How Global Warming Affect Penguins

All over the world there is a subject that has an effect on us all, and that subject has come to be known as climate change, or more commonly global warming. Climate change has a huge impact on Sea Turtles and their nesting grounds. Specifically referring to the Sea Turtle’s ability to reproduce. Especially within the last ten to fifteen years.

Many animals around the world are severely affected by climate change. Climate change is the rise in average temperatures on Earth’s surface. When humans interact with fossil fuels, which are coal, natural gases, and oil, they release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere and can have a great effect on climate change. These changes include rising sea levels, landscapes being more prone to wildfires, and the pollen season length getting longer. Although these may be important, I think that the most important cause of climate change is how severely animals are affected by this. Animals like polar bears, snow leopards, and the Orang-utan struggle to survive everyday in result of climate

I believe climate change is becoming a more serious issue as the year’s progress. As we all know the summers are getting hotter and the winters seem to not end fast enough. One reason I believe plays a big part in the changes is the big hand that humans have on the Earth. Every year, there are tons of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. This CO2 comes from a number of things such as: fossil fuels like coal or oil, energy generation, transport, and households. Climate change is affecting so many people and the nature all over the world. There are several little things that can be done by every person to make a big difference in the long run. For starters, let’s avoid CO2 emissions by stopping the air plane costs of sending businessmen to meet in person with video conferencing instead, and improve energy efficiency. Other solutions can be as simple as stopping forest loss and replacing high-carbon coal with low-carbon gas. Limiting climate change can be done, but it is up to the community to make it happen.

The Chelonia mydas can grow up to a maximum length of 4 feet and weigh up to 440 pounds (ecos.fws.gov, 2016). The green turtle can be found in Mesoamerican Reef, Coastal East Africa, Coral Triangle, the Galapagos, and the Gulf of California (worldwildlifefund.org, 2016). These areas are resting and nesting areas that are primarily located in shallow water, lagoons, and bays with nearby seagrass (ecos.fws.gov, 2016). In the last decade the habitats of the Chelonia mydas have been negatively effect in regards of the primary food source having been heavily reduced by climate change. A study conducted from 2000 to 2013 observed the before and effects of an extreme heat wave on an ecosystem on the West coast of Australia (Thomson et al., 2015). The study reported a 90% dieback of seagrass also resulting in habitat degradation and the steady decline of Chelonia mydas health with only 6 percent fell in the highest health category (Thomson et al.

The Ted Talk video “Pay Attention to Penguins” shows one example of a change that can affect populations. Global warming affected the penguin’s ecosystem by melting the ice caps and killing the penguins. Global warming caused by humans has several negative impacts such as melting ice caps, reducing land used for breeding, and decreasing food supplies for penguins. The melted ice caps will raise sea level which will make no land for mating and laying eggs. The food levels will diminish like squid, krill and fish which will affect the survival of the penguins. Another way to interpret the change is that

Another threat to species around the world is pollution in the atmosphere. Know as air pollution. Air pollution, global warming, is blamed for the greenhouse gasses created by humans that have been gathering up in the atmosphere. This is a problem as it is causing climate change which is the blame for rising sea levels, change in streamflow, and invasive species. The biggest problem is invasive species. How climate change supports the problem of invasive species is since the Earth's atmospheric temperature is getting warmer, it cause species to move closer to the pole to escape the heat (EPA). Scientists have been monitoring global warming as the oceans have been getting warmer since 1970 (AJ+). An example of invasive species due to climate change are fish, zooplankton, and seabirds in the northeast Atlantic have been moving closer to the poles to escape the heat. Also in the Mediterranean Sea, some species have died on mass while other warm water species

The oceans have been recorded to be rising in surface temperature, which in turn is causing fish to migrate to colder oceans near the poles; this disruption fisheries and other animals who prey on fish. The rise in temperature also can control currents, which caused a 40% increase in tropical storms since the 1950’s. The rise in temperature in our atmosphere has also caused for the melting of the ice caps, which has raised the sea levels almost 6.7 inches in the last century, with some locations on the eastern parts of Canada reading increases as high as 8 inches. These readings are more than double what they were in the previous century. The acidity of oceans is also increasing due to the increase of CO2 in the air. This is doing many things to different ecosystems such as coral reefs. The Great Coral Reef in Australia has lost half of its’ coral over the last 27 years alone. The rise in temperature and carbon dioxide causes the coral to bleach, which makes it weak and allows it to be destroyed very easily by any storms, or other predators. The rise in carbon emissions not only affects land life, but is also destroying our oceans as

As climate continues to change over decades, we are continuously seeing more and more of its damaging affects to our wildlife population. Pollution, climate change, and human destruction has led to drastic changes in the life of animals that live in the ocean and near coastal areas. The peer-reviewed journal Pollution, habitat loss, fishing and climate change as critical threats to penguins illustrates the damages of climate change and pollution to the lives of Penguins. In 2013, 11 species of penguins were reported as threatened in terms of extinction, whereas, in 1996 only five species were reported as threatened. What is causing this major increase?

Some effects of climate change are already being seen in the world today. For example, Davenport said “$250,000 each time to repair Strickland's damaged building, replace his furniture, and truck in an arsenal of fans and dehumidifiers to dry everything out (1).” This is the cost of replacement whenever his house was flooded from rising sea level. Regarding sea level, he also said east coast oceans will rise 3 to 4 times faster than the global average (Davenport 1). Leading to some important cities to eventually be underwater. Large amounts of carbon dioxide are also being absorbed into the oceans, killing marine wildlife, specifically saying “Over the past decade, so much carbon dioxide has been pumped into the atmosphere that the oceans' carbon levels have shot up.” Davenport also said “We've crossed a line. In 20 or 30 years, there won't be any water in the Northwest where we can grow oysters (1).” Growing oysters are a source of food and income, and with the large impact that these companies have, who knows what animal is next.

The climate change has caused not only waters to raise in temperature, but also in the sea level; this is having a major negative effect on sea turtles. When the female sea turtles lay their eggs and bury them in the sand, the rising waters make the eggs’ nest a dangerous place to be, resulting in even lower amounts of turtles hatched. Also, the rising temperatures effects the natural eggs’ incubation temperature of 34°C higher, which effects the sex of the turtle. Loggerhead turtles in Florida are ninety percent female due to this factor. If the temperature continues to rise, there may be no males left at all.

A rising issue throughout the world is global warming and its effects, specifically on the sea turtles. One of the foremost difficulties for sea turtles is the melting of glaciers which generate the rising of the sea level. Furthermore, the sea level rising causes, flooding in the nesting ranges for their newborns and they can't discovery the correct location. In addition, baby sea turtles become too distant from the ocean and are attacked by predators. Also, hotter sand from increasing temperatures results in decreased hatching rates or complete nest failure (Elizabeth, n, d). Nevertheless, an additional issue has occurred is the deficiency of males because the cooler, portion of the nest will become males, but because of temperature rising

Global warming has influenced the ocean more than anything else has in the world. The two largest changes happening in the ocean are the rising water levels and the rising temperature. Both of these factors have arrived because of an increase in greenhouse gases and an overall rise in temperature across the globe. The most common greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, comes mainly from the exhaust of cars and trucks. Our actions are affecting the oceans and seas more than ever before.

This threatens coral ecosystems, mussels, clams, and dozens of other species just on the ocean acidification side by weakening their protective barriers and altering the pH of the water. Polar bears, sea turtles, right whales, African elephants, and frogs are just some of the few animals being driven to extinction right now because of climate change. Obviously, these species are not dying off for no reason: the big bad guy is the results of rising levels of c02 due to human’s mass consumption of it for transportation, electricity, and industry. And scientists agree – “99 percent of currently threatened species are at risk from human activities,” says the Center for Biological Diversity, adding that global warming is one of the three main abusers. Ocean acidification is global warming’s “equally evil twin”, as Elizabeth Kolbert writes in her novel The Sixth Extinction. Clearly, human’s c02 waste is causing environmental issues that threaten and eventually extinguish plant and animal

     Global warming is also affecting the animals that live in our marine environments. These marine mammals are accustomed to living in specific temperatures. They cannot survive in the water if the temperature of the water changes dramatically. Thus, certain animals die as a result of the increase in temperature of the oceans. Also, it is very difficult to receive data from something as large and profound as our oceans. The various techniques that scientists use to receive data are not exactly quiet experiments. The tools used to take ocean data are actually loud machines that are put into the ocean. One might think that these loud machines would have no affect on animals because it is very difficult to hear things under

In order for us to help the wildlife during global warming we need to decrease the amount of pollution we put in the air. We can do this by reducing the amount of energy we use and how many times we use our vehicles in a day. We could also stop littering and start recycling. Land development is also a cause. All of these ways can lead to deterioration of certain species’ habitats. This is a serious problem and i want to persuade and and inform you what we can do to stop it and how it is affecting everyday life lives all the way to to the littlest things to the biggest thing. Global warming is growing at a faster and faster rate. Society thinks global warming is not a big deal and is okay with it. Nobody should be okay with this. Global warming is a horrible way of how we treat yourself, our planet, and the animals.