David Goetze: How Six Degree Could Change The World

P.2 Some causes are melting and also some animals dying like polar bears. This could cause global warming. It also could cost most of the sea level to rise. And this could cause major flooding and crops and plants to die. Some places will be so flooded people will have to leave their houses.

The film demonstrates how the earth is being affected by global warming by the simple fact the temperature has risen more now than in the past 10,000 years. They have also found hard evidence that the warming is not only real, its accelerating. Droughts are increasing in the American Southwest, sea levels are rising in places like Louisiana and Bangladesh, tropical diseases are spreading north, and there is an increased frequency of extreme weather from Florida to France. The climate

Burning the forest release more carbine dioxide 5. Animals, people and plants must adapt to the climate change 6. Storms sometimes become more common and sever as the climate changes 7. Animals might have to find a new house are hibernate 8. People have to change the way they plant food 9.

Documented scientific evidence exists that earth is warming and that, in fact, it has warmed 1° Fahrenheit (0.56° Celsius) in the last decade, mostly due to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide caused by the burning of fossil fuels. While one degree may not seem all that significant the fact is that such an increase has had an impact on global sea levels due to the melting of Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland Ice. The Antarctic Larsen Ice Sheet has collapsed. Ironically the collapse of the Larsen Ice Shelf actually occurred after it had been written into the movie. Greenland 's ice sheet is predicted to melt if global temperatures rise by 5.4° Fahrenheit (3° Celsius), resulting in a sea level rise of 23 feet (7 meters).

The rise of sea levels are projected to increase warmer waters from one and a half to two degrees in Central North Pacific in 2050, 1.9 to 2.6 degrees in Northern Islands, and also two to five degrees in the Caribbean at the end of this century. This rise of temperature decreases the life of ecosystems in the ocean and resulting in less freshwater for

This book is helpful because it assists in spreading awareness about global warming. Scranton takes a scientific approach to global warming, presenting what will happen, and why, we as the human species, are unlikely to solve it. Scranton writes, “climatologists now predict [a rise] in global temperatures 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit

A predicted increase in global temperatures of 3 C is believed to cause a drastic affect in the quality of life for all things living. Areas that experience more precipitation would be more likely to experience droughts. Due to certain species only being able to evolve and reproduce, their extinction rates could increase because of the changing global temperatures. Probably more of the more interesting aspects are the fact that the sea level would become higher and result in an increase in strong and dangerous hurricanes.

Shifts in temperature and precipitation will be a shock to fragile ecosystems which depend on specific climatic conditions. Many species will be unable to adapt as fast as their environment changes and face sharply reduced numbers or extinction. Scientists estimate that a warming of just 2 degree will put as many as 30% of the world's species at risk of extinction. Plants and animals aren’t the only ones feeling the pressure of changing ecosystems. Many regions will face severe water shortages in a warmer world, creating the potential for conflict. It is believed that the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region is at least in part a response to water shortages resulting from global warming.

First, as I explained above, Earth's water systems will be thrown off balance, that would then alter natural habitats, which will then add various burdens on people and society. Climate change is also a major threat to agriculture; the price that climate change takes on agriculture is nearly infinite and unpredictable, and as a result, our food security is at risk. All over the globe, farmers are struggling to keep up with the constantly changing weather and increasingly unstable water supplies. Along with agricultural loss, warmer and polluted air affects our health and increases smog – a commonly known lung irritant and a main cause of asthma attacks. Severe summer heat will also mean more deaths during heat waves. Infrastructure and transportation are also at risk; because intense weather damages: infrastructure, puts heavy burdens on electrical supplies, and disrupts how we travel and commute.

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.

Their prediction tells continuing of current trend in ocean levels and glacier and ice sheets levels. With the loss of glaciers, various regions could face water supply issues. This is set to result in civil conflicts over limited supplies. And while some regions face drought, other regions are set to have increase waterfall which may cause increased flooding. In addition, animals and plants unable to adapt to the rapidly changing climate are set to go extinct. The impacts of climate change are numerous and some of which will severely affect the future of the planet.

According to scientific research, the average temperature of the earth has risen by between ten and twenty degrees Celsius (M.L. Weitzman, 2008). These high temperatures could well be described as a ‘recipe for disaster’, and could produce results that would be catastrophic on a global scale. What is more alarming however, is that there is already a lot of evidence of predicted results of climate change, for instance, in Australia especially, severe draughts have been common in farming areas in the last few decades, there has been an increase of intense and extreme weather events, for example floods, flash floods, tsunamis, earthquakes and tornados, almost all of the natural disasters listed have occurred for ‘unknown’ reasons in the past few years. Rises in sea water level and temperature due to higher acid levels caused by global warming, threaten the existence of species and in some areas, entire eco-systems resulting in the loss of natural biodiversity. ‘Climate change is pushing the world to the verge of environmental and economic collapse, whether global deniers want to believe it or not’ (N. Klein, 2011).

The results of uneven weather patterns are already visible around the globe. Higher the global warming, higher will the rainfall due to increased precipitation. Animals may move around to other places and plants will die because they cannot to easily adapt to higher rainfall leading to imbalance in the ecosystem.

A biogeophraphic consequence would be mass extinction from the change in wind, weather, and seas and from the movement of continents. Also marine basins being destroyed as well as climates dramatically changing which in turn would affect species and the environment.

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