What are the effects of global warming to the local community?

Answer 1

A: Global warming is a term used to describe a gradual increase in the earth's average ground and atmospheric temperatures in the whole world.

1. As the earth grows warmer, malaria-carrying mosquitoes will reach further north and south spreading the disease.
2. Warmer oceans will mean stronger hurricanes and tornadoes. Damage to countries and cities.
3. Thawing of the permafrost in the sub-arctic regions will release huge amounts of carbon dioxide and methane gas, which is a 20 times more dangerous greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
4. Droughts and heat waves will be common and water will become in very short supply. There may be wars fought over water, as large rivers flow through several countries.
5. The developed food supplies of countries will be wiped out, as the land becomes too dry for the crops. Cattle and sheep won't have pasture to survive. The price of food will go up and many people won't be able to live.
6. Economic cost of treating diseases, rebuilding cities after hurricanes, providing water for drinking and sewage disposal will do a lot of damage to the world's economies.
7. Polar icecaps melting bring four problems:

• Sea levels will rise from land-based ice melting (sea ice is already in the water so it won't raise the sea level if it melts). There are over five and a half million cubic miles of ice, glaciers and frozen snow. If this all melted at once, sea levels would rise by 230 feet, swamping many countries. Luckily nobody thinks this will happen all at once.
• All that ice is fresh water, so if it melts it will desalinate the oceans. This may change the patterns of the ocean currents that will seriously affect the climate.
• Warmer temperatures in the polar regions will cause serious problems to animal life, which may not be able to adapt to the new conditions.
• At present the ice caps form an enormous white surface which reflects a lot of heat back away from the land. If the ice goes, then the dark land below will absorb heat more easily, speeding up the global warming process.

Sea levels are rising. This is because the oceans are warming, and warm water expands. Melting glaciers and ice caps also help the rise. This will cause problems to places like London and New Orleans who have storm barrages to guard against high tide and storm surges.

The melting of ice from the Arctic and a resultant rise in the sea level of the oceans.

The potential results of temperature change can affect populations in many areas of the world. The main outcomes could be:

• Melting of sea ice can cause flooding from an increase in worldwide sea levels.
• Changes in global weather patterns can create stronger storms.
• Changes in wind currents that affect precipitation can increase the length and severity of droughts.

Coral reefs

The extreme temperatures experienced in early 2016 have meant that nearly all the most northerly coral reefs in the Australian Great Barrier Reef have bleached. This does not mean that all these corals will die, and it is hoped that many of them will revive during the Southern Hemisphere winter months. However, it is a clear warning that temperatures anticipated by the middle of the present century can be expected to destroy most of this natural wonder.
Although the question as to the importance of global warming is quite sophisticated, I will briefly explain the gist of its significance here.

Global warming causes an increase in temperatures in the world. Most places will experience a hotter climate. This generally affects the habitat, ecosystem, ocean water levels, etc. In other words, a little increase in temperature would have a disastrous effect for residents living near/on coastal regions. This would mean flooding as sea levels rise. This will also affect the organisms that survive in particular places as they are affected by temperature/pH range, resulting in possible extinction.

Answer 2

because global warming makes the earth hotter and weather will be hot and get higher and higher

Answer 3

climate effects our community in different ways!

Answer 4

Scientist believe that your winters and your summers will get hotter.

Answer 5

Temperature raise, less wind and hurricanes, floods.