It cannot be denied that global warming is affecting our environment. I do believe, however, that the effects are positive as well as negative. The effects of global warming on humans, while it is obviously important, is not the only thing we should think about. The animals and marine life, are just as important as us. And to be perfectly honest, we’re destroying the environment, and the animals are doing nothing wrong. Therefore, it should be taken into account that the animals are positively affected.
For example, the estuaries in our environment will benefit from global warming. An estuary is the part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides. The rise in sea level may regenerate the animals and marine life that have shallowed due to the increased sedimentation. Also, the rise in sea level will be beneficial to safer navigation because the waterways channels will become deeper.
While global warming cannot be denied, the positive benefits cannot be denied either. Therefore, while humans may be adversely affected, the animals could be helped. Marine life can be helped and why wouldn’t we want to help them in the end?
Resources:
http://www.soes.soton.ac.uk/teaching/courses/oa217/groupb.pdf
http://www.answers.com/topic/estuary?cat=technology
4 comments:
It makes sense that the marine life will be somewhat positively impacted. However, what about the animals that do not live in the water?
What are estuaries?
While some aspects of marine and animal life will be helped, are there more that will be harmed or does it about balance out? Also, are any animal species beginning to adapt for their warmer new environment?
Another way we steal water from estruaries is by siphoning off water for our human purposes. So, the rise in sea level will help to remedy this as well.
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