Biome Shifting
Kennedy Benjamin
2 April 2014
Ms. Peeples 4B
Honors Chemistry
Biome Shifting Global warming is a mostly natural process that has been going on for as long as Earth has existed. Global warming has many effects on the Earth such as rise in sea level, overall increased rise in the temperature of Earth, and even bizarre weather. However, the topic I will discuss today is how global warming causes climate changes and how this climate change affects our environment and our economic systems. Climate change occurs worldwide due to the growth of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere which then traps more heat coming from the sun than it would without these gases. This makes the Earth milder which then causes change in climates over the globe to change their patterns. Biome shifting is one main consequence of climate change and global warming. This has a broad economic impact as it alters our infrastructure and sources of goods. However, it also poses large amounts of environmental threat as there is becoming less biodiversity and habitats are shifting. This biome shifting affects our infrastructure in that many of the buildings we have built up to today haven’t been built to endure such a wide range of temperatures and as these bizarre temperatures continue to shift back and forth our infrastructure is deteriorating much faster than it would in stable weather. Considering this, the maintenance of these building will require much more funding as it will have to be done more often. This could cause economic problems as it could increase the need for higher taxes to do required maintenance on governmental buildings and public schools which reduces the amount of money being able to be circulating through everyday businesses. Biome shifting also affects the sources of many of our goods. On Canada’s west coast there is a species of salmon that is increasingly economically valuable. However, this species is beginning to have reduced survival rates causing decreased
2 April 2014
Ms. Peeples 4B
Honors Chemistry
Biome Shifting Global warming is a mostly natural process that has been going on for as long as Earth has existed. Global warming has many effects on the Earth such as rise in sea level, overall increased rise in the temperature of Earth, and even bizarre weather. However, the topic I will discuss today is how global warming causes climate changes and how this climate change affects our environment and our economic systems. Climate change occurs worldwide due to the growth of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere which then traps more heat coming from the sun than it would without these gases. This makes the Earth milder which then causes change in climates over the globe to change their patterns. Biome shifting is one main consequence of climate change and global warming. This has a broad economic impact as it alters our infrastructure and sources of goods. However, it also poses large amounts of environmental threat as there is becoming less biodiversity and habitats are shifting. This biome shifting affects our infrastructure in that many of the buildings we have built up to today haven’t been built to endure such a wide range of temperatures and as these bizarre temperatures continue to shift back and forth our infrastructure is deteriorating much faster than it would in stable weather. Considering this, the maintenance of these building will require much more funding as it will have to be done more often. This could cause economic problems as it could increase the need for higher taxes to do required maintenance on governmental buildings and public schools which reduces the amount of money being able to be circulating through everyday businesses. Biome shifting also affects the sources of many of our goods. On Canada’s west coast there is a species of salmon that is increasingly economically valuable. However, this species is beginning to have reduced survival rates causing decreased
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