Changing Ecosystems : Effects of Global Warming

ISBN-13: 9780816072637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009

Ph. D. Julie Kerr Casper; Julie Kerr Casper

Opis

Global warming has increased dramatically during the last century at an unnatural rate, which makes specialists believe that humans contribute to the real cause of global warming today. Many activities humans are involved in--from burning fossil fuels for energy to massive deforestation--are contributing to the atmospheric warming at an alarming rate. Experts believe that in the future human induced damage will cause severe problems in the distribution of species and their critical habitats, increase the occurrence of severe weather and droughts, contribute to rising sea levels, and trigger a host of health and quality-of-life impacts that will affect everyone on Earth. Unfortunately, no ecosystem will escape the impact of human-induced global warming.