Week #4 Response

Climate change is a very real threat to the stability of our world in the future.  As humans affect the environmental conditions of our world, we put an unnatural pressure on plants and animals to survive in conditions that are different from what they have naturally evolved to adapt to.  Even a change of a few degrees or weather patterns could be catastrophic to many of the varied ecosystems in the world.  The rainforests could dry up, and arid deserts would grow faster than ever.  Not only does our environment suffer, but if the plants and animals suffer, so do we.  Climate change is especially dangerous because of the irreversible nature of the damage.  While the Earth may eventually compensate and adjust, it would take far too long to save our species.  There's a reason that movies have recently been showing "doomsday" scenarios with natural calamities because of global warming, and that's because it's a real threat that needs to be taken seriously.