When they talk about global warming what do they really mean? Is it a summer that feels a little hotter than normal? Is it a river rising a bit higher than you can remember? Is it massive flooding all over the world? To what extent is global warming and what defines it? What is known is that over the last century the temperature has shown a significant increase. This means that the world has one specific temperature and that temperature has steadily increased.

But it’s not just the temperature that has given them the indication that there is a problem with global warming. They have also observed changes to things like the amount of methane that is released in the arctic and the size of the polar ice cap that are without question smaller than they used to be. But beyond that there is an increase in the carbon that is being released from permafrost which can make a significant difference. See fossil fuels already give off more carbon than the earth can handle due to the fact that the world uses so many fossil fuels. With the addition of carbon from the permafrost this can easily contribute to the increased problem with global warming.

What’s worse is that global temperatures are going to increase over the century. This change in the weather as an average temperature could lead to extreme weather events that have already been seen. This could also alter the amount of rain countries are seeing. It could result in an increase across the board. Now, this doesn’t mean there is an idea of how weather will change when you pinpoint it to regions but there will be a significant change to the world as a whole. This of course coincides with the warmer weather that is going to happen which will only make it probable that there will be a far more reaching impact when that happens. The fact is there is a lot to tell experts that things are warming up and no one is ready for that.

So when you hear global warming you have an idea of what they means. You hear key words like fossil fuels and global warming and polar ice caps but that doesn’t mean you know anything about what that is doing to the world you live in. So the question is: what are the physical impacts of the problem of global warming and what, if anything, can be done to stop it?

The first thing that global warming is going to effect is the day to day weather. This certainly doesn’t mean hurricane and massive flooding wherever you go but then again it does mean that the amount of rainfall most places get is expected to change, and result in an increase. But don’t even think about counting out the violent storms. This has a lot to do with the increase in the weather. With that weather change there is little to no doubt that violent and destructive weather will continue. Another way extreme weather is likely to take it’s toll is that with the rise in the mean temperature there is going to be more heat waves in the coming years. If you have lived through a heat wave then you know that it can be taxing on those with health problems, those without proper ventilation and those who are elderly. This should only result in more fatalities.

Let’s not forget either just how much extreme heat could affect the areas where crops are. Heat causes droughts in the summer months which is prime harvesting season so to think that those crops won’t get the water they need or deserve is a problem in and of itself. With these heat and rainfall changes you can expect that the amount of cyclones that the world has seen should increase at least 2 fold. And of course all these changes in the rainfall make it certain that there will be high levels of sea water. This just leads to rampant changes in the sea which could cause a serious amount of flooding.