Effects and consequences of global warming: climate crisis - The atmosphere and greenhouse gases - Temperatures and ocean warming - Shrinking of glaciers - Floods and precipitation changes - Increased storms, hurricanes, droughts - Effects on the Poles: Antarctica and the Arctic regions - Effects on the oceans - Effects on forests and deforestation - Rivers and the consequences of irrigation - Vectors for emerging infectious diseases - Effects of energy and the new technologies - The Politicization of global warming - Global stewardship.