Burning In Antarctica

The global mean surface temperature is projected to increase by around 0.3 to 4.8 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial values by the end of the 21th century. Therefore, if we continue to not check the anthropogenic emissions, the increase may be around 8 to 10 degrees Celsius, which is incredibly damaging to various ecosystems internationally. It is difficult to determine the possible aftereffects of the ice sheets melting because the equilibrium-response timescales of them is longer than both the atmosphere and ocean. The ice-sheet/ice-shelf model shows that if the atmospheric warming increases 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above the present temperatures, the Antarctic ice shelves will collapse and trigger a centennial scale response –a never-ending

Saffron O’Neill is one of many who support this argument, in an interview she stated that the earth is so much different from what is was three hundred years ago, over that time we’ve had the Indusial Revolution where we’ve produced an enormous amount of fossil fuels and in present tents we relay in these fuels to heat our homes and our technology knowledge range has expanded which also can be the cause to this climate change. 3 quarters of the energy used in Australia comes from fossil fuels, all the appliances we take advantage of such as; lights, toasters, cars, and heaters. All use a source of fossil fuel to run, which when burn is turned into carbon dioxide. Developing countries are slowly adapting to this new way of life, as an example instead of using a bike they have switch to cars. Slowly the world is all relaying on these fuels for survival. When fossil fuels are burned they produce carbon dioxide (CO2), the human race is producing an extensive amount of CO2, over 7 gig tons per year. CO2 are one of the greenhouse gases that are found in the atmosphere naturally. Many scientists believe that this excessive amount of carbon dioxide caused by humans burning fossil fuels, which is making our insulating blanket too effective. This means less energy escapes back into space instead the energy heats up the

Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and most inhospitable continent on Earth. Yet it is yields some 90 percent of the Earth most precious natural resource: water. But behind this pristine exterior, Antarctica is fighting a losing battle. New data suggests that the continent as a whole is warming at an alarming rate. According to recent studies gathered from Nature Magazine, the western half of the continent is warming five times faster than any other place

Researchers predict that Antarctic’s ice will melt faster if we continue to burn fossil fuels at the rates we are currently. If we burn all the deposits of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, it would raise atmospheric temperatures, causing Antarctica’s ice to melt much quicker. To this day, scientists have found that half of the melting could happen in about a thousand years. Furthermore, besides Antarctica, the rest of Earth’s land, ice could melt as well, causing the sea to possibly rise 200 feet. As a result, it could put many countries and cities under water.

Scientists have given numerous warnings that human-caused, or anthropogenic, climate change is not only occurring now, but accelerating more quickly than predicted (Maibach, Myers, and Leiserowitz 295). Global warming contributes to climate change as a result of the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (“Global Warming”). The level of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere has increased significantly over the years. Patterns of warming are sufficient to conclude that this increase has coincided with the start of the Industrial Revolution (“Global Warming”). By analyzing carbon dioxide pockets that have been trapped in Antarctic ice, scientists can assuredly confirm the correlation between recent warming

Climate change is affecting humans every day, and yet most of us have found that every region of the globe is affected in some way or another. For us here in San Diego, California, in the Western Hemisphere, on the west coast, United States, North America, that impact is felt mostly with rising sea temperatures and rising sea levels. There are noticeable predictions that by 2050, rising sea levels here will rise as stated: “"At least a 16 inch sea level rise is expected in San Diego, Ca by 2050, with a projected rise of 50% by the turn of the century."

“Burning all deposits of coal, oil, and natural gas would raise the temperature enough to melt the entire ice sheet covering Antartica.” According to scientists, this melting could occur in the next a thousand years. This melting would cause the ocean waters to increase rapidly and would cause a huge world phenomenon.

Decades of research suggest that sea-levels are rising, and will continue to rise as a result of climate change. This rise will have the most immediate and significant impact on

Rising temperatures are causing melting glaciers, which cause rising oceans. Rising oceans will envelop entire coastal cities, killing or displacing millions of people. Our food sources will dwindle; entire species of animals will become extinct as we destroy their homes to rebuild; and as our population skyrockets, an unimaginable number of humans will be left homeless, starving, and sick.

Since sea level change in a large part is caused by global warming. So in order to prevent the temperature goes higher, the simplest solution is reducing emissions of four specific pollutants—methane, tropospheric ozone, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon. In this way, we could possibly prevent the rate of sea level rise by approximately 25 to 50 percent. Burning fossil fuels is especially popular in developing countries and if we use less of them, it would contribute a lot to the sea level protection. If people are able to do all of this, it means less cutting back on motor vehicle exhaust, industrial emissions and chemical solvents, including windshield washer fluid, creating fewer CFCs and cutting back on anything that creates smoke or soot.(Takepart)

Global warming is not fiction. Scientists have found new and dramatic evidence of what’s happening to our world, and the impact is already being felt; it’s time for the non-believers to begin believing. The extreme weather we’ve all suffered through, all across the world should be a default red flag in your mind letting you know climate change is occurring. People put forth climate change as if it was something new although the science demonstrating man-made climate change is quite old, presented, and well established. For the past 150 years, scientists have been aware that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse-gas. In the 1800s, Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish chemist, performed the first calculations of what would happen in a hypothetical scenario where

Climate change, specifically in reference to C02 Emissions released by human use of fossil fuels and their consequential effects on the environment, is perhaps one of the most pressing issues we, not just as Americans, but as human beings face in our lifetimes. Though it may sound like a sensationalist statement the facts are hard to deny. In May of 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

at a much faster rate. When the Antarctic ice sheets melts, sea levels will most definitely rise

Many of these people are in developing countries that are ill equipped to deal with the problem (monaghan). When the water levels rise, all of these people will be forced to relocate as their whole cities, towns, and homes go underwater due to climate change in Antarctica. In places like Florida, Bangladesh, and other low-lying areas, even modest increases in sea levels—the kind possible before the beginning of the next century—would have dire, civilization-changing consequences (monaghan). According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), sea levels have been rising about three millimeters per year since 1993 – totaling a 200 millimeter increase (7.87 inches) in global averaged sea level since 1870. This is a threat to many lives all over the world and is fast approaching us. Glaciers also contain billions of gallons of freshwater, meaning a rapid melt could mess with the salinity of the ocean. Since our salty ocean absorbs much of the carbon dioxide we pump into the air, that’s not the best scenario for global warming (Atkin). Global warming will continue to get worse if we do not change our ways now.

Last but not least, global warming has caused the polar ice caps to melt. The melting of the polar ice caps will cause the sea levels to rise all over the world. If the sea levels rise just a metre