Whats the negative effects of global warming?

Question

The winters are still pretty cold around here

Answer 1

it makes al gore's dumba.ss keep talkin

Answer 2

Global warming's first effects (now that we have sorted out the global cooling effects of contrails) are the melting of glaciers and polar ice caps. At some point, those changes will cause the midocean currents to stop or change, the most important of which for most humans is the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream will stop, making eastern Europe colder, with more snow for a while. Moisture that would have stayed in the northern latitude air current will pour down on Europe, and dry air will go over the mountains into Asia, making Asia dryer, more arid.

Crops in Europe will not grow well or will rot in the ground.

Right now, in New England, we are seeing more northeasters than we have for several decades. Chances are we will have a few hurricanes following the same course this summer. We have not had a hurricane in this area for quite a while.

The effects on the US will depend in part on El Nino/Nina, but the chances are the west coast will see more rain, most of which will drop out before the Rockies or in the Rockies. The area to the east of the Rockies will become much drier, desert-like.

The rise in sea levels will move a lot of the coastal populations inland, with a lot of people losing their homes, which will not be covered by insurance. This will not hurt the billionaires who have homes in several places, but it will seriously affect the upper middle-class, who just have to have ocean-front property but can't afford two or three homes, and if they do, chances are they are just in a different ocean-front area.

The Dust-Bowl farmers will also be moving out.

It will make the Oakies look like nothing, as people with power and money try to force little people to sell them their now water-front property.

It will not be a pretty sight.

Answer 3

There are many.
Quite recently the news reported that elevated levels of CO2 will cause poison ivy to grow more vigorously with a more irritating oil. The effects, over all, will be uneven and a mixed bag - some areas will benefit, but others will not. It is expected that the world's deserts will get drier and will expand. This includes the deserts of the American south west, an area where people are demanding more water, not less.
Already in Alaska the permafrost is melting. This is causing entire lakes to drain into the subsoil, leaving behind dry lake beds and no fish. Tibet's glaciers are shrinking at a rapid rate. Tibet's glaciers are the source of many major rivers. If those glaciers disappear, it's likely that those major rivers will either dry up or suffer severely. Eastern Australia is having the worst drought it's had in 60 years. In addition, it's already been shown that global warming has already caused tropical storms and hurricanes to intensify in strength. Expect more and more coastal flooding.

Answer 4

nobody really knows. in the past the earth has been considerably warmer than it is today and it has been considerably cooler...all without the alleged human intervention.
And through it all the planet, and life, survived and thrived. We are the living proof. Unless you're Al Gore, there are far more important things to worry about than global warming. BTW, remember that just 30 years ago, scientiest were predicting the rapid onset of a new ice age. Bottom line, there isn't enough data to know what the long term weather patterns are going to be....after all, has your local weatherman ever been right.

Answer 5

Basically, global warming is a planet killer.

After the warming takes place, it is likely that a new Ice Age will result, after the oceans rise. So the warming part is temporary.

Basically, I like cold winters.... NO BUGS. You might consider moving south.... but have fun with the lizards, fire ants, cockroaches, snakes and killer bees.

Answer 6

as global warming persists the polar icecaps will recede and there will be more flooding on the costal areas. The recession of the ice caps is allready happening at an accellerated rate.

Answer 7

What are the positive effects of global warming?!

Answer 8

Melting of the polar ice caps which can lead to rising sea levels, flooding low lying coastal areas. Changes in weather patterns, resulting in stronger storms, fertile areas becoming deserts, etc.

Answer 9

melting of the poles, increasing the temperature of the earth's atmosphere (approx 2 degrees celcius /100 years). Just these two canges bring a whole lot of other problems like storms and thing like that.

good luck.

Answer 10

due to it polar ice will melt & it will lead to submerging of highly developed & populated cities.
seasons r also affected. like in india monsoon comes in july & june is summer month but now its raining in june 1st.
& many more..

Answer 11

the glaciers will melt so a lot of land will be under water. but hey it works for me if where i live can become a beach!