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Global
Warming: The Economic Effects
We have all probably heard about the devastating
physical effects that global warming is projected to cause
in the coming years. The basic effects enumerated by most scientists
include the warming of the earth, which will cause various
regional climate changes as well as a rise in sea level. Indeed,
it is projected that global warming will cause a number of
devastating weather changes, including an increase in floods,
drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and various other
severe weather pattern. But did you know that global warming,
if left unheeded and unchecked, may also cause several
devastating economic effects? If the pattern of development of global warming
continues as it has been, it seems doubtless that global warming
will not only be a major physical event, but also a major economic
event in which several regions are devastated financially.
Here is a brief analysis of the potential economic effects
that global warming may cause in several regions of the world.
By far, the economic sector most affected by global warming
will be the agricultural sector. This is because global warming
is projected to cause serious disruptions in the weather, which
will have a domino effect on other factors. More specifically,
it is predicted that global warming will seriously affect the
number of rainfall that certain agricultural regions receive
yearly. Without rainfall, agriculture is simply impossible.
Several areas are posed to be devastated by the onset of global
warming. In the United States, it is projected that the American
Southwest as well as the entire arid Western United States
will receive little rainfall. The drought will grow longer
and more severe until agriculture is no longer viable. Longer
and more intense wildfire seasons are also predicted for this
area of the United States, which will further compromise the
ability to do agriculture in that area. Furthermore, a drought
will lead to the loss of land, resulting in a scenario resembling
the dustbowl of 1930s Depression-era America.
In other areas, the opposite scenario may prove true: too
much rainfall, leading to flooding. This will also make agriculture
a challenge, if not impossible. Moreover, other areas with
agriculture may also suffer from the extreme weather wrought
by global warming, this will devastate the agricultural sectors
of many regions around the world.
What
is the root cause for these severe shifts in climate that
will affect many economic sectors in many regions around
the world? As greater heating takes place, the poles to the
equator are also projected to heat up which will cause a shift
in atmospheric circulation patterns. This will in turn cause
severe disruptions in rainfall patterns. It is projected that
as global warming continues to develop, some regions will experience
much wetter seasons, while other climates will experience much
drier seasons. The overall frequency of droughts will become
longer and more intense. Many oceanographers and other researchers
also fear that this could cause shifts in the ocean's conveyor,
which in turn will cause sudden shifts in land temperatures.
As
is obvious, the predictions of global warming are
dire. They
project a world in which the droughts become longer and more
intense, where dramatic whether becomes more extreme, where
the wet seasons become wetter, and where there can be sudden
shifts in the land temperature. Keeping these things in mind,
it becomes clear that without some kind that a world dominated
by the effects of global warming lacks the ability to sustain
an organized and constantly flowing supply of agriculture,
making the economic costs of global warming too great to predict.
However, it is clear that if no immediate steps are taken by
world leaders, global warming could prove much more than just
an economic threat.
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