In addition to Global Warming’s impact on water, it also impacts the environment, harming ice and bodies of water, plants, and animals. Firstly, Global Warming leads to a shrinkage of glaciers and causes ice on rivers and lakes to break earlier. This decrease in ice also accelerates the rising of sea levels (NASA, The Consequences of Climate Change). Additionally, Global Warming impacts plants, as they are no longer able to survive in certain climates and locations, and trees are flowering earlier. Finally, as a result of Global Warming, animals can no longer live in certain places because places may no longer fulfill their needs (NASA, The Consequences of Climate Change).…
Vancouver is a coastal city in B.C. It has a population growth of 4.4%. This change had affected Vancouver because they now have more pollution and deforestation. Once Vancouver got more people the demand for vehicles has increased and the demand of other resources has increased as well. Since more people are using vehicles the pollution has increased there.…
Climate change is a very significant, yet controversial environmental issue that has come to societies attention in recent years. Studies have shown that climate change causes negative environmental changes such as destruction of ecosystems, frequent droughts, and increases in global sea levels (Heath & Gifford, 2006). Although there are many studies that show evidence of climate change and the negative effects it has on the environment, there are still people that refuse to believe that climate change is a real and occurring issue. The following paper will begin by outlining the current federal climate change response policies in Canada under the Trudeau government. The mitigation and adaptation responses that have been practiced at the federal…
In Tatiana Schlossberg’s article, “Climate Change Will Bring Wetter Storms in U.S., Study Says” Schlossberg discusses the effects of climate change. Researchers have suggested that climate change can result “in an increase in big storms that cause flash floods and landslides.” New research has shown that there is some variation between regions. The Northeast and the Gulf Coast are at a big risk because the storms have the potential to increase by 70 percent. These storms can become as catastrophic as a biblical flood sooner than later.…
Global warming expands, the rate at which seawater vanishes into the air and the measure of water vapor the atmosphere contains when completely immersed. As the amount of water in the air increases, this causes more precipitation from all tempests and expands flooding hazard. The expansion in flooding risk because of outrageous precipitation is drastically shown by the 1000 year-precipitation dropped by Tropical storm Harvey. Inland urban communities near large rivers and the ocean in the US now encounter more flooding and this happening due to climate change.…
This video directs you to a NASA 21st century prediction video displaying how the effects of climate change will alter our environment in a variety of regions. Climate change issues can no longer be categorized politically as global warming since we have discovered that alterations in Earth's atmospheric make-up will have different climate impacts in different regions. As the video displays, climate change will not only deliver temperature change that could alter ecosystems; precipitation patterns will greatly increase and decrease in certain areas of the world causing problems for local organisms. The areas that are deemed to see the most climactic change are the polar regions. Changes in climate patterns of the poles can have a cascading…
Climate change is the single most environmental crisis of our time. It is responsible for raging storms, searing heat, ferocious fires, severe drought, and punishing floods. Climate change is posing a threat to our health, our communities, and our economy. According to scientists the main cause of climate change is from the “Greenhouse effect” and certain human activity are changing the natural greenhouse effect of our planet. Burning fossil fuels, clearing of land, lead to the heating up of the earth’s atmosphere, resulting in more evaporation and precipitation, melting of glaciers and increase sea level.…
According to the EPA, environmental justice refers to the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Low-income and minority Americans tend to live and work in areas disproportionately exposed to pollution, therefore they suffer disproportionately from the effects of pollution. Often, it is not only the disproportionate amount of pollution that negatively affects the health of low-income and minority Americans but the combination of that pollution layered on top of existing social disparities, such as access to healthcare. African Americans tend to live closer to…
Recently, states on the east coast of the U.S. have been slowly sinking into the Atlantic Ocean due to flooding. The flooding isn’t always coming from the rainfall of the recent hurricanes Irma and Harvey, but even occurs on days you least expect it, sunny and calm days. They call this “nuisance flooding” and researchers are expecting more of this to occur in the future. One of the possible factors of this occurrence could be that parts of Canada were covered by an ice sheet about 20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. Due to the massive pressure, part of Earth’s mantle was pushed sideways under the ice, resulting in parts of the east coast the be raised.…
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Climate Change is a huge drastic problem in the world and is a common political debate. This issue has definitely one obvious side. Climate Change is man made. In Australia, flashing flooding, random weather events and droughts are common and it is all due to human influence.…
Climate change is warming up the Earth and impacted Canada. From 1948 to 2013, the average temperature in Canada has warmed up by 1.6°C. This has increased winter and spring temperatures significantly and will continue to change substantially. Climate change has substantially increased due to human causes such as burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This enhances the greenhouse effect, where gases like carbon dioxide is trapped in the atmosphere and is prevented from leaving the Earth.…
This past December, Toronto broke its thirty-six-year-old record for the warmest Christmas Eve to date. Climate change can be characterized by long term changes in weather conditions, including shifts in temperature, precipitation and extreme weather events. Human induced climate change was discovered after the industrial revolution. This is when scientists noticed the warming of the atmosphere, through the greenhouse effect. Clear evidence of the costs of climate change can be found in increased temperatures, rising sea levels, melting Arctic ice, diminishing wildlife, changing landscape and heat related illnesses.…
Global warming and the world General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of global warming and its impact on our planet Central Idea: The growing concern of climate change and the rising sea level due to globe warming has been a big discussion in many parts of the world Introduction I. Attention-getter: How’s the weather outside? Many of us many not this but the earth is growing hotter as the years goes by.…
The Earth is continuing to warm at extreme rates much faster than scientists have projected. Rising global temperatures have been are producing changes in weather and climate. Many places have seen fluctuations in rainwater, resulting in more floods and droughts, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves. Ice caps continue to melt at unprecedented rates, sea levels are continuing to rise and the ocean is becoming more acidic. Human activities are largely responsible for the sudden and recent change in Earths climate.…
The rise in temperature has led to melting of the ice caps causing higher sea levels, hotter summers that lead to droughts such as the one California…