Ice Age: How Does Global Warming Work?

Global warming is a phenomenon that is on going constantly in our world today. This phrase basically refers to the increase in the Earth’s temperature along with change in climate over a small period of time due to human influences and activities.

How does global warming work? The overall process it is actually quite simple. If you think about the Earth as a car you can wrap your mind around the concept. As the Sun’s warmth and rays enter a parked car with its windows rolled up, all the heat gets trapped and warms the car while the outside temperature is cooler. Similarly, due to human activities like burning fossil fuels and releasing greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, the Sun’s heat enters the planet’s atmosphere and gets trapped,

An example of drastic changes in temperature include all the ice ages we have had. There have been five major ice ages that we have confirmed in our history. The first one was between 2.4 and 2.1 billion years ago and is referred to as the Huronian ice age. The second ice ages which is referred to as the Cryogenian ice age, it was between 850 and 635 million years ago. The Andean-Saharan ice age took place between 460 and 430 million years ago, as our third ice age. The fourth ice age took place between 360 and 260 million year ago, being called the Karoo ice age. The final ice age , to many people’s surprise, is still going on ever since 2.6 million years ago and is called the Quaternary ice age. Aside from multiple ice ages, we have had periods showing similar characteristics like the ones in today’s global warming. An infamous period of heat between 950 and 1250 is referred to as the Medieval Warming Period. Due to possible changes in the ocean's circulation, increase in solar activity, or a downfall in volcanic activity, the Earth began to increase temperatures within a short period of time. Following this period was one known as the Little Ice Age between 1300 and 1870. Over the course of this period, North America and Europe experienced much colder winters than we do today. Throughout all of human history, the global climate has went up and down multiple times during multiple time periods, due

First of all, as the water temperatures rise, coral bleaching becomes possible and when it becomes too hot, algae is released from the corals, making them fully white. Another consequence of global warming is an increase in droughts. When the temperature is increased for a period of time, the amount of water decreases as wind pressures do the opposite, causing droughts all over the world. Furthermore, when water vapor condenses due to the heat, the surrounding air warms as well, causing hurricanes. As the temperature rises so does the length and strength of the hurricanes. Sea level rising is a consequence that is caused by warmer oceans and the melting of land covered in ice, both primarily caused by global warming. The ocean and atmosphere work side by side and if one’s temperature rises so does the other’s. The ocean temperature continues to rise and the amount of water vapor in oceans increase too as a consequence of global warming. Last but not least, ocean acidification, is the final consequence of global warming in this list. As carbon dioxide levels rise in the atmosphere, pH levels reduce in the ocean, causing ocean acidification and death of fish along with