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<i>Talk of this Century</i>
Have you seen the movie 2012? — Certainly one of the most popular movies of last year. The theme was on gravely threatening situation of our planet Earth. According to that film, sometimes at the end of 2012, our lovely planet will be destroyed because of a hasty burst of solar flares that heat the planet's core, causing major shifts in tectonic plates. The result would be disastrous earthquakes, tsunamis and unthinkable volcanoes.
Already we are experiencing extremes of heat and cold these years. And this type of weather can cause potentially deadly illnesses like increasing death rates from heart and respiratory diseases. Today, climate change is the major global health threat as it could change usual patterns of mosquito-borne diseases, aggravate food and water insufficiencies and threaten shelter, according to a recent report released jointly by the Lancet and University College London. They believe water shortages will also lead to more gastroenteritis from poor sanitation and malnutrition.
Extreme climatic events such as flash flooding will overwhelm sewage systems as well. One of the researchers wrote, "The inequity of climate change — with the rich causing most of the problem and the poor initially suffering most of the consequences — will prove to be a source of historical shame to our generation if nothing is done to address it."
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