and we're seeing that the higher
temperatures are shifting the balance
between
microbes and human beings
the transportation revolution has a lot
to do with this air travel
but the climate conditions have a big
impact on that let's look at zika
here is the range of the one mosquito
that they're most worried about
and warmer conditions increase
that range considerably but here is
the kicker on this it's not just the
mosquito it's the virus
and the warmer temperatures speed up the
incubation rate
inside the mosquito so we get an
explosion
in the number of cases and now
it's spread to miami florida and for the
first time in history
pregnant women have been advised not to
go to part of the united states of
america
in many areas of central america and
south america
the doctors are delivering a message
that i've never heard in my life
they're telling women don't get pregnant
for
two years while we try to get a handle
on this
that's something new in the history of
the human race
how long can we just sit back and say oh
well maybe
some genius will think up some miracle
i'm sorry i'm getting all
fired up here
but let's step back and take a global
view
of the increasing temperatures and the
extra heat energy
93 percent of all this heat energy is
going
into the oceans and it has several
consequences a direct consequence is
that when ocean-based storms cross much
warmer
ocean waters the storms get stronger and
more
destructive just a few years ago
superstorm sandy in the atlantic
crossed areas of the ocean nine degrees
fahrenheit
warmer than normal and it caused
tremendous
destruction in new jersey and in new
york
and by the way ten years ago when the
movie and inconvenient truth came out
the single most criticized scene in that
movie
was an animated scene showing that the
combination of sea level rise and storm
surge
would put the ocean water into
the 911 memorial site which was then
under construction and people said
that's ridiculous
what a terrible exaggeration
something happened last night at one of
the most iconic locations in new york
the world trade center ground zero a
flood of water with a current so
strong it flooded the reconstruction
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