GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS
- Rising Seas- inundation of fresh water marshlands (the everglades), low-lying cities, and islands with seawater.
- Increased likelihood of extreme events- such as flooding, hurricanes, etc.
- Melting glaciers - significant melting of old glaciers because of the continued increase in the earth’s near-surface temperature.
- Melting of the ice caps - loss of habitat near the poles. Polar bears are now thought to be greatly endangered by the shortening of their feeding season due to dwindling ice packs.
- Bleaching of Coral Reefs due to warming seas and acidification due to carbonic acid formation. One third of coral reefs now appear to have been severely damaged