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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. 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. 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 ...

Effects of Global Warming on Animals

It is believed that one-third of the animal species present on the planet today will become extinct by 2050 as a result of global warming and climate change. The list of extinct animals in the last 100 years validates this fact pretty well. Given below is a list of ten most gruesome global warming effects on animals across the world. Melting polar ice will result in habitat destruction for polar animals such as the polar bears, Arctic fox, penguins etc. In fact, the effects of global warming on polar bears have already started to show with a significant fall in population of this species in their natural habitat. Rise in the temperature of ocean water will destroy the coral reefs, thus resulting in destruction of the marine ecosystem which is dependent on the coral reefs to a great extent. Rise in sea level will also affect the salinity of water, and this will hamper the growth of mangroves - which support a significant amount of biodiversity on the planet. Changes in sea...

Effects of Global Warming on Plants

There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that global warming will affect terrestrial as well as marine plants. The endangered plants list is already quite lengthy and several other species are expected to join it if global warming continues unabated. Given below are ten most gruesome global warming effects on plants. Global warming will result in more wildfires, thus resulting in depletion of already dwindling forest cover across the world. The growing season for various species of plants has been altered over the last few years, and this is going to worsen with time. As a result of lack of favorable condition the ability of reproduction of several plant species will be affected, which will limit the number of these plants and eventually result in their extinction. Plant migration is yet another obvious global warming effect on Earth. Several plant species are migrating to regions with cold climate - towards the temperate region and high altitudes, wherein conditions s...