Global warming and climate change ...a hot issue
The use of fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas by humans is widely acknowledged by scientists as the primary driver of current climate change and global warming. When these fossil fuels are burned, they emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which acts as a greenhouse gas, trapping even more heat from the sun. As the Earth's temperature continues to rise, the rate of global warming/climate change is increasing. A rise in average global temperatures of five degrees would cause sea levels to rise at least three feet, and maybe considerably more, in the coming centuries if polar ice and mountain glaciers melt. Plant and animal species face extinction by 2100 if their habitats and ecosystems are destroyed and destabilised. Climate change is being accelerated when methane is released into the atmosphere by the melting of Siberian permafrost bogs. Antarctic glaciers are melting faster than originally thought, which might lead to coastal flooding throughout the planet. Global warming/climate change may be clearly seen in the melting of polar ice caps and glaciers. Indirect impacts from melting arctic and Greenland ice can disrupt the delicate salt balance in the North Atlantic Ocean, causing a change in the thermohaline circulation, which paradoxically may culminate in a small ice age in Northern Europe and portions of North America.....
Human settlements and wildlife habitats alike may suffer as a result of rising temperatures. Ecosystems throughout the world are being radically altered by rising temperatures. The delicate equilibrium of ocean salinity is being thrown off by the melting of the polar ice caps. There may be a change in ocean circulation patterns as a result of this imbalance. A recent uptick in storm intensity has been connected to rising sea-surface temperatures. Local temperature and precipitation can rise or fall as a result of global warming or climate change. Global warming/climate change has had a direct correlation to increases in greenhouse gas concentrations up to this point.
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