Global Warming
Global warming
has become one of the world’s most complicated issues. More warnings from the
scientific community have more and more people worried but unfortunately that
is not enough for the changes we need to happen.
Build up from
human-related greenhouse gases have been causing many dangers. These greenhouse
gases are produced mainly from burning fossil fuels and forests.
Carbon dioxide
levels in the atmosphere were at a record high in 2011, only to increase even
more in 2012. That means the efforts to decrease the level are failing or not
enough effort is out into them. 2012 was the hottest year for the U.S since
records began in 1895.
These rises
in temperature are affecting everywhere. Ice is melting all around the world,
especially in the earths poles. Including mountain glaciers, ice sheets and
arctic sea ice. These changes are also affecting living species. Wildlife researchers
are worried that if the sea ice goes, so will the polar bears. Adelie penguins,
in Antarctica, numbers have dropped from 32,000 breeding pairs to 11,000 in
just 30 years. Some butterflies, alpine plants and foxes have moved farther
north and to higher, cooler places.
If we don’t
do something, make changes to the world, even more disasters could strike. Hurricanes
and other storms are likely to become more severe. Less fresh water will be
available to us. Some diseases will spread and become worldwide, such as
malaria carried by mosquitoes.
We all need to ask ourselves, what will our world become? What can one person do to help make a change?
We all need to ask ourselves, what will our world become? What can one person do to help make a change?
A side from the animals and plants, what else does global warming effect? Are we harming ourselves in any way?
ReplyDeleteYes we are harming ourselves, in a way we might not even notice. Fresh water in some regions is becoming very low and scarce. As the climate is getting higher, food prices are rising making it harder for some families to feed their family. Our air is getting more polluted and dustier, from wildfires and droughts caused by the temperature rising.
ReplyDeleteI get what you're trying to get across. We are the number one reason that global warming even happened, but how exactly do you want us to help? Like, what should we do to stop global warming?
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