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HEY THERE! Welcome to Life Noggin!
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“Good morning, folks.
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Day number 47 of constant rain all over the globe and experts are now saying it may never
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end.
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Here at WLN News we're wondering, What If It Never Stopped Raining?”
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Man if only some show could explain this
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Here on this Blocky Planet, it's been pouring for over a month and it's wreaking havoc
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on society.
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Schools and hospitals are flooded, entire cities are without power and we can't get
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where we need to go.
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Wait animator...don't you control the weather here?
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Huh. well can't argue with that.
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But besides the obvious, what are the other implications of this never-ending rain?
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These massive downpours will have detrimental effects on plants, crops and trees all over
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the world.
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The destruction of these plants impacts everything from food supplies to the amount of oxygen
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we have to breathe.
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As you know, plants absorb CO2 and convert it to breathable oxygen through a process
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called photosynthesis.
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About 30% of our oxygen comes from terrestrial plants.
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But when the soil is soaked to the point of no return and sunlight is continuously blocked
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by clouds, plants can't get the nutrients they need to photosynthesize.
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This will kill the plants and leave more CO2 and less oxygen in the atmosphere.
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Aaand, without sunlight, the phytoplankton in the sea that currently provides over 50%
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of our oxygen will die off too.
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… Anyway less plants means less food!
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Many crops and livestock can't handle extreme rain, so the amount of food we can produce
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will dwindle.
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I have a feeling this means we'll be eating a lottt of rice since it grows in fields of
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water.
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Sushi, anyone?
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Oh? Okay. Well I guess not!
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Well, actually, we probably want to avoid fish since extreme downpours like this flood
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pollutants into lakes, rivers and local water supplies.
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These pollutants can range from sewage to heavy metals and they harm marine life and
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contaminate our drinking water.
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This contamination can cause some pretty serious health issues.
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Dirty water can lead to hepatitis A, cholera and typhoid fever.
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None of which sound fun or is fun.
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Plus, instances of malaria, dengue and yellow fever all increase with floods and influxes
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of mosquitoes.
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And don't forget about all the mold that's undoubtedly growing in all the flooded homes!
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What about our poor Mother Earth?
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How will she handle all this rain?
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Spoiler alert: not well.
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Torrential downpours like this cause horrendous, deadly landslides all over the world.
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Landslides come in the form of rockfalls, mudslides and basically any other form of
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earth falling down a slope.
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These can block roads, affect communication, and take down power lines.
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And these are just the effects of normal landslides.
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Who knows how bad they'll be if it literally never stops raining?
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But the natural disasters don't end there.
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It's been found that rain-induced erosion can loosen underground rocks along fault lines,
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contributing to earthquakes.
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Now, this may just be a hypothetical situation but global warming is worsening
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rainfall extremes and shifting weather patterns.
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We all need to make changes in our everyday lives to combat global warming and help ward
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off horrible scenarios like this.
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I don't about you but I would much rather bask in the sun.
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*sigh*
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Oh hey look!
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It's back!
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That's weird!
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Let us know what we should talk about next in the comment section below
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Curious to know what would happen if the earth ran out of food and water?
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Check out this video!
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So much of the ground water we use is lost to evaporation, or ends up in the oceans
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meaning it doesn't get reused.
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and that's leaving billions of people without clean water.
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as always, my name is Blocko! This has been Life Noggin.
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Don't forget to keep on thinking!