This may have caused death in many animal species and changed the life of many peoples. ... Other consequences of global warming could be less drinking water on those now even hotter summer days, and entire species of animals could die out. ...
Because of the heavy rain that we are getting from global warming, pollution, sediments, and nutrients into our only drinking water which our entire lives depend on. ... Arctic animals like polar bears, walruses, whales, and seals are having to change their migration and feeding patterns. This makes it hard for the native people who have to hunt those animals to survive. ... Also our fresh drinking water will be contaminated by the saltwater and it would become undrinkable. ... Polar bears are one of the animals that are being grately affected by global warming. ...
Global warming will effect weather everywhere, plants and animals everywhere and people everywhere. ... Salt water will pollute freshwater wells that millions of people use for drinking water. ... Conservation will also be important for drinking water supplies. ...
Domestic cattle produce more methane than wild animals and as their number increases so does the amount of methane. ... Most past climate changes occurred slowly, allowing plants and animals to adapt to the new environment or move somewhere else. However, if future climate changes occur as rapidly as some scientists predict, plants and animals may not be able to react quickly enough to survive. ... Saltwater then flow into areas which harming and threatening plants and animals in those areas. ... Coastal flooding also may reduce the quality of drinking water in coastal areas. ...
Major adjustments to natural ecosystems due to climate change could have negative consequences for our economy, which depends in part on the continuous reward of our nation's lands, waters, and native plant and animal communities. ... Pesticides are leaking through the soil into drinking water wells in our agricultural belts. ...
Sustaining drinking water supplies, wastewater treatment, and storm-water management will require higher expenditures on infrastructure (Smith, Smith 2011). ... An outbreak of these wildfires has left many people with homes and destroys land and animal habitat. ...
