•Due to the increase in temperatures people in Africa and elsewhere are losing their natives lands because of droughts forcing them to migrate to lands where food is scarce, forcing them to starve.
•The animal kingdom is also feeling the effects—losing their native lands to the polar caps melting, high temperatures, and the decrease of available food sources.
•There are many things contributing to the problem of global warming including the consumption and improper disposal of plastic bottles…
•24 million gallons of oil are needed to produce a billion plastic bottles •Take up to 700 years to begin decomposing • 90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the bottle itself • 80% of plastic bottles are not recycled
•The average American consumes 167 bottles of water a year • Bottled water is the second most popular beverage in the United States • Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient method ever used to supply water