Personal Opinion Essay: The Negative Effects Of Global Warming

Global warming is an ever growing problem faced by our society today. It seems too often that people think that global warming is only a myth, but I’m here to say it’s not. Global warming is a serious problem with serious effects on the world as a whole. Global warming is caused by air pollution; this type of pollution causes the release of greenhouse gasses. The way greenhouse gasses effects the environment is they turn the shorter radiation that is easily absorbed into the ozone layer into longer radiation. This change to longer radiation makes it harder to absorb causing the heat to get trapped between the ozone and the earth. Although, there’re some positive effects of global warming there’re far more negative effects of global warming on the world.

1) The extra heat from the greenhouse gasses would cause the polar caps in the north and the South Pole to melt. Which would cause devastating effects on the wildlife that call the ice caps their home. This small effect would cause a chain reaction of chaos in the ecosystem. The loss of wildlife on the ice caps would throw the ocean 's food chain off; there would not be any carnivores to hunt the smaller animals in order to keep their population down. Because of the over abundant amount smaller animals that would be no longer hunted; there would be harsh damage

NASA states on their website that “Global sea level has risen by about 8 inches since reliable record keeping began in 1880. It is projected to rise another 1 to 4 feet by 2100. This is the result of added water from melting land ice and the expansion of seawater as it warms.” This change in sea level would cause unknown consequences to the ocean 's circulation. There will also be major problems for the people living in the low-lying land if the sea levels were to raise a substantial amount. The raised water level would make it necessary for the people to evacuate their homes to find dryer