Global Warming Global warming has become a major issue for us today. Global warming is an increase in temperature caused by many different natural and manmade reasons. Because of global warming, not only are humans affected, but also animals who struggle to survive and the plants who allow us to survive. Global warming is becoming a bigger risk for all of us each day. Even though there are many causes and effects, there are many ways to prevent global warming as well. Global warming has various causes, effects, and multiple solutions to help our physical world from drastic climate change. Global warming is caused by both unnatural and natural causes. An unnatural cause includes the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is caused by greenhouse
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Greenhouse gases can also cause long periods of heat waves and cold snaps, shown by past records of climate change (Tollefson). Because of the greenhouse effect, we experience increase of high temperatures in unusual weather patterns. The greenhouse effect isn’t the only unnatural cause; aerosols are also another contributor to global warming. Aerosols are a crucial manmade radiative forcing of climate (Selin). They barricade some of oncoming solar radiation which generates a negative radiative forcing (Seling). Aerosols can change climate by taking in or pushing out any oncoming solar radiation. Also, they create indirect effects upon climate by changing any cloud production or cloud substances (Selin). A natural cause for global warming is volcanic eruption. When a volcano erupts, it releases volcanic aerosols. Once these volcanic aerosols …show more content…
An effect to global warming is an increase in temperature. Because of an increase in temperature, the Earth has a higher sea level since ice and the polar ice caps are now melting. The amount of snow in the United States since the 1970 has decreased and the normal permafrost temperature has increased (Bradford). Not only do we experience an increase in temperature, we also experience extreme weather events. If global warming does continue on for the next years, hurricanes will be different. With an increase in temperature, we will experience hurricanes less frequently than we already do, however they are likely to be more intense than they already are (Bradford). Extreme hurricanes not only put us in danger, but also to the animals all over our planets. Global warming will also have an impact on animals and plants. Due to higher temperatures, animals that migrate will have to travel earlier than they normally would. Such as birds, because of climate change, they will now have to leave several days or weeks earlier to avoid different temperatures that they can’t adapt to right away. However, if they don’t adapt to new climate changes, they may not survive and go extinct (Bradford). The rise of temperatures will also affect plants because it will increase the length of multiple disease causing pathogens that were contained to tropical regions (Bradford). They will now kill of plants and animals that were protected from the
Greenhouse gases can also cause long periods of heat waves and cold snaps, shown by past records of climate change (Tollefson). Because of the greenhouse effect, we experience increase of high temperatures in unusual weather patterns. The greenhouse effect isn’t the only unnatural cause; aerosols are also another contributor to global warming. Aerosols are a crucial manmade radiative forcing of climate (Selin). They barricade some of oncoming solar radiation which generates a negative radiative forcing (Seling). Aerosols can change climate by taking in or pushing out any oncoming solar radiation. Also, they create indirect effects upon climate by changing any cloud production or cloud substances (Selin). A natural cause for global warming is volcanic eruption. When a volcano erupts, it releases volcanic aerosols. Once these volcanic aerosols …show more content…
An effect to global warming is an increase in temperature. Because of an increase in temperature, the Earth has a higher sea level since ice and the polar ice caps are now melting. The amount of snow in the United States since the 1970 has decreased and the normal permafrost temperature has increased (Bradford). Not only do we experience an increase in temperature, we also experience extreme weather events. If global warming does continue on for the next years, hurricanes will be different. With an increase in temperature, we will experience hurricanes less frequently than we already do, however they are likely to be more intense than they already are (Bradford). Extreme hurricanes not only put us in danger, but also to the animals all over our planets. Global warming will also have an impact on animals and plants. Due to higher temperatures, animals that migrate will have to travel earlier than they normally would. Such as birds, because of climate change, they will now have to leave several days or weeks earlier to avoid different temperatures that they can’t adapt to right away. However, if they don’t adapt to new climate changes, they may not survive and go extinct (Bradford). The rise of temperatures will also affect plants because it will increase the length of multiple disease causing pathogens that were contained to tropical regions (Bradford). They will now kill of plants and animals that were protected from the