how can global warming kill us?

Question

Yes global warming is bad but exactly how is it going to kill us?

Answer 1

If by "us" you mean every single human then that is quite unlikely, if you mean "some of us" then there are a number of possibilities:-
+ increased severe weather phenomena such as storms, lightning strikes or floods
+ flooding caused by raised sea levels from melting polar ice caps
+ heatwaves already kill many people each year; increased temperatures will kill many more, particularly the elderly and the very young
+ droughts causing crop failures leading to starvation or conflict between nations over water supplies
+ some believe that global warming will melt Arctic ice and ultimately disrupt the Atlantic Conveyor system causing an Ice Age (as portayed in the film "The Day After Tomorrow")
+ all of the above will result in massive disruption of supplies of food, resources and land which may lead to wars

Answer 2

If you live in a rich country it won't kill you. But it will cost huge sums of money to relocate people and stuff away from the coasts, and change how we grow crops. So you'll be significantly poorer.

If you're in a poor country you run a risk of starving to death because of damage to agriculture.

There's no need to exaggerate the effects of global warming. Reality is bad enough.

Answer 3

gllobal warming, global cooling, whats the difference? they are all natural occurring phenomena that have gone on much longer than we've been on the earth. we have created artificial environments for ourselves that will be difficult to maintain if global conditions shift dramatically.

but lets not make ANY mistake- the Earth will do whatever it does, REGARDLESS of man's influence. we impact CO2 levels by less than 1% of all CO2 levels the Earth generates. so anything that we do or don't do won't impact things. Gore, like most humasn, just has an over-blown sense of importance.

Answer 4

Good question. First of all Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level. Secondly, at least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles. It is estimated that deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years -- to 300,000 people a year from the above effects and from global sea levels which could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide, in addition to droughts, heat waves, and wildfires. All of these conclusions were reported on and documented in Vice President Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth".

Answer 5

Because of the global warming, the ozon (o3) hole will be opened wider. Usually, the ozon will measure how much of the ultraviolet energy that have to come to the earth. But without Ozon, the ultraviolet can hardly be measured and it can be overcoming. The ultraviolet energy that come too over can kill us.

Answer 6

The global temperature will go up, causing some species of animals to die, thus messing up entirely the food chain and when the glaciers melt it'll cause coastal flooding everywhere, possibly killing millions upon millions.

Answer 7

Scientists insist that the CO2 level will rise to about 36%. That's more than enough to suffocate every oxygen breathiing animal on earth. So obviously, we won't be HERE long enough to pollute that much!
Other than that, it'll cause an ice age, reducing the available food production and starving billions to death, although it won't be a total extinction.

Answer 8

Overpopulation is the real problem here. It's going to be scary to see this world in 100 years when the Earth is so packed full of people and extremely hot with global warming.

Answer 9

Starvation and diseases, as warmer climes offer greater disease potentials, and we could simply be like the frog in the pot of water a fall asleep while cooking

Answer 10

This is your brain. This is your brains on drugs. Any questions?