Global Warming Predictions and Images to Fear

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-03-10 12:58:00 UTC
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You like polar bears? How about the Amazon and its unmatched biodiversity? Are you upset by the thought of tens of thousands of animal and plant species dying out because of climate change and resultant habitat changes to which they can't adapt? You comfortable with the idea of one-fourth of the world's species disappearing in a mass extinction in just the next few decades? And how do you feel about massive flooding and destroyed coastal cities?

Like the writer of this TreeHugger post, I've no interest in seeing people panicked and overcome by fear, but a healthy dose of fear is, well, healthy. Complacency about and comfort with climate change isn't just unfortunate--it has the potential to be catastrophic, for nations, for us, for plants, for life as we know it, and certainly, certainly for other animals. Take it seriously. Speak up. Make changes (yes, including dietary changes, significant ones, among many other changes). Now.

TreeHugger: 7 Terrifying Global Warming Pictures

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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