not mean that there is no possibility of diminishing its intensity. The Earth itself is the only one that is able to manage this situation. To sum up, the world seems to have entered a deep crisis. It is human civilization that plays after nature’s game and not the nature the one following the rules of human societies. The Natural system is actually not facing a moments of crisis at all, because it has the capacity of emerging towards another state of balance and thus maintaining its evolution, whereas man needs the same, stable, parameters in order to survive on Earth. Terra is a perfect system and our existence depends on a proper understanding of the natural order. This may be one of the rare wonders of the universe.
issues, it is worth mentioning the way human settlements would receive water supplies, especially those in the Alps mountain areas which owe a significant amount of their water sources to the mountain glaciers. Moreover, what can be taken into consideration is an increase in the intensity of extreme phenomena, such as droughts, heavy storms, cooling and heating waves and also an intensification of the tornado occurrence as a result of big temperature differences. Even at a quick glance to the effects Europe may be faced with, awareness must be raised and also a further research in the climate change phenomenon field is needed. Europe needs unity in order to overcome a possible crisis. Proper acknowledgement of these new challenges should bring additional adaptability and furthermore, new technologies and strategies can be imple-
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mented in order to diminish the effects. The unity in diversity formula can be one of the successful formulas of human development as well as those of nature. Considered either separately or cumulatively, the above mentioned scenarios expose the possible alternatives for the climate evolution, pointing at moment of crisis for our world with the hope that overcoming it, could result into a progress for mankind. It would not be the first time in human history when a civilization disappears as a result of the collapse of natural systems, as the case of old Mesopotamian civilizations, the Khmer civilization in Cambodia or the Maya civilization. All these disappeared as consequence of environmental problems of one kind or another. Even if climate change is a phenomenon that once began, cannot be stopped by human activity anymore, this does