Blog #11

For this blog about a global issue, I wanted to read about effects of global warming. I picked an article that talks about the top 5 deadliest effects of global warming. Number 1 is that disease would be able to spread much more rapidly and easier, because disease-carrying insects migrate north as it gets warmer. Scientists believe that because of this, Malaria has not been fully destroyed. Number 2 is more frequent and worst hurricanes. This is due to the temperatures rising in oceans. In one of my previous blogs about hurricane Katrina i learned that there is still tons of damage that has not been taken care of after all these years. It would be terrible to have more of those deadly hurricanes hit. Number 3 is more frequent/worse droughts and heat waves which will most dramatically affect Africa and parts of Africa. Africa already has a very scarce source of water, so this would be a huge problem and could potentially spark wars and conflicts (such as that in Sudan). Number 4 is that the past 3 effects would be costly to the economy because "Hurricanes cause billions of dollars in damage, diseases cost money to treat and control and conflicts exacerbate all of these". And lastly number 5 is that polar ice caps would melt which would cause many, many problems. This is a very serious problem that I think people definitely need to pay more attention to.

Johnson, Simon. "5 Deadliest Effects of Global Warming." Environmental Graffiti. 11 Sep. 2007