By Abhijit Naik/30/11/2011
Global warming is one of the most serious environmental issues threatening the very existence of various plants and animal species on the planet. Over the last 100 years, the global near-surface temperatures has increased by 0.32SF as a result of various natural as well as anthropogenic causes of global warming. That being said, one also needs to take into consideration that the natural causes of global warming play a crucial role in stabilizing the temperature of the planet - and without them Earth would have been freezing cold and unsuitable for human habitation. More importantly, global warming statistics also reveal that the rate at which it is occurring has increased manifolds over the last few years, and if the same trends continue we will experience a rise of 2.0 to 11.5°F on the planet by the end of this century.
When we talk about the effects and consequences of global warming on the environment, we refer to its effects on various attributes of environment - which includes flora fauna and humans. Basically, these effects of global warming on various lifeforms on the planet are attributed to climate change triggered by incessantly increasing global near-surface temperatures. The most prominent global warming effects on weather include extreme weather conditions - such as frequent droughts, heat waves, devastating hurricanes etc., all of which in turn affect various lifeforms on the planet. Given below are the details of global warming effects on planet Earth - with special emphasis on its effects on plants. animals and humans.
There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that global warming will affect terrestrial as well as marine plants. The endangered plants list is already quite lengthy and several other species are expected to join it if global warming continues unabated. Given are some gruesome global warming effects on plants. Global warming will result in more wildfires, thus resulting in