What exactly are some short term effects, i know the long term ones but what about short term?
2007-03-03 04:23:05 · 3 answers · asked by maddy 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
what i mean by short term effects are the ones that are predicted by scientists, something that would come out of a science textbook, which i would happen not to have.
2007-03-03 04:47:37 · update #1
rise of tempereature by 3 degrees per year, polar ice caps melting, greenland melting, permafrost melting, more frequent hurricanes, typhoons, tornadooes, and other wind storms more draught in africa and asia, more greenhouse gases.
2007-03-03 04:33:09 · answer #1 · answered by crazydrummer347 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We don't know.
The local weather can't be accurately predicted more than a week in advance. We can't predict El Niño, which has more impact on global weather than 'global warming' ever will. And we definitely can't predict what will happen with the whole world's weather in the future, because we have no useful data of a similar event in the past.
Short term effects - wait and see.
But if I was to guess to at least give you a useful answer, which is all anyone can do - increased flooding of low-lying land, more calving of icebergs, and less snow in winter.
2007-03-03 04:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by Neilos 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what he said ;-)
2007-03-03 04:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by flautist 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋