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==Reported effects of Climate Change==
 
==Reported effects of Climate Change==
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Reported past or expected/possible future environmental and societal consequences of Climate change include,
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Besides Global Warming, reported past or expected/possible future environmental and societal consequences of Climate Change include,
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*Global cooling.<ref>http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/global-warming-causing-global-cooling</ref>
    
* Decreased food production.<ref> Fred Pearce, ''Climate change warning over food production,'' Newscientist.com, April 26, 2005</ref>   
 
* Decreased food production.<ref> Fred Pearce, ''Climate change warning over food production,'' Newscientist.com, April 26, 2005</ref>   
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* Shrinking forests.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/11/amazon-global-warming-trees/print David Adam, ''Amazon could shrink by 85% due to climate change''] March 11, 2009, guardian.co.uk</ref>  
 
* Shrinking forests.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/11/amazon-global-warming-trees/print David Adam, ''Amazon could shrink by 85% due to climate change''] March 11, 2009, guardian.co.uk</ref>  
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* Increased productivity of high-elevation forests.'<ref>'Global Warming May Spur Increased Growth In Pacific Northwest'' Oct. 20, 2009, Forests Science Daily</ref> 
    
* Melting glaciers.<ref>Global warming causing hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers to melt,''
 
* Melting glaciers.<ref>Global warming causing hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers to melt,''
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* A lop-sided planet.<ref>Robert Roy Britt, June 29,2005 LiveScience.com</ref>  
 
* A lop-sided planet.<ref>Robert Roy Britt, June 29,2005 LiveScience.com</ref>  
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* Stronger hurricanes.<ref>''Global Warming: Warmer Seas Linked To Strengthening Hurricanes,'' Sep. 4, 2008, ScienceDaily</ref>
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* Weaker Hurricanes.<ref>Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer, ''Global warming may diminish Atlantic hurricane activity'', 04-17-2007, USA Today</ref>
    
* Shorter days.<ref>[http://www.itwire.com/content/view/11220/1066/ William Atkins, ''Researchers say global warming should cause shorter days''], ITWire, April 11, 2007</ref>
 
* Shorter days.<ref>[http://www.itwire.com/content/view/11220/1066/ William Atkins, ''Researchers say global warming should cause shorter days''], ITWire, April 11, 2007</ref>
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