Global Warming by Wils

Environmental Effects

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:29:12 UTC

A rise in temperature has also been blamed for crazy weather patterns that are increasingly being recorded around the world, from hurricanes and tsunamis to wildfires.

Human Attribution

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:30:08 UTC

Through human activities including industrialization, deforestation and pollution, the atmospheric concentrations of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have increased, trapping more and more heat near Earth's surface

Primary Effects

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:30:44 UTC

Food and water shortages are already being experienced in the developing world, agriculture suffering from increased heat and water resources drying up

What's to Come

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:31:15 UTC

Over 1 million species are at risk of extinction because of disappearing habitat, changes in ecosystems and growing acidity in oceans

Say Goodbye to Baseball

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:33:59 UTC

The future of the ash tree—from which all baseball bats are made—is in danger of disappearing, thanks to a combination of killer beetles and global warming.

Say Goodbye to Christmas Trees

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:34:18 UTC

The Pine Bark Beetle, which feeds on and kills pine trees, used to be held in control by cold winter temperatures. Now the species is thriving and killing off entire forests in British Columbia, unchecked.

Say Goodbye to Fly Fishing

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:34:49 UTC

As water temperatures continue to rise, researchers say rainbow trout, "already at the southern limits” of their temperature ranges in the Appalachian mountains, could disappear there over the next century

Say Goodbye to Ski Vacationss

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:35:32 UTC

Slopes on the East Coast last year closed months ahead of time due to warmer weather, some losing as much as a third of their season

Say Goodbye to Salmon Dinners

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:36:28 UTC

Get ready for a lot more chicken dinners: Wild pacific salmon have already vanished from 40 percent of their traditional habitats in the Northwest and the NRDC warns warmer temperatures are going to erase 41 percent of their habitat by 2090

Say Goodbye to Meadows of Wildflowers

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:37:16 UTC

WScientists think global warming could wipe out a fifth of the wildflower species in the western United States. They’ll be replaced by dominant grasses

wils_D — 2014-12-17 16:39:14 UTC

Quiz

chasc — 2014-12-18 16:03:34 UTC

_______ Warming is bad.

_______ Caps are melting.

_______ Beetle kills Christmas trees.

_______ Pacific salmon are dyeing out.

_______ Slopes have shorter seasons.

_______ bats are made out of Ash wood.

_______ million species are at risk.

_______ fishing is not as good now.

_______ percent of habitat by 2090 will be gone.

_______flowers could lose 1/5 of their population.

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