Global Warming

Global warming is heating up the oceans surface which is causing the bleaching of the coral reef. Bleaching is when coral reefs “expel the colorful, microscopic algae that provide them with nutrition”, this is very deadly for the coral. This is not happening everywhere because some scientist believed that the ocean will adjust itself to adjust to the temperature change.

According to chapter 3 lecture on Global warming, the professor discussed how the greenhouse effect is warming up the earth’s atmosphere. Primary greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (NO), and ozone (O) . Carbon dioxide, as well as other greenhouse gases, is a very important factor in the vital cycles which sustain life on this planet. Plants use CO in photosynthesis and release oxygen necessary to maintain the lives of animal species, who through exhaling return CO in atmosphere, completing the cycle. Greenhouse effect is a natural process which made life on Earth feasible.

Global warming affects all life on earth. When one thing is out of balance, it throws off the remainder.