Huffington Post: Carbon dioxide could ruin wifi connections for your kids

Climate Change Effects: Things Global Warming Just Might Ruin For Your Kids

[Scroll down at the link above: The alleged CO2-induced wifi problem is #26 of 53] A 2011 report from the U.K.'s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found that climate change could affect certain infrastructure, like wireless internet. The Guardian reports, "higher temperatures can reduce the range of wireless communications, rainstorms can impact the reliability of the signal, and drier summers and wetter winters may cause greater subsidence, damaging masts and underground cables," according to secretary of state for the environment.