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