How We Cause Global Warming -Part-2

June 13, 2009 by Daniel Ambrose

In my previous post how we cause global warming we touched on some irrefutable signs of the planet getting warmer. We specifically spoke about the melting ice caps and the serious effect it would have on worlds drinking water supply.

Here we want to mention some other serious results of the global warming we are causing. We spoke on the ice-caps in the previous post but we left out a serious side affect directly related to the melting ice caps and glaciers, besides the loss of drinking water, and that is flooding.

As the once magnificent glaciers melt, they start to break apart and fall into the sea. This creates dangerous obstacles for sea traffic and raises the sea level. But why is this so dangerous?

Because land is a premium considering the earth is mostly water, and this raising sea level encroaches upon this premium land. When you stop and think about it you start remembering that there are alot of cities, all around the world, that are already below sea level.

New Orleans is the first place most Americans will think of and that is just one of the many areas within the United States, but the problem does not just affect the U.S., there are many cities around the world.

To put things in their perspective you would need to know that if these glaciers continue to melt and fall off into the worlds oceans we would be forced to redraw the worlds maps.

Nearly one-third of Netherlands entire country is already below sea level and the flooding has already gotten to such a point that the government held competitions with architects to design floating homes. Sounds like street traffic is made up of boats.

High tide in Polynesia has become something to be feared, as it encroaches upon more and more land, and homes become swept away into the sea. Yet, the Polynesians resist moving away from their homes.

Sounds familiar to the Americans, especially the ones from New Orleans. No one wants to voluntarily leave their home behind. But unless we get in control of the global warming we are causing, this is likely to become a factor of life.

I will pause here for this post and I will take up from here in my next post How We Cause Global Warming -Part-3

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