Give instances where you have experienced greenhouse effect?

Answer 1

I study climate and the greenhouse effect etc so I 'experience' it every day, that aside, here's some personal observations I've witnessed where I live (the UK) and where I visit...

This last winter was the warmest on record with almost no snowfall. The ski resorts I go to in Scotland were closed for much of the time due to lack of snow as they have been for much of the winter season these last few years.

I do a lot of ice climbing, snowboarding, skiing etc and in recent years the scope for this has been very limited. Where there should be large accumulations of snow there's been hardly anything. In the past snow would lie year round in some sheltered northern facing corries, this hasn't happened for many years now.

The winters have been much shorter and the summers considerably warmer. Last year there was a serious drought, the year before that record high temperatures were recorded, two years before there were heatwaves that killed a great many people (France was much worse hit).

I live out in the country and around here crops are being harvested earlier, the growing season has been extended, certain crops are now growning further north than previously occured, bird migration times and patterns have changed, butterflies, birds and insects are being seen in places they don't normally visit and are being seen earlier in the season, flowers are blooming earlier, trees are regaining their foiliage earlier.

I also take part in a lot of water sports and the seas and lakes have gradually been getting warmer, at sea there's added dangers from sharks, whales and jellyfish that are now found in waters they wouldn't normally visit and at times they wouldn't normally be seen.

Answer 2

I'm alive. The greenhouse effect is what keeps everyone alive. If it weren't for the greenhouse effect, average temperatures would be 50 degrees Fahrenheit colder and little plant or animal life would live.