Global Warming and Rising Seas, Now That's Scary!

Rising sea levels are a direct effect of Global Warming, and there is little doubt that the Earth is in fact "heating up". Some scientist consider the rise of seas due to global warming as one of the biggest dangers. Thermal expansion has already raised the oceans 4 to 8 inches. Just as the evidence is undoubtable that temperatures have risen in the last century. It is also noted that carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has increased about 30 percent, enhancing the atmosphere's ability to trap heat. Some believe that by burning fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum, are to blame for the increase in carbon dioxide; some scientists also believe it to be natural reasons like volcanic activity. It is noticeable that this is the fastest warming rate in millions of years,showing that it is probably not a natural occurrence. Most scientists think the rise in temperatures will in accelerate.

                                           

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Ode to Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina is considered one of the top five deadliest hurricanes from the Atlantic. Hurricane Katrina touched land in 2005 and hit hardest in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. In Florida it started off as a category 1 hurricane but the hurricane strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane over the warm Gulf water. This rapid growth was due to the storm's movement over the "unusually warm" waters of the Loop Current, which increased wind speeds.Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighboring parishes became flooded, and the floodwaters lingered for weeks. Even to this day not all of New Orleans is back to the way it was. Katrina redistributed over one million people from the central Gulf coast elsewhere across the United States, even to my own hometown of Houston increased in population by 35,000 because of this hurricane. This hurricane hits close to home for me,literally, because that I am from Houston I had to deal with much of the aftermath.