02-03-2019, 03:16 PM
I agree with your stance behind this topic. Our earth continuing to warm due to our actions as human beings will cause some coastal regions in the near future to progressively become underwater. Not only does this warming influence our lakes, but our glaciers, too. Glaciers are on the risk of melting away from larger masses and travelling towards out lands. This would be the start of mass floods. The burning of fossil fuels will continue to warm up our planet at an alarming rate, causing these algal blooms to overthrow our lakes. This dramatic altering in the species count will shift our ecosystems in a way that we are not prepared for. Like said above, this domino effect can only be stopped if we do something NOW. The fact a 2 degree overall increase in the global temperature does not seem like a lot to the general population is ruining our chances at fixing things. According to the article, approximately 394 million people an hour away from the shore will be influenced by this. Money is being spent in areas that will not do anything to save our lakes. The lakes are only the start of this domino effect, everything else within our ecosystems will fall, too, if our tactics remain the same.