Geography [3 Mark Question Answer]

Global warming is not good for our planet as
(a) It will worsen climate changes leading to food shortages.
(b) Many forms of wildlife are now’ at risk and since climate change and deforestation are causing disappearance of their habitat.
(c) Climate change will cause the melting of polar caps resulting in an increase in the volume of ocean waters.

Man-made causes of global warming ‘include burning of fossil fuels, cutting of forests, using refrigerators, air conditioners, aerosols, factories belching smoke, increase in methane content of the atmosphere because of large-scale cattle rearing, expansion of cities and towns.

Climate change will cause the melting of polar ice caps with huge chunks of icebergs several kilometers across breaking off from the mainland. This is already taking place around the Arctic and in Antarctica. The result will be an increase in the volume of ocean waters. Countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia and the Southeastern parts of the USA like the States of Florida and Louisiana would be swamped by floodwater along its shores.