Global Warming in Chile

In order to go along with the major event that Lynchburg College is hosting this week, Focus the Nation, I thought that it would be fitting to talk about one of the most major concerns facing the world today, global warming and climate change. Chile is going to be in a lot of trouble if the increasing threat of global warming continues to grow. Although Chile only contributes a very small percentage compared to the rest of the world in terms of greenhouse gases, they will be feeling the effects the most. This is because the country has a large amount of its land near Antarctica and has many ice fields. If global warming continues to grow at an exponential rate then that ice will melt and Chile will lose hundreds of miles in coastline. Global warming is already affecting local farmers. In an article found in the New York Times, a Chilean farmer had lost about forty percent of his avocado crop due to uncharacteristic frosts. The entire article can be found at this website. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/opinion/23skarmeta.html?_r=1&oref=slogin.