Green Daily

You probably knew this already, but climate change isn't looking like good news.

A report from 38 scientists from 16 US government agencies says that over the next 25 years, global warming is likely to lead to a wide range of new environmental problems such as water shortages, crop failures, and the spread of invasive insect species. The U.S. Climate Change Science Program takes a shorter term view than previous studies, which have often focused on the effects of climate change 50 or 100 years out.

The report specifically references such issuess as increased drought in the west as the mountain snow pack melts earlier, plants that feed cattle having less protein due to more CO2 in the atmosphere, and loss of biodiversity among plants and animals evolved to survive in very specific conditions.

Still not worried? Well, what's interesting about this particular study is that it isn't just about how bad some theoretical future world could be so much as it's discussing what's already happening today. One of the lead scientists is quoted as saying that "I think what's really eye-opening is the depth and breadth of the impacts and consequences going on right now."