The 2003 U

question 18

Multiple Choice

The 2003 U.S.National Academy of Sciences report outlined a worst-case scenario in which all of the following could occur, except

• A)collapse of ecosystems
• B)floods in low-lying coastal cities
• C)forests burning in vast wildfires
• D)drinking and irrigation water drying up
• E)mountain glaciers growing in size

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