As I write this a report by 500 scientists is being released about the issue global warming.
There has already been a pre-release tidbit about the report, that being that there is likely a 90% chance that global warming is not only real, but caused by humans. Take note of that, because those 500 scientists include the nay-sayers.

Hear are a few predictions I have about Global Warming:

1.Grapes of Wrath:
The next few years will result in two events regarding my glass of wine. California wines will disappear off the market completely, as will Canada's Ice Wines. Merlots will last longer, but only the real ones from Europe. (yeah, I'm picky about good wine)
The second set of events that will happen in the price for green grapes, seedless grapes, and the darker varieties, the price will triple within five years, at the local grocery. Ouch.

2.The Three Bears
Polar bears are already in pickle, but have you thought of the rest of the bears?
In Northern Spain, they simply aren't taking the long winter nap anymore, not cold enough. Therefore, I make the following three predictions about bears in general.
First, some poor kid is going to get hurt at school by a bear in an urban area, this coming year. Second, conservation officers will start spray painting all kinds of bears with numbers. They already do this with polar bears near James Bay, Thunder Bay etc, in order to keep track of trouble makers. Third, bears north of 50 degrees will go through a boom and bust in population, then die off. Yes, I'm saying that the polar bear will become extinct in the wild, but not only them. Although, I do give them another forty years.

3.Wind in the Willows:
Average tropical cyclone peak wind-speed will increase by 7% within ten years. As in just over 280 km/h (174 mph). OUCH, not kite season eh?

4.Linux's Mascot:
Adélie penguins world wide, will have their populations drop from 2,500,000 to a mere 1,250,000 within ten years. (It might actually go up a little first. Depends on the amount of Krill)

5.Pass the Salt and Pepper:
Due to the reduced ratio of salt from melting ice, government morons will propose dumping salt in the ocean along the Atlantic conveyor. It won't help. Oh, and by the way, that black pepper looking flakes you will start to notice on your clothes while on your way to work, isn't pepper, it's soot. Add up all the carbon production of power mills, forest fires, etc. and you might find that something goes away, I'm not just talking about clean air. Now before you say, “Yeah, I know it's called smog” no it's called hydroxyl apocalypse. The air is cleaned, in part, by, believe it or not, air. Or more accurately by participles in the air called hydroxyl and there isn't much of it. the end result will be a massive increase in those that suffer from Asthma, mostly small children. By the way, this is already starting to happen.

-Wolfe