Global Warming - The Countries Most Affected

A worst case scenario scientific report predictedPredicted to be completely under water in the
that we may very well be living on the South Polefuture are Kiribati, Tuvalu and Marshall Islands.
in a hundred years. And even though manyEurope - Yearly flooding is now the norm when
people find the idea too ridiculous to contemplatesnow in the alpines melts. Greece and Portugal are
there are others that already feel the effects ofregularly experiencing wildfires during summer
global warming.heat waves.
Some of the parts of the world already feelingLatin America - The Amazon, already threatened
the effects of climate change are;by encroaching development is also threatened by
Asia - Bangladesh and India have heavily populatedincreasingly dry weather.
low lying land. Rising sea levels and increase inNorth America - Hurricane Katrina is the worst
rainfall due to global warming an increasingexperienced so far due to rising sea levels and a
problem.massive storm surge. The threat from hurricanes
Africa - Increasing drought in an already foodis now a yearly occurrence. Bush fires in California
short continent.have claimed many lives and rising sea levels is
Australia - Hotter conditions are fueling massivealso a problem.
bush fires that are occurring more frequently.The picture is constantly changing and the latest
Pacific and Indonesia - Recent earthquakes haveprediction, within the next 20 years the Arctic will
caused a major disaster in Indonesia and Samoabe an open sea during summer. A disastrous
is still mourning the after effects of a tsunami, asoutcome for polar bears, arctic foxes and many
a result of an offshore earthquake. Rising seaother animals that call the arctic home.
levels also threaten some islands in the pacific.