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Climate Change

Climate change is causing global warming that is melting glaciers and ice caps, fueling stronger storms and rising sea levels. Melting glaciers are increasing sea levels and causing worse coastal floods. Torrential rains and stronger hurricanes are expected due to a warmer atmosphere holding more water. The global sea level has risen 8 inches in the last century and is projected to rise even faster, flooding coastal cities. Despite some regional downpours, widespread droughts and heat waves will become normal. Entire ecosystems are also shifting as temperatures rise, affecting agriculture, fishing and causing some ecological transformations.

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Climate Change

Climate change is causing global warming that is melting glaciers and ice caps, fueling stronger storms and rising sea levels. Melting glaciers are increasing sea levels and causing worse coastal floods. Torrential rains and stronger hurricanes are expected due to a warmer atmosphere holding more water. The global sea level has risen 8 inches in the last century and is projected to rise even faster, flooding coastal cities. Despite some regional downpours, widespread droughts and heat waves will become normal. Entire ecosystems are also shifting as temperatures rise, affecting agriculture, fishing and causing some ecological transformations.

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Climate Change

What is climate change? It is the change in global climate, global climate refers to the
connection of our planet to the sun. Of course the change of climate isn’t something new it’s been
happening since time began but, the change we have now is drastic, the ice from the poles is starting to
melt and forests are burning all because our planet’s temperature is rising. Biomes aren’t the only ones
affected, living things is also affected. Here are some of the impacts of climate change.

Melting Glaciers are one of the most popular evidences of climate change. Mountains of ice that froze
over the course of thousands even millions of years are melting in less than a century. The impact this
gives is the rising sea levels which leads to worse floods.

Torrential rains and more strong storms are expected. While the particular conditions that cause rain
will not change, climate change will have an impact on the amount of water in the atmosphere, resulting
in more severe downpours rather than steady showers when it does rain. The power of hurricanes and
typhoons will grow, and flooding will become more common. Anyone who has tried to acquire storm
and flood insurance in the United States in the last several years knows that the insurance business is
persuaded that climate change is raising sea levels and increasing the number of significant storms and
floods.

Rising sea levels are a result of climate change. The global average sea level has risen around 8 inches
(20 cm) in the last 100 years, and climate experts estimate it to rise even faster in the next 100 years as
a result of climate change. Coastal cities such as New York are already experiencing an increase in
flooding events, and many of these cities may need seawalls to survive by 2050. Sea levels are
anticipated to rise 1 to 4 feet (30 to 100 cm) in numerous small Pacific island states (Vanatu), well-
known beach resorts (Hilton Head), and coastal cities, according to estimates (Bangkok, Boston). Sea
levels could rise if the Greenland ice cap and/or the Antarctic ice shelf collapse.

Despite downpours in some regions, droughts and protracted heat waves will become widespread.
Rising temperatures are unsurprising, but it does not rule out the possibility of record-breaking cold and
devastating winter storms in some regions of the planet. (Single snowballs and snowstorms do not
disprove climate change; heating disrupts the entire global weather system and can shift both cold and
hot upper air currents.) However, hot, dry locales will become hotter and drier, while temperate areas
with frequent rainfall will become much hotter and drier. The recent streak of record high temperature
years and record number of global droughts will become the rule, not the exception, as they have
appeared.

Entire ecosystems will shift as the earth heats. Rising equator temperatures have forced staple crops like
rice north into previously cooler areas, and many fish species have travelled considerable distances to
stay in seas that are the right temperature for them. This may enhance fisherman's catches in previously
cooler regions; in warmer waters, it may eliminate fishing; and in many places, such as the US East
Coast, it may force fishermen to travel further to reach fishing grounds. Farmers in temperate zones are
finding it difficult to cultivate crops like corn and wheat amid drier conditions, and once-prime growing
zones are now threatened. Some places may see a full ecological transformation. Climate change is
affecting California and the East Coast, for example.

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