Cool new interactive map shows it's not just floods, fires and the like we have to cope with - there're more insidious, and sometimes invisible, collateral effects. They range from food shortages to - get this - super poison ivy (I'm not sure whether to be more impressed or scared).
The interactive map from the Union of Concerned Scientists (what wouldn't you give for an invitation to their annual shindig!?) attempts to show all the potential/already occurring consequences of climate change, as identified by peer-reviewed studies. The map covers the effects of climate change in five areas: oceans, ecosystems, temperatures, people [ie public health, food supplies and the economy], and freshwater.
The results are, frankly, pretty unsettling. If you have a dekko for health effects in Europe, for example, you'll see that "Cities in the Netherlands and throughout Europe suffered through an unprecedented and deadly heat wave in the summer of 2003...a similar heat wave could hit Europe every other year by the end of this century, on average."
The results are, frankly, pretty unsettling. If you have a dekko for health effects in Europe, for example, you'll see that "Cities in the Netherlands and throughout Europe suffered through an unprecedented and deadly heat wave in the summer of 2003...a similar heat wave could hit Europe every other year by the end of this century, on average."
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