Health Effects Due to Global Warming

As the global temperatures have changed many other things have changed as well. One of those things is disease, as a result of climate change and other environmental factors the amount of diagnosed diseases have gone up. One of the major diseases is asthma. Just in the past "20 years" diagnoses and hospitalizations have increased "30%." That 30% increase is easily related to the pollution increase which causes climate change. One of the relations made between asthma and pollution is the sulfur dioxide in the air. Sulfur dioxide constricts the airway making it even harder for an asthmatic to breathe, it also contributes to global climate change.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) is another disease directly related to climate change. The rates of COPD have increased steadily along with the rates of pollution. "100,000" people in the U.S alone die from this disease each year. A decrease in pollution would have a direct impact with lessening this disease.

Diseases such as diabetes, heart conditions and cystic fibrosis already dangerous, can be further aggravated by the air pollution that causes global climate change. The climate change we are facing has many negative impacts and has greatly increased the rate of diagnoses of many diseases.

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Flooding

Currently we are already feeling the effects of global climate change as our waters have begun rising. When you drive by the beach or another body of sea water you probably will not be able to tell how much the waters have risen. But just during 1993-2003 global sea levels rose around 3 millimeters each year. That may not sound like a lot but in the grand scheme of things it is because it takes just half an inch of water on flat land to cover three feet inwards. If we continue as we are the water is going to rise even more as we pollute which is the cause of global climate change.

There are several reasons why the water is rising and they all begin with the climate change we are experiencing. One of the reasons is that as the air warms it melts the ice in the Arctic, that water spreads into the ocean and causes it to rise. Another reason is that the water melting from the ice caps is warmer and as the water particles warm up they expand causing the water levels to rise. If the water continues to rise as it is, we are going to be facing lots of valuable land loss.

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