A lot of the damage done by the hurricane was in direct correlation to the rising sea levels due to climate change (CLICK HERE). Climate change is causing the ice to melt and flood the seas, thus causing higher storm surges that affect a wider amount of land, as the hurricane passes over. Climate change is causing a rise in the temperature of the water as well, which also has a significant affect on hurricanes. One key component of a hurricane is a water temperature of 82° Fahrenheit in order to have enough energy to give movement to the storm, and the rising temperature of water in other regions can cause the storm to intensify as it passes over.
The affects of Hurricane Florence aided by the rising sea levels caused an additional 11,000 homes to be flooded and destroyed, that otherwise would have been unaffected and created 50 percent more rainfall. The affects of climate change on natural disasters such as Hurricane Florence have been significant and will continue to cause and aid disaster unless we work as a community to help reduce its effects. So how can we collectively help stop global warming? Is it possible to reverse the damage already done by rising sea levels and global warming? If global warming continues increasing at the rate it is, what other aspects of life will be effected?
Our country can collectively help to stop global warming by doing things like reducing our carbon emissions, using renewable energy sources and driving fuel-efficient cars. I think it may be possible to reverse some of the damage done by rising sea levels and global warming, but not all. For example, in a long time from now, we may have been able to effectively stop sea levels from rising or even bring sea level back down, but we will not be able to get back the things we have permanently lost due to global warming, such as endangered organisms like polar bears. If global warming continues at the rate that it is progressing at now, we will continue to lose valuable biological resources that are imperative to our survival on Earth.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Kira! One of my questions is what it will take to get states to take serious measures to curb global warming. Does one natural disaster after another really change peoples' minds? Does it take something bigger?
ReplyDeleteWe can help reduce our carbon emissions by being more aware of what areas I’m our lives we make excess emissions, such as leaving lights on in your house while our out. Although I do belive the effects of climate change can be reversed I think it would happen over a substantial amount of time, not just a couple of years. This reversal can only happen if there is a large change in how industrial country’s source and use there energy. Without large changes we could lose countless different forms of wildlife and potential see mass property damage.
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