Interesting Facts on Climate Change

Climate Change

The United Nation (UN) Climate Panel says global warming, stoke by human use of fossil fuels and accelerating the thaw of the Himalayas, will disrupt farming from China to India. In Africa up to 250 million people may suffer more water stress by 2020.

World sea levels are projected to rise between 18 centimeters and 59 centimeters by 2100, partly because of runoff from melting ice caps.

The amount of water needed for crop production will rise 60% - 90% by 2050.

Industry can often cut its water demand by 40% - 90% given proper incentives, according to UN data.

Recycling Facts

We all know that recycling is an important part of waste management: it helps save energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and curbs both air and water pollution. Nevertheless, you might miss some of the equally interesting facts listed below. Check it.

Historically, recycling is thought to be an ancient practice, with cultures in pre-industrial times melting down old pots and swords to make new ones.

If you look all the aluminum cans recycled since 1972 - an estimated 1,099 billion - and laid them end to end in a giant can-chain, they'd stretch all the way to the moon and back 174 times.

If you chopped down a 15-year old tree and used it to make paper grocery bags, you'd wind up with about 700. That's roughly the number of bags your local supermarket goes through in an hour.

It takes nearly 500,000 trees to produce the weekly Sunday newspaper.