Global warming affects the ocean water level because of the raising temperatures; it causes the icebergs to melt which adds more water in the ocean. This poses a threat to Hawaii and other islands because Hawaii is made up of islands, which are small and surrounded by water. This leaves us at risk for many things with the reef and the people. Global warming has some very potential impact on Hawaii’s environment, health, economy and natural resources. With the environment if the sea level raises our reefs are at risk. With out our reefs our beaches have no protection against the pounding waves. Also it hurts the reef cause if the water rises that means the sun needs to get through more water, which means the reef wont get as much sunlight for them to survive. With economy global warming poses a big threat on it. With the reefs being exposed to less sunlight and letting the waves pound our beaches, it threatens our economy because our state makes its profit off of tourism. Which means if our beaches start to go away then the tourism will start to decrease and less money will be coming in to the state. Along with this the fish that live around the reef may start to die off cause the reef isn’t doing good so the life around will react the same way. Reef fish population will start to drop until they adapt and hopefully the reef can too. With the rising sea level it has already submerged a northwest island in the Hawaii region. This island goes by the name of whale skate. This island has disappeared and the rest of the islands up in that region are at steak for being under water. The islands are housing wildlife that are found nowhere in the world except these islands and most of these animals are endangered. Working with global warm... ... middle of paper ... ...er (NCDC). N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. . "Sources." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. . "The Causes of Global Warming." The Causes of Global Warming. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2013. . "U.S. Tropical Islands Impacts & Adaptation." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. . "global warming, climate change, earth and environment news from Scientific American." global warming, climate change, earth and environment news from Scientific American. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. . MLA formatting by BibMe.org.
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Global warming is when the earth's temperature rises because of greenhouse gases, greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and the ozone. Climate change is the biggest threat to coral reefs around the world, it has been proven that the global temperature has risen 1.3 degrees since the 19th century. In order for coral reefs to grow, they need limestone and algae. Algae is a nutrient in the water that prevents coral from turning white, but because of the rise in temperature the coral gets stressed and expels its algae which turns the coral white. The reason we have global warming is because we as humans are not picking up after ourselves and we are using fossil fuels that are polluting the air which causes global warming and heats our earth and its
Some islands right in our backyards are slipping away before our eyes. According to Conservation International the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, as of 2016, is the highest in 3 million years. Global warming will melt many Glaciers that will affect sea level and the Islands around the world including the Chesapeake Bay. Many Islands will no longer exist due to sea level rise and flooding’s. Global warming is when the temperature gradually increases, generally accredited to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. Pollutants will cause acid rain which will pollute the water and kill off the animals that drink the water.
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Hawaii’s number one business and economy is being threatened and global warming is to blame. If climate change is not taken more seriously, Hawaii could risk losing its beaches, homes, hotels, businesses, and worsened living conditions. Even worse, the tourism industry could be greatly impacted in a negative way. This begs the question: how can we reduce the effects of global warming and prevent future damage?
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The country Maldives is a string of beautiful islands that can be found just southwest of India. The problem with this is that the islands are surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the sea level is rising because of global warming and the islands are no higher than eight feet above sea level. There is an overwhelming consensus amongst scientist that human activities from countries around the world are primarily responsible for global warming due to the use of fossil fuel, pollution, and deforestation. These activities contribute to excessive fluorinate, nitrous, methane, chlorofluorocarbon, and carbon dioxide gases being emitted into the atmosphere. These emissions contribute largely to the greenhouse gases which are the cause of global warming. The effects of global warming are; record high temperatures, glaciers melting, and sea levels rising. Even though the effects of global warming will eventually be felt by everyone, it will however be felt by low-lying islands like Maldives first, threating their very existence. As the ocean slowly consumes the islands the islanders will be subject to economic hardship, civil conflict, and displacement.
Thesis statement: The global warming and the resultant climatic change is due to uncontrolled human exploitation of earth and its resources thereby emitting large volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
This one page of introduction will include 3 paragraphs on what the subject ‘’Global Warming” is about. One paragraph will be on how the topic is introduced, the second about what it will discuss, and the third on how the topic is analyzed with details and proven experiments. And in the last paragraph will be the conclusion of the subject, a brief summary on global warming, but in a few phrases.
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The rise in Greeenhouse effects is the leading cause of climat change “(Global Warming Interactive)”. For humans the temperature is not a big deel but to the environment outside the fields of our own there is trouble. Many animals in the wild cannot adapt to the quick change in temperature resulting in the decrease of wild life. For example in Antartica the ice is melting dramatically which leads to the penguins to die out because they cannot live without the cold ice “(Global Warming Interactive)”. This being the ice is also the habitat for the living penguins so when there is no place to live the penguins have no chance to reproduce to keep the population alive. With all the ice melting natural disasters are more likely to occur. For example floods are going to increase due to the sea level rising from the melted ice. This is important because the floods will attack the human life directly. For example the water that we drink will get more acidic having people die as well due to the unsafe water levels “(Global Warming Interactive)”. In addition organisms rely on each other for survival “(Global Warming Interactive)”. For example some plants will bloom before the insects are active which will cause the insects to decrease leading to the domino effect to our ...
Of all the effects of global warming, the extreme weather that is taking place all over the world is the most obvious one. Global warming will bring more heat waves, drought, fiercer wildfires and stronger hurricanes. “This intensification of weather and climate extremes will be the most visible impact of global warming in our everyday lives” (75 yrs NWF). Due to rising temperatures, places everywhere will be affected as we get more extremely hot summer days and lesser winters. In addition, as these rising temperatures shifts the cycle of rain and increases evaporation, there will be longer and drier droughts which in turn can lower the water supply for life everywhere. Wildfires can turn out to be even more catastrophic due to warmer temperatures and drier areas combined with accumulated levels of fuel loads in the forest which has built up as a result of decades of fire suppression activities. Moreover, stronger hurricanes are also an effect of global warming as sea levels are rising and heavier rains are falling near the coasts. Overall, global warming is bringing climates that are changing real fast.
One of the major effects of global warming is the rise of sea level due to thermal expansion of the ocean, in addition to the melting of land ice. Now there are dozens of land areas that sit well below sea level and the majority of those land areas are very well populated. At least 40 percent of the world 's population lives within 62 miles of the ocean, putting millions of lives and billions of dollars ' worth of property and infrastructure at risk. (Juliet Christian-Smith, 2011) This means if the sea level rises to the projected level of 25 meters (82 feet) half of the world will retreat back to the ocean. (Rohrer, 2007) Also rising sea levels means higher tides and storm surges riding on ever-higher seas which are more dangerous to people and coastal inf...
Background and Audience Relevance: There are always conversations about our planet. We see our earths glaciers melting, weather temperature rising, and pollution affecting our resources. But for some reasons we tend to look away. We should be more aware of this potential event and I’m here to inform everyone about what actually is global warming and the effects of it.