Global Warming Page 9
Global warming is the climate change that is warming the earth. Some of the causes of global warming are CO2, greenhouse gases, fossil fuels, and methane from landfills and agriculture. There are people who believe that global warming is happening, also there are people that don't believe it is happening. Some effects are the melting of the ice caps, sea levels are rising, rain and snow are increasing, and hurricanes and other storms will become more powerful. These effects will most likely have an impact in the environment and our society. An example of this would be the La Palma Megatsunami. The megatsunami will be caused by one of the two volcanoes on the island. The clouds might move up higher. When the rain falls down it will soak into the ground. Then when one of the volcanoes erupts in the future it will eventually cause a landslide into the ocean, and the landslide will cause a megatsunami to occur. The megatsunami will take about 8 hours to go to the east coast of North America. This will kill millions of people. The cities along the coast like New York, Boston, and Miami will most likely be wiped of the map. Global warming is killing a lot of animals as well. Mainly at the ice caps. The ice caps are melting. If we don't do something about this millions of innocent animals will die. Hundreds of animal species will go extinct if we don't do something. CO2 - carbon dioxide is emitted by the burning of fossil fuels. La Palma is an island located east of Africa.
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