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          Earth Day- Inspired by Blue Marble
              Signing at air & space

EFFECTS
"Threat to env. & economy"  (Mayors)
"Endangers Public Health & Welfare"
Impact Depends on Region
  ↑ Drought
  ↑ Severity & lengths of heat waves
  ↪ Stress on water resources & ↑threat of fires

Yellowstone 
Glacier Nat'l Park

  ↑ Intensity of storms (heavy downpours)
  ↑ Sea level ⇒ threat to wetlands

ECONOMICS ⇒ 
 Fish, Agriculture, 
 Tourist ⇒ Winter Sports

States
Mayors

[Kyoto ⇒ US, 7% < 1990]
[CA → 25% by 2020]

MESSAGE:
- My perspective
- Basic science behind it
- Planet is warming
- Already seeing impacts everywhere...
- This problem has a solution...Sol'n involves all of us