The Five

Deadliest
Manager: Effects
Nelida Becerra
of
Researcher: Yaoska Gonzales
Global Warming
Researcher: Adriana Marenco

Reporter: Natalia Villagomez

 What is Global Warming ?

Global warming is a change in the Earth’s atmosphere

causing a change in the weather. The changes are caused
by levels of greenhouse gases that are increasing in the
atmosphere changing the composition of it.

Climatologists (scientist who study climate) worry that

human societies and natural ecosystems might not adapt to
rapid climate changes. Global warming could cause so
much harm. That countries throughout the world have
drafted an agreement to limit it. The agreement known as
the Kyoto Protocol, has not yet been ratified (formally
approved).
Greenhouse gases are emissions that
rise into atmosphere and trap the
sun’s energy keeping heat from
escaping
Greenhouse gases are caused
by natural and human
Fossil Fuels
activities, such as burning
fossil fuels
o Carbon Dioxide
o Methane
o Nitrous Oxide
o Carbon Tetra Fluoride
o Hexafluoroethane Sulfur
Hexafluoride

C
o Difluoroethane Tetra
Fluoroethane
Most of the burning occurs in automobiles, in factories, and
in electrical power plants that provide energy for houses and
office buildings.
The burning of fossil fuels creates carbon dioxide, whose
chemical formula is CO2. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that
slows the escape of heat into space.
The emission of greenhouse gases have increased
by a large amount over the past 50 years. Human
activity being the main cause of it. Leading planet
Earth into great danger. Global warming has
many threatening effects to our beautiful planet.
Among the 5 deadliest effects are: The spread of
diseases; economic consequences; change in the
oceanic circulation currents; extreme weather;
and the extinction of many animals and plants.
 The spread of diseases

Due to the climate change, warmer weather around the

world allows disease carrying animals and insects to
have a larger range of land for migration. With warmer
temperatures these viruses and germ can survive.
Eventually leading to potential harm to millions of
people. For example the malaria carrying mosquitoes
that migrated to New York City. Also known as the
West Nile Virus in 1999.
 Economic Consequences

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Global warming could cost the world about
millions of dollars. With dangers of rising sea level
we could lose a large amount of land. Droughts kill
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$
many animals and plants, as well as crop failures,
that cannot survive without water. Many of which
$ we depend on for food and important exports.
$ Floods, storms and hurricanes cause damages to
our homes costing our government millions of
dollars. For example the funding from FEMA
$
during hurricane Katrina. All of this can cause a
$
recession of about 20 percent of our economic
$
output.
 There are growing theories that there is a leisure in North
Atlantic currents that helps keep Europe warm. “According to
the researchers, as temperature rise, it appears that deep-ocean
circulation abruptly switched from “ overturning”- conveyor
belt-like process in which cold and salty water exchanges with
Change in the Oceanic Circulation
warm surface water, will shut-down and become active in the
Currents
Northern Hemisphere.” This shift that drives the warm water
into the deep sea, led to a faster process of global warming.
Meaning a colder winter for Europe and surrounding areas.
Also causing a widespread of marine life to die. For example
the depletion of our coral reef by a process called “bleaching”
(corals turning white) because of excessively high
temperatures.
Extreme weather
We already know that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that slows the escape of heat into

space. When all that heat is not able to be released it stays trapped in the atmosphere causing this

extreme weather. It has been predicted stronger hurricanes. Hurricanes attain their power from

warm waters. More droughts are to be expected because warm temperatures cause the water to

evaporate faster. These dry conditions are perfect for wildfires. Heavier rainfall is predicted

leading to more floods. Followed by heat waves that are deadly on some cases. A number of

patients have been sent to the hospital from sunstroke from heat waves of China.
 The Extinction of Animals and Plants

The changes of rising temperatures cause a turmoil to many of the

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planets ecosystems. Leaving the species that cannotT
adapt to the

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changes without homes. It has been

percent of the the worlds species will become extinct if these

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temperatures keep rising. About 2,000 of species and plants are moving

to the poles. Forests are disappearing in Bermuda. The alpine are

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moving towards higher elevations in the mountains. The population of

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penguins in the Antarctic has dropped about 33%. Every about 1% of

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polar bears die because of drowning from having to swim long distances
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to reach a new ice floe. Due to the melting of polar ice caps.
 Ways to Reduce
Global Warming
❧Recycle- by recycling ❧Carpooling
you reduce garbage which anywhere with
makes smaller landfills friends saves
and less emissions are money and
❧Unplug
released the
unused
electronics environment

❧Plant a
❧Water filters- buying
tree
❧Incandescent light water filters to filter
bulbs- they save energy; your tap water you can
turning off the light in a waste less plastic by
room while its not not buying water
occupied bottles
 We would like to thank you for watching
our presentation. We hope you have
enjoyed it and learned about the deadly
consequences of global warming. May you
take consideration on finding ways to
reduce global warming. Remember that
global warming affects all of us. Please
think of the well being of our children and
their future.
The End