Review the following scenario:

You are an environmental scientist reflecting on the climate changes that have and will occur throughout your lifetime.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word letter to a colleague describing the environmental conditions that occurred during the last decade and how these conditions will affect future climate changes.

  1.Describe the environmental conditions that occurred during the last decade.


  2.Speculate about the future climate changes that may occur.


  3.Discuss how various aspects of the planet may look 50 years from now. What domino effect may occur because of continuous human impact on the environment?


  4.Consider the human connection to hydrologic changes, how global warming will affect the main components of the cryosphere, and the subsequent effects that will cause changes in drylands.