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The effects of Global Warming

Angel Ortega

North West Career And Technical Academy

English 12

Ms.Acosta-lopez

February 10,2021
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Abstract

As the year progresses into the 21st century humans are experiencing the wrath of mother

nature and her powers . The reason you may ask is because all the actions of pollution and

greenhouse gases are the main reasons behind global warming and climate change . When these

pollutants and gases get trapped in the atmosphere they absorb the sunlight and radiation that

bounces off the earth causing the earth to gradually increase in temperature over time .These

effects can be felt all over the globe in all types of ways . Whether it's from more common and

dangerous forest fires , nuisance flooding and even tropical storms .

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Climate change is the significant increase in worldwide temperatures which is slowly

degrading life on earth as temperatures continue to rise .Scientists estimate that unless we curb

global warming emissions , the average temperature in the united states will increase by 10

degrees by the next century.Global warming occurs when C02 and other air pollutants collect in

the atmosphere and absorb sunlight which then becomes trapped in the atmosphere causing the

planet to get hotter .Although some may say that global warming is not real and has no Effect

on humans , Global warming is real and is already affecting the earth because of the effect of

ocean waters rising causing flooding, forest fires are more common from rising temperatures and

tropical storms are more likely to double in categories which will then create even more

dangerous storms.

The sea levels continue to rise primarily because of global warming . With the increase in

temperatures the oceans are constantly continuing to warm , thus causing the sea waters to

expand because the land ice is melting . While the exact impact of rising oceans is difficult to

determine , it is certain that the effects will be some degree of flooding and a loss of land due

to the coastal erosion that will take place . The nuisance flooding that will take place will be

both disruptive and expensive as it is estimated to be from 300 to 900% more frequent within the

coastal communities than it was just 50 years ago according to the NOS( National ocean service

). Although it may not affect people that are not close to water , over 30% of the population lives

in coastline counties and the world's 10 largest cities are near a coast .That number of coastline

population increases to 40% alone in the United States . Also This is where most countries make

their income from these bay areas . Whether it's from transportation , trade and tourism, these

places are of high economic value .

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Whether it's from gender reveals to even just a lightning strike wildfires can start in an

instant . These sometimes uncontrollable fires pose a huge threat to the surrounding areas

burning everything in sight . In 2019 wildfires caused an estimated $4.5 billion in damages in

California and Alaska alone . Although wildfires have always occurred the main difference is

now the world is slowly heating up more than ever due to global warming/ climate change.

Although global warming doesn't cause the fires to start . Global warming leads to hotter and

drier temperatures which then evaporate more moisture from the ground , drying out the soil and

making the vegetation more flammable. These wildfires are beyond just a loss of property and

life , they can pose a huge health risk . The smoke plumes can travel for thousands of miles and

affect the air quality for the surrounding areas . These smoke plumes enter the lungs and could

cause respiratory and heart problems . As it wasnt enough to deal with the covid pandemic in

2020 residents of california and oregon were living in a fire most of the time .

With the likes of harvey , katrina and dorian these names seem quite friendly . Yet these names

represent the quite opposite as there are the names of past hurricanes that have wreaked havoc on

the world . As the world continues to warm it only adds the likelihoods of these tropical storms

and hurricanes to happen. Some physics even suggest that as the world continues to warm ,

tropical storms and hurricanes should only get stronger, because the water that gives these storms

fuel is only getting warmer . With the increase in temperatures the likelihood of a hurricane

developing from a category to a category 5 has increased by 8% in a decade. The last major

category 5 hurricane dorian caused more than $3.4 billion in damage in 2019. Hurricane Dorian

wreaked havoc on the Bahamas last year . Up to 30,000 residents of the Bahamas homes and

assets were affected from the storm . Up to 300 people are still reported missing since the

tragedy with another 57 deceased at the hands of the storm. Damage in the Bahamas was
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catastrophic due to the prolonged and intense storm conditions, including heavy rainfall, high

winds and storm surge .

In contrast to popular belief many people believe global warming isn't real . As of today the

world won't change overnight so that's why global warming is not noticeable in one day .

Although the world may be getting colder in some places of the world such as Texas as of 2021 .

These places are basically frozen over and have no correlation to climate change and are instead

in the path of a polar vortex that has swept through the nation. Also many believe that climate

change is good and that we will adapt to it like we always have . Although this may be true it

will get to the point where it's not possible to adapt.

In conclusion , although many have different opinions on global warming /climate change

being real , it's actually real because of the facts that forest fires are more common and powerful

than ever before . There has been a huge increase in nuisance flooding and increase of

dangerous storms . Although most of these occurrences at this point are decades and decades of

global warming we can still at least decrease the severity of global warming . We can do this by

switching over to renewable energy as it has a lower carbon footprint compared to the fossil fuels

that we use .
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