Climate Change & Environmental Science

Global Warming

Most scientists agree that the world is actually experiencing increasing temperatures, and lots of believe that humans are enhancing this overall warming trend. The likely effects of worldwide warming won't be limited to at least one country or maybe one continent and can permeate almost every aspect of the environment and of life for all living things. Potential effects listed here are just a couple of these discussed within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2007 report. Raising sea levels are the foremost common concern, taking place with a thermal expansion of the oceans a result of water molecules expanding in warmer temperatures, increased precipitation, and the melting of mountain glaciers. Because all bodies of water have varying shapes and ocean water tends to “swell” differently counting on its starting temperature. In the 20th century alone, sea levels rose 0.17 meters predictions for subsequent century range anywhere from 0.18 to 0.59 meters.