The Impact Of Global Warming In Costa Rica

Global warming creates significant ecology impacts to all countries in the world. The impacts are especially dramatic in a rich biodiversity country like Costa Rica. According to Professor Terry L. Root from Stanford University, the temperature of the globe has increased by an estimated average of 1 degree in the last hundred years.

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How does the increased temperature impact the global ecology? Birds are laying eggs earlier than usual. Plants are flowering earlier and mammals are breaking their hibernation sooner. Certain species of animals breed and migrate faster than they use to. The studies also reveal the geographical changes in numerous plants and animals. May species of plants and animals start occupying areas that were previously too cold for their survival. The springtime activities like egg laying, end of hibernation, and blooming now happens 5.1 days earlier per decade on average.

Although plants and animals has adapted to weather and climate changes throughout the history of evolution, many species of plants and animals are facing the risk of extinctions during the next century. Global warming will disrupt the ecology chain. Plants and animals that can not adapt the climate change will lost their habitats. Global warming is predicted to contribute to fifty percent decline in breeding waterfowl populations. Some researchers believe that global warming and greenhouse gases will make over a million species of plants and animals nearly extinct by 2050.