Effects of Global Warming on Humans

Even though we humans have altered the nature to a significant extent as per our needs, the fact is that we are still dependent on its various attributes - including plants and animals, for our basic requirements. That being said the impact of global warming on nature is bound to result in adverse effects on our life. According to the World Health Organization estimates 150,000 people die every year as a result of various issues related to global warming. 
 Given below is a list of top ten global warming problems which we are likely to face in near future.

1. Extreme weather with frequent floods and droughts will not just affect plants but also affect us. There have been numerous instances of untimely rains, floods and droughts in various parts of the world over the last few years.
2. Global warming will melt all the glaciers - which are our stores of freshwater, thus leaving us devoid of water to drink. These glaciers are melting at an alarming rate and once they are exhausted we will be left devoid of water to drink.
3. On one hand global warming will exhaust freshwater stores, and on the other the hazards associated with it will exhaust our food stores as a number of plants and animal species will go extinct.
4. Melting glaciers will fill water bodies - including the oceans of the world. This along with the fact that water expands when heated will cause the sea level to rise and encroach on land.
5. Rising sea levels will result in submerging of low lying coastal areas and tiny islands in the ocean. The phenomenon has already started and Maldives Islands sinking is the best example of the same.
6. While melting glaciers will trigger flash floods at high altitudes, warm ocean water will result in increase in number of hurricanes - these natural disasters will rip apart the human settlements in their vicinity.
7. Warm climate will provide nourishing conditions for disease spreading insects owing to which we will become more vulnerable to diseases such as Malaria and Dengue.
8. Extreme temperatures would also give rise to heat waves, thus killing millions of people across the world - especially in tropical regions.
9. Global warming will result in drying up of rivers across the world. Taking into consideration the fact that we are dependent on these rivers for several aspects of our lives - including power generation, transportation, fishing, etc., we are bound to suffer big time if they dry up.
10. Global warming will also result in economic problems for mankind as various sectors on which we are dependent - most important being the agriculture sector, will suffer a great deal of damage as a result of global climate change.