Effects of Global Warming

     Now that I have looked over the causes of global warming I wanted to take a look at some of the consequences or effects of global warming on our environment and world.  First off, global warming is a context hazard because it is very chronic and arises from global environmental change.  The effects of global warming are sometimes sudden and you can see it actually happening around you, but other changes you will be able to see down the road but not right away. 
     One of the effects from global warming is the obvious, that the planet is litterally cooking itself in an oven that we created from Co2 pollution entering our atmosphere.  This causes worldwide melting of ice and glaciers that have been there for countless years which in turn will destroy certain species such as penguins.  With the glaciers and all the ice melting you will have a rise in ocean levels.  It is hard sometimes for people to see how pollution and sea levels rising but if you think about it.  Pollution is putting Co2 in our atmosphere which is in turn making the world a much hotter place; and followed by that you will have glaciers melting causing sea levels to rise.  Another effect of global warming is that certian insects are not dying of like they should, and when that happens you run the higher chance of diseases spreading or complete loss of certian types of plants that those insects feed off of.  Alot of people can see this effect right now when scientists talk about the increases in hurricane and storm strengths. 
     One of the biggest concerns that should be talked about alot more than the attention it is getting rigt now is the lack of fresh water that will be available for so many people when all of this ice continues to melt away.  These are very serious things that need to be looked at and people are just not aware of what they are doing to the environment.  They either are unaware or just don't care.   sooner or later these consequences will sneak up on us.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/