Hurricane Katrina is said to be one of the worst natural disasters to hit the United States. It devastated thousands of people, causing over two thousand deaths and billions in economic damage. According to the WMO, disasters like Katrina have become more frequent and catastrophic because of global warming. In addition, many scientists find that global warming is correlated to other natural disasters. For example, El Nino, caused by interaction between abnormally warm or cool seas and the atmosphere, typically triggers drought in eastern Australia and Southeast Asia, and floods in western parts of North and South America. Thus, global warming is a serious problem that will only worsen with increases in atmospheric temperature
Purpose: To think critically about population, environment and agricultural issues by applying concepts from class to current events. Instructions: Choose a substantive, but brief article from a newspaper, magazine or journal from the past year relating to a topic covered in class, or use one of the assigned readings. It’s nice to have some information […]
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Date: February 26th, 2015