Friday, October 26, 2012

Global warming effects YOU everyday.

Our planet has severely changed in the pas 50 years. The average temperate in the United States has gome up by 2 degrees. Although that may seem like nothing, Earth what we call home, is a very sensitive place. One thing changes and now you have yourself a domino affect. These little changes that happen to our planet  impact our daily lives in great ways.

-Food
           Prices are rising as climate change makes it more difficult to maintain conditions that crops are able to grow in.



-Fresh Water
                    1.) severe droughts
                     2.) snowpack declining in mountainous states
                     3.) pollution


-Coastline Damage
                 Rising ocean levels destroy coastlines causing to destroy homes and businesses.


-Fire
                 Fires are breaking out because of severe droughts, quickly destroying people's property.





http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/global-warming-affect-daily-life-2680.html

4 comments:

  1. Some people may argue that these temperature changes happen every once in a while in the earth's life. What makes this change worse than the one's prior?

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  3. I agree that global warming can cause those things to happen (drought, fires, rising sea levels), but how does that actually affect people beyond the basic results? You might want to take each of those topics and explore them in greater depth in your next few blog posts.

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  4. Global Warming is causing drastic damage to Earth everyday, and yet we as a humanity watch it happen.

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