Global Warming - How Will It Affect You?

Global Warming-How Will It Affect You?

Global warming is one of the last things on most people's minds. However, global warming is being discussed more and more, because scientists are realizing global warming does not benefit humans. Global warming does not benefit humans, because it is causing the amount of people with skin cancer to rise, ruining crops, and causing people to lose their homes.

One of the negative effects on humans due to global warming is skin cancer. Global warming is caused by a depletion of the ozone layer. This depletion causes more UVA and UVB rays to reach the earth's surface. The UVA and UVB rays are what cause skin cancer ("Global"). Therefore, as global warming increases so will the amount of skin cancer. This is already evident today. The most fatal type of skin cancer is melanoma. Since 1981, melanoma has increased three percent per year. You can protect yourself from UVB rays by wearing sunscreen, but nothing will protect you from UVA rays that cause long-term skin damage and melanoma skin cancer. Therefore, this dangerous increase will continue as long as global warming continues ("Global").

Another negative effect of global warming is that it ruins crops. Global warming has caused the climate to change drastically. Areas that usually get a great deal of rain are now suffering from long lasting droughts. This has caused the number of crops grown to decrease, so people now have less food ("Experts"). As long as global warming continues so will the climate changes. Some places will get more rain than usual, some will get less, and some will become warmer or colder. Last year is number one on a top 20 list of hottest years on record. The trend from the list also shows the earth is going to keep getting hotter (). This trend will decrease the amount of crops available to humans.

The last bad effect due to global warming is that people are losing their homes. Global warming has caused the weather to become more severe. This more severe weather causes a good amount of property damage, and some people even lose their homes completely. A good example of this is 2005's record breaking hurricane season. There have never been that many hurricanes in one season ("Hurricanes"). Another reason people are losing their homes is because global warming is causing glaciers to melt and the sea level to rise. This then causes islands to flood, and the tribes that live there to lose their homes. Also,