Effects of Boiling

So what will happen if global warming is true and continues to persist; global unrest, extreme temperature changes, other terrible things, the end of all mankind or just a slight temperature rise that will make the Earth more balmy? Well for starters we would see a lot if not all of the factors that I mentioned about in my last post exacerbated: temperature rise, melting of snow & ice reserves, extreme weather events etc. The predicted temperature on Earth is predicted to rise 2 to 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 depending on our level of greenhouse gas emissions according to National Research Council. In addition to this by the same date the global average temperature is expected to double the previous century’s temperature rise. With this increased temperature comes a massive increase in the melt of snow and sea ice. The NRC published in it’s 2011 paper Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millennia that every time the Earth warms 2 degrees Fahrenheit about 15 percent decrease of the existing sea ice and a 25 percent decrease in the summer Arctic sea ice. Which has given way for reliable models to put 2040 as the earliest possible date for the Arctic to be ice-free during the summer. The melting of all these snow and ice reserves will cause the worlds oceans to rise considerably. The USGCRP 2009 report Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States estimates a 2-foot rise in the global sea level by the end of the century.  This will displace millions upon millions of people around the world especially those in developing nations. All of these changes would lead to mass die offs of plant and animal life across the globe not to mention making it harder and more uncomfortable for humans to live. Ultimately if we do not curb global warming in a moderate to large fashion our children and our children’s, children will be growing up in a much harsher world with a lot more problems that we could have ever foreseen a couple of decades ago.