NOTES FROM THE ECO FUTURE

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CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS - Geologists recently projected a 10
percent to 20 percent drop in rainfall in northwestern and southern
Africa by 2070. That would leave Botswana with just 23 percent of the
rivers it has now; Cape Town would be left with just 42 percent of its
river water.

Rising sea levels linked to climate change mean we could lose half of
the mangrove trees of the Pacific Isles by the end of the century.

Over the past century, the number of hurricanes that strike each year
has more than doubled. Scientists blame global warming and the rising
temperature of the surface of the seas.

http://www.americanprogress.org

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