GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

How many times did we hear that the end of our world is near?
I am sure that you heard it many times, for example: I remember my
grandmother told me people believed that the 2000 year would be the last year
of the earth’s life and they were so worried because they thought that wasn’t the
future that their sons deserved. However, in 2000 nothing happened. Other
example: at beginning of this year the end of world had to occur, but nothing
happened again.
With those examples:
Do you believe that the end of world is near, don’t you?
Well, let me give you a bad truth, it is right; our world like we know today will
change too fast! because we are destroying it each day by using devasting
products which will cause the end of our world
That’s why today I would like to talk about how global warming which will
produce the end of world.
Since the late nineteenth century, scientists have observed a gradual increase
in the average temperature of the planet's surface. This increase is estimated to
have been between 0.5 ° F and 1.0 ° F.
This warming has reduced the snow-covered areas in the northern hemisphere,
and has caused many of the icebergs floating in the Arctic Ocean has melted
and as a result it has been dieing a lot of wild animals which are essential part
of the life in the earth.
This problem became due to the presence in the atmosphere of CO2 and other
greenhouse gases responsible for part of the solar radiation that reaches Earth
is retained in the atmosphere. As a result of heat retention, the average
temperature on Earth's surface reaches about 60 º F, which is conducive to the
development of life on the planet. However, as a result of burning fossil fuels
and other human activities associated with the process of industrialization, the
concentration of these gases in the atmosphere has increased considerably in
recent years. This has caused the atmosphere to retain more heat than they
should, and is the cause of what we now know as global warming or global
climate change.
Well in this part I would like to explain how the atmosphere has been retaining
heat, basicamente el sol emite energia ultravioleta la cual atraviesa la
atmosfera e ingresa a la tierra, una pequeña parte de esta energia es absorvida
por la superficie de la tierra y una gran parte es reflejada sin embargo la
contaminación ocasionada por la emisión excesiva de CO2 produjo la
formación de una capa de gases, ubicada en la atmosfera, las cuales alteran el
proceso natural y ocurre lo contrario, o sea cuando el sol emite energia
ultravioleta la cual atraviesa la atmosfera e ingresa a la tierra, una gran parte de
esta energia es absorbida por la superficie de la tierra y una pequeña parte es
reflejada debido a que la capa de gas evita que la energía pueda ser reflejada,
es por eso que el calor retenido hace que la temperatura aumente.

Basically the sun emits ultraviolet energy which passes through the atmosphere
and enters the earth, a small part of this energy is absorbed by the earth's
surface and is reflected much but the pollution caused by excessive emission of
CO2 produced formation of a layer of gas, located in the atmosphere, which
alter the natural process and the opposite happens, I mean when the sun emits
ultraviolet energy which passes through the atmosphere and enters the land,
much of this energy is absorbed by the ground surface and a small portion is
reflected because the layer prevents gas energy can be reflected, that is why
the retained heat causes the temperature rise.
Es por eso que debido al calentamiento muchos efectos se están produciendo
en una forma dramática, por ejemplo:

That's why due to heating many effects are occurring in a dramatic way, for example:

El Clima - Los
científicos estiman
que la temperatura
promedio de la
superficie terrestre
puede llegar a
aumentar hasta
4.5ºF en el
transcurso de los
próximos 50 años
(2001-2050), y
hasta10ºF durante
este siglo. Este
incremento en la
evaporación de
agua resultará en
un aumento en la
intensidad y frecuencia de los huracanes y tormentas.
Weather - Scientists estimate that the average temperature of Earth's surface can
reach up to 4.5 º F increase over the next 50 years (2001-2050), and up to 10 º F
during this century. This increase in the evaporation of water will result in an increase
in the intensity and frequency of hurricanes and storms

La Salud – Se producirá un aumento en las enfermedades respiratorias y

cardiovasculares, las enfermedades infecciosas causadas por mosquitos y
plagas tropicales, la deshidratación debida al calor. Los mosquitos y otras
plagas responsables del dengue, la malaria, el cólera y la fiebre amarilla en los
trópicos afectarán a una porción mayor de la población del mundo, aumentando
el número de muertes a causa de estas enfermedades.

Health - will be an increase in respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases

caused by mosquitoes and pests tropical dehydration due to heat. Mosquitoes and other pests
responsible for dengue, malaria, cholera and yellow fever in the tropics affect a larger portion
of the world's population, increasing the number of deaths from these diseases.

FOTOS DEL DENGE EN SANTA CRUZ

Calidad de aguas superficiales - A pesar de que incrementará la magnitud y

frecuencia de eventos de lluvia, el nivel de agua en los lagos y ríos disminuirá
debido a la evaporación adicional causada por el aumento en la temperatura.
Surface water quality - Although increase the magnitude and frequency of rain events, the
level of water in lakes and rivers decrease due to the additional evaporation caused by the
increase in temperature.

FOTOGRAFIA DE LA REPRESAS VACIAS

La flora y la fauna - Debido a los cambios climáticos y a los cambios en los

ecosistemas terrestres, el hábitat de las especies podría dejar de ser el hábitat
ideal para las mismas, ocasionando su extinción.

The flora and fauna - Due to climate changes and changes in terrestrial ecosystems, the habitat
of the species might not be the ideal habitat for them, causing their extinction.

Considerando los problemas por los cuales la tierra y nosotros estamos

pasando el fin parece irremediable sin embargo no es asi ya que podemos
hacer algo para reducir la emisión de gases de invernadero y las
consecuencias del calentamiento global

Considering the problems for which the earth and we are going to seem hopeless but it
is not so because we can do something to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and
global warming consequences. We could: