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Not necessarily. Some areas will experience severe flooding from time to time, but other areas will suffer more prolonged droughts. Excessive flooding is unlikely to result in productive storage of water.
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Will there be any changes to sea water temperature and salinity due to global warming?
Yes, sea water temperatures are already rising because of global warming. Warming water expands, so this is raising the sea levels. Melting glaciers and ice caps are also adding fresh water to the oceans, again raising sea levels. So global warming is going raise sea temperatures and make the seas less salty.
What percent of salt water is frozen?
Of the 2% fresh water in our world, around 90% is frozen but I guess more and more are in liquid form now due to global warming
How is global warming affecting human health?
Because of the unpredictable weather caused by the global warming .. our body needs a rapid development for us to be protected from diseases like Flu , cough and sneezing. It also affects the respiratory system because of different particles present in the air like small dusts , chemicals from spray nets , cars , pesticides and insecticides that also contributes CFC to the air. CFC is a hazardous chemical which destroy the protective layer or the ozone layer. ~ Places dependent on glacial ice melt for fresh water supplies may suffer as those glaciers disappear. Many areas of the world are expected to suffer ever great droughts, like those striking the US the summer of 2012. ~ As earth warms, tropical diseases are expected to spread to more northern and southern latitudes. Pests like "africanized" bees would be expected to increase their range. One major cause of health issues in humans is heat stroke. Because of the warming temperatures, people (ages 35+) have had a increase of deaths due to heat strokes. A bunch of other people have died because of fires caused by global warming in drier areas. ------------- Yes, global warming does have a negative impact on human health. This weather causes massive amounts of disease that are spread through mutated insects to humans. It also causes more social and political problems that often are found to lead to wars among nations. Economic and agricultural problems occur when vegetation does not have adequate conditions for growth.
What plants grow in a ravine?
No, but if nursing woman eat fresh dandelion leafs (as a salad) that will increase amount of the milk and breast will appear larger for short period of time.
Explain why global warming and the melting of North American glaciers produced an ice age in Europe?
This question is not entirely correct. It was the collecting of large expanses of fresh water from melting ice, which was held back by thicker ice until it catastrophically broke through and entered the North Atlantic Ocean in one mass, causing the warmer sea currents from the south to be diverted. This cooled northern Europe to produce a mini-glaciation, not an ice age. Gradual warming would not have the same effect as there would be no large bodies of fresh water to add to the ocean.
What decreases when fossil fuels are used?
Oxygen levels in the atmosphere.The amount of clean fresh air.The human race's chances of surviving global warming.
What are some major global issues?
global warming, deforestation, urbanisation, land degradation, access to fresh water
Which is global warming a bigger threat than desertification?
Global Warming because if the earth gets to warm the icecaps will melt and then we would lose most of our fresh water supply.
Is Antarctica threatened by global warming?
The continent itself will not be affected by global warming. However, the ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent -- 90% of the earth's store of ice -- which holds 70% of the earth's fresh water, is threatened by global warming.
Will there be any changes to sea water temperature and salinity due to global warming?
Yes, sea water temperatures are already rising because of global warming. Warming water expands, so this is raising the sea levels. Melting glaciers and ice caps are also adding fresh water to the oceans, again raising sea levels. So global warming is going raise sea temperatures and make the seas less salty.
How do desalination plants contribute to global warming?
Desalination plants, turning sea water into fresh water, use a lot of energy. Most electricity is still produced by burning fossil fuels, which release carbon dioxide emissions. These extra emissions are causing global warming.
Does Antarctica have anything to do with Global Warming?
Scientists studying the health of planet earth -- the main work in Antarctica -- have documented the effects of global warming on the ice in Antarctica. The ice covers 98% of the continent, contains about 70% of the earth's fresh water and about 90% of the earth's store of permanent ice.
What is the percentage of ice on earth?
Ice on planet earth is slowly decreasing as the day goes by.. The ice caps have been decreasing ever since global warming started to increase at an estimate of 2-3 years ago... So this question can not be fully answered until global warming decreases so that the ice may increase and become more full..
Why do ichebergs float?
Because they are made up of fresh water, which is less dense than salt water. The global-warming problem is also effected by the ammount of fresh water introduced into the oceans by melting icebergs.
What is global warming and how is it affecting water around the world?
Global warming is the recent heating up of the atmosphere caused by human activity. It is affecting water by:melting glaciers and ice caps, which add fresh water into the oceans,extra carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air is absorbed by the oceans making them more acidic. This is damaging coral and shellfish.
Is there any role for saving water to prevent global warming?
No. Saving water usually will have no effect on global warming.Global warming is changing the climate. This will mean that some places will have less rain than usual. This happened anyway, even before global warming began. So saving water, that is, using less of it, will mean that there will be spare water in the dams, that will last longer.In some places, water is supplied from a desalination plant, turning salt water into fresh. This process uses a lot of energy, which may be produced by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). If this is the case, then saving water will help to slow global warming.
What challenges does Maldives face?
It is my belief that the Maldives are under threat from coral reef bleaching ,sea level rising,depletion of fresh water supplies and global warming.
