Melting glaciers can change our lives drastically and dangerously. Lots of humans could die from melting glaciers. Countries could be gone.
Rising sea levels:
Ever since 1801, Sea levels have been rising due to the amount of glaciers melting. Sea levels rose up by 6cm during the 19th century, but in the 20 century sea levels has rose up by 19cm , 3x faster than the previous century. According to NOAA sea levels could rise up to 2.5m by the year 2100. If that happens island countries such as Maldives, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, most of China, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, and most of america would be affected. Most of the places are in south eastern Asia due to the amount of places being islands.
200 million people all around the world will be below the sea levels in the year 2100. 160 million people would be affected by massive floods by that year, all together that would be 360 million people on earth would be affected by rising sea levels. 150 million climate refuges all around the world would exist by the year 2050 but in the year 2100 it could rise up to 2 billion. If all ice on earth melted, sea levels could rise up to 68.3 meters.
Return of Deadly Diseases
The cold glaciers has been absorbing harmful chemicals and trapping ancient viruses and bacteria. As more glaciers melt more of those diseases are released and that can cause more people to be exposed to the disease and making more people infected. As the planet warms up more and more, permafrost will melt. Permafrost is ground that is frozen. Normally, permafrost layers melt about 50cm deep every summer. But now due to global warming, more older layers of permafrost can be exposed. Its bad because frozen permafrost soil can be a place where bacteria can live for a very long time. In 2016 a boy died of Anthrax a disease from a dead deer that has been frozen in permafrost. There are many diseases that could awaken such as Bubonic plague or even smallpox.
Freshwater shortage
70% of the earth is made up of water and 1.7% is freshwater and 70% of that freshwater are from glaciers. Since glaciers have been melting for a long time, there has been less freshwater in the earth. Many countries water supplies such as Peru, Pakistan, China, India and Nepal will be gone very soon cause of the melting. By the year 2100 most of the freshwater could be gone. It could make long-lasting effects on the countries water supply.
More Deadly Weather
When the Jet Stream is wobbly it creates very deadly weather. It could create heat waves that are more powerful, slow moving hurricanes and blizzards that stay at one place freezing that area for a long time. It could create weather that scientist could not predict it can be that deadly.
Ever since 1801, Sea levels have been rising due to the amount of glaciers melting. Sea levels rose up by 6cm during the 19th century, but in the 20 century sea levels has rose up by 19cm , 3x faster than the previous century. According to NOAA sea levels could rise up to 2.5m by the year 2100. If that happens island countries such as Maldives, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, most of China, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, and most of america would be affected. Most of the places are in south eastern Asia due to the amount of places being islands.
200 million people all around the world will be below the sea levels in the year 2100. 160 million people would be affected by massive floods by that year, all together that would be 360 million people on earth would be affected by rising sea levels. 150 million climate refuges all around the world would exist by the year 2050 but in the year 2100 it could rise up to 2 billion. If all ice on earth melted, sea levels could rise up to 68.3 meters.
Return of Deadly Diseases
The cold glaciers has been absorbing harmful chemicals and trapping ancient viruses and bacteria. As more glaciers melt more of those diseases are released and that can cause more people to be exposed to the disease and making more people infected. As the planet warms up more and more, permafrost will melt. Permafrost is ground that is frozen. Normally, permafrost layers melt about 50cm deep every summer. But now due to global warming, more older layers of permafrost can be exposed. Its bad because frozen permafrost soil can be a place where bacteria can live for a very long time. In 2016 a boy died of Anthrax a disease from a dead deer that has been frozen in permafrost. There are many diseases that could awaken such as Bubonic plague or even smallpox.
Freshwater shortage
70% of the earth is made up of water and 1.7% is freshwater and 70% of that freshwater are from glaciers. Since glaciers have been melting for a long time, there has been less freshwater in the earth. Many countries water supplies such as Peru, Pakistan, China, India and Nepal will be gone very soon cause of the melting. By the year 2100 most of the freshwater could be gone. It could make long-lasting effects on the countries water supply.
More Deadly Weather
When the Jet Stream is wobbly it creates very deadly weather. It could create heat waves that are more powerful, slow moving hurricanes and blizzards that stay at one place freezing that area for a long time. It could create weather that scientist could not predict it can be that deadly.