02-21-2019, 01:39 AM
It's quite amazing how a small change such as two degrees can affect an ecosystem such as a lake so drastically. A change in temperature that we barely even notice can cause 15000 lakes to experience intermittent ice in the winter. I agree with Nicole on the fact that our actions have driven us to this extent of global warming and that it is not only our lakes that will be affected, but our ice caps and glaciers as well. The problem of intermittent ice seems to be related to global sea levels possibly rising in the near future. This is a problem for hundreds of millions of people who live on the coast lines all over the world. Not just the 394 million who live near lakes. If 8 degrees will end up impacting 230400 lakes, imagine what another increase of two degrees could do. How much could water levels inland and on the coast rise?