Not exact matches
My best guess at a worst case is that we would see, as has been the case with past extinction events, serious biological impoverishment over several million years, coupled with the more parochial harm
of human losses on a large scale (material,
lives,
potential, and culture.)
However, the Keystone and KXL lines traverse mostly rural areas, whereas truck and rail alternatives go along busy, congested highways and through towns and urban areas — with far greater
potential for
loss of human life and property.
These include
potential flood damages from more extreme rainfall in most parts
of Australia and New Zealand; constraints on water resources from reducing rainfall in southern Australia; increased health risks and infrastructure damages from heat waves in Australia; and, increased economic
losses, risks to
human life and ecosystem damage from wildfires in southern Australia and many parts
of New Zealand.
From hazardous effects causing
potential loss of life, injury, or other negative health impacts, to the
potential exposure
of social, economic, and infrastructure assets to adverse impacts, global warming places vulnerable
human lives and systems in dangerous jeopardy.
Lawyers, if noone else, should be the first to advance diplomatic and legal alternatives that would avert the
loss of human life and the
potential for protracted violence.
Parental separation may also expose children to
loss of social, economic and
human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics typical
of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers
of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's
potential feelings
of alienation from
living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack
of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands
of two different family
lives.12, 22 The logistics
of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback
of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23