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The issue of global warming has been characterized by heated debate between environmentalists and anti-green lobby. Activists have maintained that the issue of climate change has been overlooked by every government as it will take a lot of sacrifices, both economical and political to create effective policies to counter this threat. The anti-green lobby on the other hand has certain arguements against global warming and believes that activists should focus their attention and efforts on more immediate issues rather than concentrating solely on global warming. They are of the view that global warming is a natural process and no amount of legislation or policies would be able to counter it.
The debate has been around for a long time now, but the failure of talks between world leaders in Copenhagen was a serious blow to the efforts of environmentalists. Environmental activists have always taken the help of research that is being conducted on the effects of human activities on the environment. Scientists have found that the earth's temperature has increased by 1 F in the last hundred years, and it will increase by 1 F - 3 F in the next hundred years. This can cause ecological imbalance, apart from seriously putting the life of future generations at risk. Numerous studies carried out over the years have revealed one more potential problem. According to researchers, global warming is interfering with the water cycle, altering the distribution of available water. The increase in the earth's temperature causes an acceleration of the water cycle, that is, some places would experience more frequent storms and floods, and some would have long periods of droughts. Let us try and know how exactly is global warming interfering with the water cycle.
