how does global warming affect us?

Answer 1

Global Warming affects us because the earth can become unbalanced. When Global Warming comes into effect, that means the balance has been destroyed. If people keep taking from the earths resources, ( i.e., things like oil, coal, water, everything that makes the earth function) and never putting anything back, then the whole ecological system can become unbalanced, and the earth will start to right itself of the harm that has been done to it. Global Warming is when a balance shifts so that everything can be restored back to its proper place. Also, Global Warming can affect states where the weather was once cold, it can become the opposite of that. In California, there has been sightings of snow, when there isn't supposed to be any. There have been unseasonably hot temperatures in states that have been cold ever since the earth has been in existence. And the same thing has happened in places where the weather and the climates have been hot. Whatever the habitat was/is in a state, or whatever the weather is in that particular area has been, then the opposite happens when Global Warming takes effect. This is the best way that I know how to explain Global Warming to you. I hope that I helped.

Answer 2

Weeeeeeeeeeeell, the atmosphere cannot disperse heat the way it's supposed to. The carbon dioxide impedes its exit from the planet.

The general temperature rises and we start off by having less severe winters and more pronounced summers. Slowly, the icecaps melt into the sea. This has the unfortunate effect of raising the sea level and about 20-30% of the Earth's land mass disappears under the ocean. This will effect every continent. Places like Florida and Louisiana will be devastated as the land slowly disappears.

The temperature of the water will make more hurricanes and tsunami likely. Incidences of both have seen a considerable rise since the start of this century. With the increase in sea level these events will only become more and more severe.

Change to the cycle of freezing/thawing will affect crops, native plants and even how much carbon is exchanged between Earth's surface and atmosphere. The problem could be particularly acute for urban and suburban places in the far North, Alaska, as these effects actually undermine roads, railroads, and buildings.

There is widespread evidence that global warming is responsible for the observed changes in seasonally frozen soil and permafrost. These changes will increase the incidences of landslides and rockslides.

Conversely, global warming is also responsible for the growth of desert regions. The Sahara Desert is growing at a rate of 7 kilometers a day!

Because the ocean will be more dilute (less salty) the gulf stream will slow and eventually fail. The gulf stream is one of the strongest ocean currents in the world. It is driven by surface wind patterns and differences in water density. Surface water in the north Atlantic is cooled by winds from the Arctic. It becomes more salty and more dense and sinks to the ocean floor. The cold water then moves towards the equator where it will warm slowly. To replace the cold equator-bound water, the gulf stream moves warm water from the Gulf of Mexico north into the Atlantic. It is this warm water that keeps the northern hemisphere at a comfortable temperature. Recent observations have shown that since 1950 there has been a decrease of 20% in the flow of cold water in the Faeroe Bank channel between Greenland and Scotland. This is one source of cold dense water that drives the density-based component of the gulf stream. There may be an increase in flow from other cold water sources, but, if not, it could be the start of the slow down of the gulf stream. Once the gulf stream fails the temperature will begin to drop severely.

Once the temperature drops sufficiently we will officially be in an 'ice age.' The length of this ice age is not known for certain but it may last a couple of years or for several hundred years. Life will become very difficult for the human race and the standard of living we are used to in the west will be significantly altered... and not for the better.

[Don't be confused by the 'ozone layer' answer below. There is no link between the "Hole in the Ozone Layer" (as caused by chlorofluorocarbons) and the "Greenhouse Effect" (as caused primarily by carbon dioxide emissions).]

Answer 3

I live in Southwest Virginia and Im 23. When I was a child, I remember having big deep snows quite a bit in the winter. The last big snow was when I was 14. Now, it snows maybe an inch or two and melts in no time. I think that is due to Global Warming.

Answer 4

I was talking to some Inuit people the other day. They were mentioning that the perma frost that they build their houses on is melting. Soon, they will be needing to move much farther South. But obviously this would majorly alter their lives and livelihood.
They blame this on global warming.

Answer 5

how do fossil fuels impact global warming?

All fossil fuels exhaust gasses and these gasses deplete our ozone layer...this protective layer between us and space. The ozone layer filters the suns radiation on us. The holes created by gasses allow the suns radiation to burn and expose heat to the ice up north (polar-caps) and to our skin...the planet is warming more than before. Our fears are skin cancer, flooding or cooling water causing current changes and weather disasters. I hope this helps.

Answer 6

well where I live we now have a constant freeze/thaw all through winter which destroys our roads faster, we get less snow and it stays icy longer in the year. In the summer, we have a couple of mild, chilly months and one month where the weather is all over the board but there are some really hot days followed by some really cold ones.

Answer 7

We get hurricanes like Katrina more and more frequently.

It costs more to air condition our homes due to the difference in the temperature outside and the temperature we want our home to be.

Coastal areas will be flooded due to sea levels rising because of melting ice lands like Antarctica.

If you want complete info, go to the movies and watch "An Inconvienent Truth"

Answer 8

Global warming.. lemme put it this way...slow poison for earth...
and i hope you agree that earth affects us!!

Answer 9

There's a global warning?? no body informed me:(

Answer 10

It makes the winter in Illinois better