The human race is affecting the stability of our planet’s ecosystem. Because our lifestyle – especially the extensive use of fossil fuels – is causing dramatic increases in the CO2 levels in the atmosphere which trap heat, not only will temperatures continue to rise, but so will the global sea levels. The accelerating rise of the sea levels is a consequence of rapid melting of the polar ice sheets. Current predictions suggest that the cumulative sea level rise over the next hundred years will be circa six feet. Although the USA’s population is only four percent of the world’ Continue reading...