Global Warming has many after effects, such as the following:
- Rising Sea Level: inundation of fresh water low-lies cities and islands with seawater.
- Changes in rainfall patterns: droughts and fires in some areas and flooding in other areas.
- Increased likelihood of extreme events: such as flooding, hurricanes, etc.
- Melting of the Ice Caps: loss of habitat near the poles. Polar bears are now thought to be greatly endangered by the shortening of their feeding season due to dwindling ice packs.
- Melting glaciers: significant melting of old glaciers is being observed.
- Widespread vanishing of animal populations: following widespread habitat loss.
- Spread of disease: migration of diseases such as malaria to new, now warmer, regions.
- Bleaching of Coral Reefs due to warming seas and acidification due to carbonic acid formation: One third of coral reefs now appear to have been severely damaged by warming seas.
- Loss of Plankton due to warming seas: The enormous Aleution island ecosystems of killer whales, sea lions, sea otters, sea urchins, kelp beds, and fish populations, appears to have collapsed due to loss of plankton.