List of Global Warming Effects

There are many reasons why people are urging everybody to take action against Global Warming. The main reason is because of its dangerous effects. If left alone, future generations will be hating our generation for not putting a stop to Global Warming. Since not much is being done about Global Warming, Global Warming is damaging our environment as your reading this.


Global Warming is responsible for all of the following...

• Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice.
• Penguins in Antarctica are rapidly declining due to the rise in temperatures.
• Polar bears have probably been hit the hardest from Global Warming. As you know, they live in glaciers and areas of snow. These areas are melting away, leading to loss of habitat. There are an estimated 20,000 Polar Bears in the wild and they depend upon the arctic weather for their livelihood. With each passing year, the amount of Polar Bears alive in the wild dwindles.
  
• The sea level has risen rapidly over the last century, which is impacting agriculture, water quality and will eventually lead to loss of land.
  
• Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher, cooler areas.
• Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on average.
• The population of Spruce bark beetles have increased dramatically in Alaska, thanks to 20 years of warm summers. These insects are known for destroying trees. They have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees.
• There has been a sharp increase in extreme weather conditions, such as wildfires, heat waves, and strong tropical storms. Scientists say that Global Warming is probably the main reason for this.

If warming continues, we should expect the following to happen...

• Sea levels are expected to rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 and 59 centimeters) by the end of the century, and continued melting at the poles could add between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters).
• Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger.
• Wildfires will become a lot more common.
  
• Species that depend on one another may become out of cycle. For example, plants could bloom earlier than their pollinating insects become active.
• Floods and droughts will become more common.
  
• Less fresh water will be available.
  
• Some diseases will spread, such as malaria carried by mosquitoes. Many diseases that are spread by insect spread a whole lot faster in hotter temperatures.