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Global Warming effects

Green house gases stay can stay in the atmosphere for an amount of years ranging from decades to hundreds and thousands of years. No matter what we do, global warming is going to have some effect on Earth. Here are the 5 deadliest effects of global warming.

5. Spread of disease
As northern countries warm, disease carrying insects migrate north, bringing plague and disease with them. Indeed some scientists believe that in some countries thanks to global warming, malaria has not been fully eradicated.

4. Warmer waters and more hurricanes
As the temperature of oceans rises, so will the probability of more frequent and stronger hurricanes. We saw in this in 2004 and 2005.

3. Increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves
Although some areas of Earth will become wetter due to global warming, other areas will suffer serious droughts and heat waves. Africa will receive the worst of it, with more severe droughts also expected in Europe. Water is already a dangerously rare commodity in Africa, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, global warming will exacerbate the conditions and could lead to conflicts and war.

2. Economic consequences
Most of the effects of anthropogenic global warming won’t be good. And these effects spell one thing for the countries of the world: economic consequences. Hurricanes cause do billions of dollars in damage, diseases cost money to treat and control and conflicts exacerbate all of these.

1. Polar ice caps melting
The ice caps melting is a four-pronged danger.

First, it will raise sea levels. There are 5,773,000 cubic miles of water in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, if all glaciers melted today the seas would rise about 230 feet. Luckily, that’s not going to happen all in one go! But sea levels will rise.

Second, melting ice caps will throw the global ecosystem out of balance. The ice caps are fresh water, and when they melt they will desalinate the ocean, or in plain English - make it less salty. The desalinization of the gulf current will “screw up” ocean currents, which regulate temperatures. The stream shutdown or irregularity would cool the area around north-east America and Western Europe. Luckily, that will slow some of the other effects of global warming in that area!

Third, temperature rises and changing landscapes in the artic circle will endanger several species of animals. Only the most adaptable will survive.

Fourth, global warming could snowball with the ice caps gone. Ice caps are white, and reflect sunlight, much of which is relected back into space, further cooling Earth. If the ice caps melt, the only reflector is the ocean. Darker colors absorb sunlight, further warming the Earth.

So what is the solution? Are we just being negative? Are there any positive effects of global warming? What about all the stupid global warming solutions. We welcome your thoughts.

Source: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/5-deadliest-effects-of-global-warming/276

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The Government of India is moving ahead by imposing strict regulations and asking all the schools to introduce SEX EDUCATION for VI -VIII grade.

There is strong protest against this impositions from all the category of masses. Teachers are feeling very uncomfortable to teach this subject, Parents are worried too and nor the students want them. So why is government really imposing this rule.

By saying this i am not opposing the concept of sex education as a whole. Agreed Unprotected Sex is a major issue today and there are deadlier outspread of diseases like AIDS and other STDs . But there should be a age when this is to be taught.

The age of 12-13-14 is still a very tender age. These students are still kids. Let them play. Teach them about Yoga, Medication why SEX??

The concept is simple. Teach the children about sex at this age and increase the sale of condems at very stage there on. You are destroying their future….And all this is done in the Name of AIDS and other STDs.

In India the legal age for marriage is 18-21 years respectively. You are teaching them what is sex all about at the age of 13 so what do you expect the kids to do for the next 5 - 8 years?? Definitely you are proposing Pre marital Sex. It will create anxiety in the young minds about sex and they will tend to experiment on it.. Government has also quoted to have said that they will distribute condems from Grade XII onwards in the classrooms, So what does this imply.
Ok kids you are free to have sex now?? but just protected sex. Increase the sales of condoms..

Is this what we want??
IS this what we call Forwardness???

This step has been taken with reference from West countries who are implementing this from past 20 years or so?? Did they acheive any sucess?? I doubt about it. Today there is situation that the schools there have appointed special nurses in every school who provide contraceptive to kids to avoid pregnancy… So this is where we want our India To be???

I am not saying sex education is not necessary, but the age should be at least 16-17 years when there is real need, why is the government trying to impose sex-education on students at such a tender age.According to most of the people it should be introduced only in college and not in school.

Agreed, kids today are exposed to more hot videos, movies and internet but there are only a few bunch who would go till this extent.The students of std 6th-8th grade are of age group 13-15 . Dont make them so mature at such a small age. This is the age to play and enjoy..
Neither are teachers ready nor the parents nor the students then why such imposition.

Its Not About being MUSLIM OR HINDU OR CHRISTIAN , its about Our CULTURE. The more better solution would have been to impose Yoga and Medication Subject in these grades so that children can learn more about Controlling their desires and not satisfying them.
All said this are my views Feel free to post your views about the same here.