Perhaps you’ve heard about global warming. If you watch the news you must have seen this topic but what is really going on with global warming? Are they just talking about the temperature? The fact is that global warming has to do with the increase in the average temperature of the earths near surface air and the oceans. It has more to do with where it is projected to go than where it has already been. They say that the temperature in this century will increase by 1 degrees. Now this might not seem like a lot but the effects, according to experts could be unbelievable. The warmer it and the warmer the temperature goes of the oceans the more likely it is that the polar ice caps could melt.

Why is this? Because the freezing temperature of is 32 degrees if the average temperature dips above that there will be nothing to keep them frozen. Melting them could have huge implications to widespread flooding and other damages. They can’t say for certain how much everything arises because the different equipment they use has a different sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the different estimates in future greenhouse gas emissions. But if the sea levels rise it will change the pattern of precipitation and including expansion. This will change the intensity of bad weather and cause species of animals and mammals to be extinct. Now the warming they expect will change depending on the region in question but one thing can be certain, that is that ocean acidification is going to happen contaminating the ocean for all people.

Scientists believe that global warming is in fact real but there are those that don’t believe so. This debate is raging in congress and in the classroom. There are those that believe that just because of a small temperature increase doesn’t mean the environment is in any danger. It’s impossible to know for sure and only time will tell if they are right or wrong.