Global Warming: A threat to our future? Records show that the average temperature of the planet is climbing rapidly. Climate researchers predict the Earth’s temperature will continue to rise over the next one hundred years. Scientists believe this global warming is human-generated. Warmer temperatures may lead to severe droughts and floods in some places. Animal species may not be able to survive. Vegetation will not adapt fast enough to find new habitats when heat …showed first 75 words of 1134 total…

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