• Question: people say that there is a lot of global warming going in to effect people or animals and why

    Asked by anon-295149 on 25 May 2021.
    • Photo: Jessica Pimlott

      Jessica Pimlott answered on 25 May 2021:

      When we burn fossil fuels such as coal to get energy, something called greenhouses gas is released. This gets trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere, stopping heat from escaping, kind of like a big greenhouse!

      The rising temperature causes all sorts of problems for people around the world, including rising sea levels and more natural disasters such as tsunamis and wildfires. These things are bad for humans and animals as it means that they’ll be less places that are safe for us to live in. We need to use other things to get our energy, such as wind, wave and solar power!

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      Emma Yhnell answered on 26 May 2021:

      Jessica has given the perfect answer to this below.

      I completely agree, global warming effects people and animals and plants! It is quite scary to think about and important that we do all that we can to stop it.

    • Photo: Simon Williams

      Simon Williams answered on 26 May 2021:

      The scariest thing about global warming is that it gets faster as it goes. For example when a glacier melts it reflects less heat and therefore more is absorbed by the earth so the earth gets warmer. There are many other processes like this too so its important to act as fast as possible to try and slow things down.
      The plants and animals on the earth are adapted to the climate where they live, if the climate changes they will not be able to survive and will have to adapt or move in order to survive. This is a slow process and possibly not fast enough avoid many species becoming extinct.
      Its important not to be too negative tho, science provides many answers to climate change from renewable power to specially adapted breeds of crops. We need to implement them as fast as possible basically!

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