Photo retrieved from the nymag(http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/09/new-york-future-flooding-climate-change.html)
The year is 7019, and New York has never looked any worse than it ever has. The skyscrapers that once stood tall and proud have long been toppled due to the moving sea currents. Central Park is now 10 meters underwater, with no easy access to the bottom. Aquatic animals now live in the ruins of buildings of the area.
The cause of all of this was caused mostly by human error in dealing with greenhouse gasses. The excess use of fossil fuels in cars, airplanes and boats caused an increase in carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere. The ever increasing carbon dioxide caused a severe temperature spike in the entirety of the world. The Arctic ice pack and the Antarctic began melting, causing a rise in sea level by several meters, and resulting in New York being submerged in water.
Global warming occurred with prolonged, necessary use of fossil fuels. The fossil fuels contributed by just being a semi-cheap method of creating many many things. Society tried to ban the use fossil fuels, including government raids to take away fossil fuels, however it was too little too late. Banning fossil fuels created a black market for them, resulting in more dangerous mining and sped up the process of heating up the planet.
(Cool things I found along the web)
Information on Arctic Sea Ice Extent. https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
How Climate Change will effect New York. http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/09/new-york-future-flooding-climate-change.html
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