Essay about the effects of Global Warmin on Canadian Economy and what are the causes for the increase in Global Warming the past few years.

Global warming has enormous effects on the environment as well. A group of Canadian scientist researched the possible effects of the global warming and they came up with a very troubling list of outcomes. Some predictions were: *Boundaries for vegetation, wildlife and insects will shift northward by 100 to 500 km, resulting in problems, costs and opportunities. *Growth rates for trees and crops will increase in some areas, decrease in others. *Permafrost in Canada's north will continue …

…imply a major cutback, more than 40 percent, from levels that would exist under usual scenario. Since Canada is greater user of energy than the United States, it would suffer much more from slashing the fossil fuel consumption and this would produce worldwide depression, falling incomes, rising unemployment, poorer health, and increasing mortality. What is more, Canada is highly dependent on natural resources and the global warming would cost far more than 2 percent loss of GDP.