Global Warming Kevin D

For this travel journal, I decided to travel to the coastal city of Orlando, Florida. Initially, this was puzzling to me, as Orlando is not coastal in 2019. However, the rising global temperatures over the last 5000 years have caused sea levels to rise greatly in a process called Thermosteric rise. Some of this rise can be contributed to natural causes, such as glaciers melting and sifting the oceans water. This is, however, largely a result of warming caused by humans. Humans cause this rise in temps by increasing the concentration of gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. Burning large amounts of fossil fuels and eliminating tropical forests, like the Amazon, both contribute to the rise in temp, and the resulting higher sea levels. This can really only be caused by rising temperatures in the earth's atmosphere, so we know warming did occur. As to whether or not an effort was made to stop this warming, I would guess not. If so, it was too little too late. Overall, it really made me wish we had done more to stop said warming.

Kevin


https://www.npr.org/2019/02/14/694479180/after-16-months-of-dead-fish-manatees-and-dolphins-floridas-red-tide-ebbs