Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Things Reported To Be Caused By Global Warming

A partial list of things caused by global warming, as reported in newspapers on blogs etc. You can check the links and find the rest of the list here: http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm.

Acne, Africa in conflict, African summer frost, airport malaria, Alaska reshaped, alligators in the Thames, Amazon a desert, anaphylactic reactions to bee stings, animals shrink, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic tundra to burn, Atlantic less salty, Atlantic more salty, attack of the killer jellyfish, beer shortage, beetle infestation, bet for $10,000, better beer, big melt faster, billion dollar research projects, billion homeless, billions face risk, billions of deaths, bubonic plague, Cancer deaths in England, childhood insomnia, coral reefs dying, coral reefs grow, coral reefs shrink , Darfur, deaths to reach 6 million, early marriages, Earth to explode, earth upside down, equality threatened, extinctions (incl: human, civilisation, ladybirds, polar bears, walrus, a million species, half of all animal and plant species, tropical insects), fish deaf, food poisoning, forest decline, forest expansion, giant oysters invade, giant pythons invade, Great Barrier Reef 95% dead, HIV epidemic, invasion of cats, invasion of crabgrass, invasion of herons, invasion of jellyfish, invasion of king crabs, jellyfish explosion, jets fall from sky, Malaria, mountains taller, ocean waves speed up, oceans noisier, opera house to be destroyed, polar bears deaf, rioting and nuclear war, sexual promiscuity, smaller brains, spiders invade Scotland, tectonic plate movement, teenage drinking, traffic jams, UFO sightings, violin decline, war between US and Canada, wheat yields crushed in Australia, witchcraft executions

And a few others where the original links have moved/vanished: Earth wobbling, mountains melting, psychosocial disturbances, reindeer larger, riches, tsunamis.

My favorite is tsunamis. These are caused by earthquakes. No more comment is necessary.

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