Proof:
Warnings
Green House Effect
Effects:
Heat
Ice
Sea Level
Climate
Nature
Animals
Bibliography:
Works Cited
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Global warming will also take its toll on nature, and are affecting animals and land alike. Currently, and in the future, the habitats of many different animals and insects will increase or decrease due to global warming, like insects in Britain and blue mussels in the north (Kunzig 27). With the spread of mosquito and other disease transmitting insects’ habitats, diseases will spread into regions where they are uncommon at the present (Philander 202) and dangerous creatures, like the killer bee and fire ants, will spread out. As tropical weather expands, tropical diseases will also expand, with tens of millions more cases of malaria and other infectious diseases projected. Also as species of bats and birds are also being killed off by global warming, we are also losing our natural defense against disease-carrying insects. By changing weather patterns, global warming will alter natural habitats, woodlands would invade grasslands, coniferous forests are likely to spread into tundra, and mountain habitats would have to increase in altitude. If warming is severe and forests lack water, they will increase their vulnerability to pests and disease, and increase their exposure to fire (which would also add CO2). Warmer temperatures have already led to an increase in tree-killing bugs in Alaska and Canada destroying more than 12 million acres and leaving them exposed to fire. Studies also show that New England will become to warm to sustain maple forests, and that the U.S. and the Amazon will lose at least 33% of its forests in 100 years (the Amazon could just become bare soil). If the sea rises 2 to 3 ft. then all the Florida Everglades would be lost as well as wetlands, beaches, and a lot of terrestrial habitats will be lost around the world. As forests are lost the animals that live there will have their habitat destroyed. A rise in saltwater would cause a loss of wetlands would threaten many birds that use them as migratory rest stops, and marine life that depends on marshes for marine nurseries. With global warming and increase in CO2 there would be a 30% drop in the amount of calcium that tropical oceans can retain. Which would stunt the growth and ability to repair of coral reefs. Most of the remaining coral reef will be destroyed within 20 years if global warming and pollution continues. With acidity levels also expected to increase more rapidly than in the past 300 million years, 25% of marines species will be destroyed along with a $400 billion fishing and tourism industry. Finally each global increase of 1.8°F will reduce the production of grains by 10%.
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