well, as it gets warmer (because of global warming) icebergs are melting quicker than ever before. I mean, really fast. and guess what? ice is just frozen water. so when you unfreeze it--it becomes liquid again. So the more icebergs that melt because of the outrageous amount of CO2, the more water is released. and after a little while, all that water will start raising the sea level. and as the water gets higher, the land won't be able to keep up. Land doesn't even grow, it just builds up over the years....unless you count the things that are growing on it.
I am 75% sure about this. You might want to research it a bit more if you want to be 100%.
Heat is a form of energy. The warmer the atmosphere and oceans are, the more energy there is for driving storms. Big waves are associated with coastal flooding. Also, as Greenland glaciers and the south polar ice cap sloughs into the sea, the ocean levels will rise, also contributing to coastal flooding.
As earth's temperature increases, glacial ice recedes. This is not a particular big concern in most areas. The north polar cap is already over water, its melting would increase the ocean depth (through thermal expansion) only slightly. The big problems are the Antarctic and Greenland ice. 80% of earth's glacial ice is in Antarctica, and 20% is over Greenland. Melting the Greenland ice would raise earth's oceans 20 feet, flooding many coastal areas. Much of Florida is barely 20 feet above sea level, for example. Bangladesh is one low lying country that would suffer greatly with such a rise in sea level. Much of the agricultural lands in the Netherlands are actually below sea level, protected by long series of dikes. These would not likely survive storm surges.
Coastal areas and river deltas would be the areas most likely to flood from higher sea levels. However, precipitation patterns would also likely change, causing flooding in some areas unused to higher levels, and desertification in other areas. Climate change is a serious consequence of man's appetite for fossil carbon.
Greenhouse Effect
The greenhouse effect is the natural way that the Earth keeps warm. Too many extra greenhouse gases turn the greenhouse effect into an enhanced greenhouse effect. The enhanced, or accelerated, greenhouse effect is causing global warming.
The greenhouse effect is caused by greenhouse gases that absorb infrared rays and thereby keep the earth warmer than it otherwise would be. The greenhouse effect is important to life on earth. Without greenhouse gases, there would be global cooling and life as we know it would no longer be possible. With increased levels of greenhouse gases, there is global warming and undesirable climate change.
The greenhouse effect is the natural process by which greenhouse gases keep the earth's temperature at a comfortable level suitable for human existence. The enhanced greenhouse effect is the increase in greenhouse gases that is leading to global warming. The term "enhanced greenhouse effect" is also referred to as the "anthropogenic greenhouse effect" and is the idea that humans may have an effect on global climate. It is also referred to as the "runaway greenhouse effect".
greenhouse effect
The 'Greenhouse affect' is global. It affects everywhere and everyone.
It warms them.
it allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface!
an affect to die for
greenhouse effect
It affects them by photosynthesis.
A greenhouse effect traps heat that would otherwise escape out to space, so it keeps the planet warm.
Greenhouse effect is due to greenhouse gases. We have to stop their emission.
Venus is the hot planet with the runaway greenhouse effect. its oceans have boiled dry.
It helps make the 'Greenhouse Effect'.
The natural greenhouse effect (helped by carbon dioxide) keeps the earth warm. This is not harmful.The enhanced (or accelerated) greenhouse effect (from too much carbon dioxide) is causing global warming. This is harmful as it is causing climate change, meaning stronger storms, droughts and flooding.
It is because due to greenhouse effect global warning occurs. this global warming will increase the temperature of earth, melting the glaciers which can cause floods.