Global
warming has been a hot topic lately…
What does it
have to do with our glacier friends?
It’s true,
global warming has raised some concern for a few different reasons. The implications of a warmer planet are not
something to be taken lightly. Simply
put, global warming is causing glaciers to melt, and this melting is
doing some
damage. What damage? Well, sea
levels are rising, more
flooding is occurring, it is proposed that more infectious diseases
will be
contracted because of the spread of mosquitoes and other infected
organisms
that thrive in a warmer climates, droughts will increase in some places
because of
increased evaporation, more extreme weather will occur, and last but
not least, glaciers will continue to melt (EPA
website, 2004 and U.S. PIRG website, 2004). Melting glaciers are
definitely something to be concerned with because of the problems this
situation
is causing. The meltdown causes
significant rises in sea levels, affects those that depend on glaciers
for
drinking water and hydroelectric power, and is destroying habitats for
many
glacier living inhabitants (EPA website, 2004
and U.S. PIRG website, 2004).
Give me more
details about the harm that melting glaciers can cause!
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