South Florida is known for having plenty of drinking water. There is a great amount of rainfall each year and lots of ground water. However, rising sea levels could quickly change all of that. It could potentially cause the drinking water to become too salty.
This is relevant because as the Earth’s temperature increases, more ice melts. As more ice melts, the sea levels rise. As sea levels rise, the more carbon they absorb and the warmer they get; causing more ice to melt. It is all connected. Rising sea levels are a very dangerous threat and could impact many costal areas in the United States and all around the world.
What will be the long term consequences of having less access to clean water? This article is very unnerving and i hope people start to try and prevent this from happening further
This is why we need to take care of the global warming problem as soon as possible
Are there any efforts being done currently to fix the problem before it happens?
I am unaware that there are, Kendall. It would be interesting to find out…