WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING?
QUESTION: What are the effects of global warming? ANSWER: Global warming is hurting many species, coastal areas and people. Future warming will only make matters worse. Just how much worse depends on us and how quickly we take action to stop global warming. Effects of global warming include heat waves, decreased snow packs, disrupted water supplies, melting glaciers, sea ice and polar ice caps, rise in sea level, instability in permafrost regions, more extreme rainfall events, floods and droughts, more wildfires, more intense hurricanes and stronger storm surges in coastal areas, poleward migration in infectious diseases (such as malaria), increases in allergenic pollens, species extinction, and poleward and upward (elevation) shifts in ranges of natural and cultivated plant and animal species. For more information, see www.nctimes.com QUESTION: Is global warming causing more intense hurricanes? Is hurricane damage increasing? ANSWER: Possibly. Warmer ocean temperatures can strengthen
