Expanding Exploring Migrating Conquering Utilizing Evolving Civilizing Industrializing Go forth and multiply And now we destroying The very Land upon Which we live Global warming and climate change have impacts on the health Of our food, water sources and our ecosystems These impacts will affect disproportionately the poorest And weakest especially children and the elderly Heat waves and periods of unusually hard warm weather Lead to increases in heat-related illness and death Warming allow mosquitoes that transmit full diseases Spreading disease all range shifts population changes Earlier spring arrival may disrupt migrations Alter competitive balances among species Ocean warming, sea-level rise and coral reef bleaching Coastal flooding pollution Arctic and antarctic warming or the glaciers melting Droughts and fires are more frequent and severe Affect downpours, heavy snowfalls, the flooding and damages Disrupting an important source of water Increasing extremities in the weather patterns Affected plants and animals that provide our food Global dimming whereby less heat and energy reaches the Human practices exacerbate the risk