plants may run rampant
- Could smother trees, even forests
- Flourishing Plants = Tons of Pollen
- Antagonizing Allergy Sufferers and Asthmatics to entirely new levels
- Fewer frosts to kill off invasive species/pests
- Mosquitoes
- Rodents
- Lice
- Ticks
- Fleas
- All Potential Transmitters of Infectious Disease:
- SARS
- Avian Flu
- West Nile Virus
Source: Di Silvestro, Roger. “GLOBAL WARMING: COMING TO YOUR BACKYARD?.” National Wildlife 45.2 ([2007]): 14-17. Academic Search Premier. 11 February 2007. http ://search.ebscohost.com.
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