The Domino Effect Environmental Protection
October 20th, 2008 ·
By Megan Weadock October 20, 2008
In some ways, the 21st century has, so far, been a hostile time, with the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, multiple school shootings, bombings in London and Spain, reports of increased border traffic and violence, and more. At the same time, countless studies on climate change have warned us all that — if nothing else — the future may be one volatile place, with glaciers melting, sea levels rising and severe weather becoming more of a norm. A government report cautions that the remainder of the century may be even more perilous than these first eight years — thanks to climate change itself.