The Effects of Global Warming
Today’s modern world has led to the biggest problem faced in history: global warming. Today’s fast-growing industrialized economy is causing serious environmental issues such as extinction of much of the life on this planet, temperature changes, and sea level rise. One simple way of reducing the effects of global warming is changing our way of living.
One benefit of reducing the industrialized economy of today is that natural habitats will last longer. A fifth of the world's known mammals, a third of its amphibians, more than a quarter of its reptiles and up to 70% of its plants are under threat of extinction. In some cases wildlife populations have suffered severe losses or even faced extinction due to pollution. For example, the bald eagle, peregrine falcon, and brown pelican all nearly became extinct before scientists discovered that the synthetic chemical DDT was the cause of devastating reproductive failure in these species. Man-made creations have caused the extinction of different species. For the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve. The sudden evolution of the world is interfering with the way other species live and act.
Another negative effect of global warming is: temperature changes. Thousands of species risk extinction from disappearing habitat, changing ecosystems and acidifying oceans. It is believed that warmer temperatures are caused by pollution and climate change will put some 20% to 30% of species globally at increasingly high risk of extinction, possibly by 2100. Having an increase in temperature can cause the death of crops, and forest-fires. Rising seas are one of the most certain effects of global warming as warming ocean waters expand and melting glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets add more water to the oceans.
Lastly, global warming is causing bodies of water all around the world to rise. When sea levels rise rapidly, as they have been doing,
One benefit of reducing the industrialized economy of today is that natural habitats will last longer. A fifth of the world's known mammals, a third of its amphibians, more than a quarter of its reptiles and up to 70% of its plants are under threat of extinction. In some cases wildlife populations have suffered severe losses or even faced extinction due to pollution. For example, the bald eagle, peregrine falcon, and brown pelican all nearly became extinct before scientists discovered that the synthetic chemical DDT was the cause of devastating reproductive failure in these species. Man-made creations have caused the extinction of different species. For the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve. The sudden evolution of the world is interfering with the way other species live and act.
Another negative effect of global warming is: temperature changes. Thousands of species risk extinction from disappearing habitat, changing ecosystems and acidifying oceans. It is believed that warmer temperatures are caused by pollution and climate change will put some 20% to 30% of species globally at increasingly high risk of extinction, possibly by 2100. Having an increase in temperature can cause the death of crops, and forest-fires. Rising seas are one of the most certain effects of global warming as warming ocean waters expand and melting glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets add more water to the oceans.
Lastly, global warming is causing bodies of water all around the world to rise. When sea levels rise rapidly, as they have been doing,