What will happen if you don't do something now about global warming?

Answer 1

HELP MOTHER EARTH FROM SINKINGif people don't do something about the global warming or as some people say green house effects the earth would sink because 75% of earth is water and 25% is land adding the melting of Antarctica 100% of earth would be water and ofcoars we can't live underwater. to stop the globalwarming we should not burn chemical like plastics and more. thank you =)

answered by:

Zeina Mohammed Korayem

12 years

Answer 2

If we do not fix Global Warming our planet will fall into chaos. I watched a documentary and learned that if we don't stop it there will be:

-flooding of low land islands and coastal cities

-hurricanes

-bush or forest turning to dessert

-plagues such as malaria because of higher number of pests

-mabye even the next ice age

Answer 3

Global warming has been identified as a major issue for the global community. More properly this is called "Global Climate Change" as some areas may be warmer, some cooler, some wetter, some drier...

Background:

The contention of the larger number of climatologists is that human activities since the industrial revolution have increased the content of CO2, methane and other gases in the atmosphere that trap solar heat. At the same time human activities have reduced the forest cover that had traditionally absorbed these same materials. They state that an increasing level of these atmospheric constituents has lead to a chain of chemical and physical changes that have increased the world's average temperature.

Observations of atmospheric gas composition, average sea water temperatures, atmospheric temperatures etc. confirm the trends and support the proposition.

Potential Impacts: 1. The sea levels may rise. Technically this may be caused by melting ice from the polar ice caps or an increase in sea height as the less dense water is less compressed. Low lying land like many Pacific Islands and Miami will be under water. 2. Serious climate changes may result from diverted ocean currents. As an example, the Gulf Stream keeps Europe warm. If the Stream is not running Europe may be much cooler and drier. Crops may not grow. 3. Ecology changes on the land could include species of animals and plants extending their range to the polar regions. Local flora and fauna may become extinct. A good example is the spread of Africanized bees and Fire Ants. Sea life may also be impacted both through the introduction of competitive species presently kept in other areas by water temperature changes, and by failure to adapt to less saline water. 4. Human society may be disrupted if changes in rainfall and temperature cause crop failure. Famine refugees may require significant humanitarian attention by the "lucky" nations.

Conflicting opinions? Yes indeed, some people don't agree! However, the problem breaks down into two potential scenarios. Either there is a basis for fear about climate change, or, there isn't. If Climate Change isn't real and we do nothing - good! Except of course many of the problems that science has identified and blamed as causing Climate Change are just plain wastes of resources, and inefficient and uneconomical practices that should be addressed anyway. A polluted, climatically steady world with no fish and no oil will be no fun at all.

If Climate Change is not real and we do all the things that we should - reduce emissions, cut fuel use, re-establish forests - we're out money (maybe) but in general the world is a better and more sustainable place. If Climate Change is real and we do nothing - we are dead or at least very miserable.

If Climate Change is real and we work to correct all our bad habits we might still be in trouble ... if it's too little and too late, but we'll go down fighting. If we succeed we live.

An afterthought:

Comments about similar quetions have stated stated:

* it isn't real/ it is made up/ a figment of our imagination. * There are no facts. The fact is we know nothing about it. Whether we are causing it or it is a phase the world goes through. It is just a theory. It will never be a fact. If these writers are right ... Wahoo!

However, no case in the summary of potential future scenarios which is based on us sitting around doing nothing at all has a cheery outcome.

Answer 4

The earth will warm by several degrees. Even 3 or 4 degrees will mean huge areas of desert where there is now fertile land. Millions of climate refugees moving to cooler countries and fighting for water. Not a good prospect.

Answer 5

Nobody actually knows, though there are lots of theories. Some of the more reasonable include things like a rise in sea level and large-scale climate change. (This does not necessarily mean that any particular spot will become warmer; some models actually predict that certain regions, such as the British islands, will actually get colder as a result of a modest rise in average global temperatures.)

Answer 6

• The temperature will get hotter and hotter until eventually it peaks and we go into a mini ice-age.(They say it will probably last from 75 to 100 years)
• Sea levels will rise and low lying countries will be flooded.
• Glaciers that feed the great Asian rivers will melt and the rivers will dry up. This will cause untold hardship to millions of people.
• Some countries will be struck by famine and desertification. There is famine already in parts of Africa. Millions of people could die.
• Animal and bird species that can not adapt will become extinct.

Answer 7

ice bergs will melt and the oceans, rivers, and streams could overflow

Answer 8

There could be extreme negative consequences on our environment if we do not take steps to prevent evironmental destruction.

Answer 9

We all die