At the International Climate Conference in Oxford, UK, scientists have revealed a shocking new study which studies the possible effects of a 4 degrees increase in the world.  The 130 climate researchers from the UK Met Office presented a world in which temperatures were elevated by 4 degrees Celsius.  This threat is a real concern due to the increasing amount of greenhouse gas emissions.  An exorbitant amount of these emissions have caused the Greenhouse Effect.  This Greenhouse Effect is causing the gradual heating of the Earth’s temperatures.

The Greenhouse Effect is defined as the effect of greenhouse gases (such as CO2) in the atmosphere that heat the surface of a planet of a moon.  These greenhouse gases absorb and emit infrared radiation, and slowly contribute to the overall heating of the Earth’s surface.  What makes the matter worse, however, is that scientists have begun to discuss the possibility of dangerous feedback loops.  For example, the increasing temperatures may cause acceleration in decay and increased acidity in the oceans, both of which would increase the greenhouse gas emissions in the world.  The increase in these emissions is predicted to raise climate temperature by 4 degrees Celsius by 2055.  Action, then, is the only possible answer to this problem.  Experts agreed that a 3 per cent per year reduction would reduce the rising temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius.

At the conference, climate researchers described what our world would look like if it experienced a 4 degree increase in climate temperature.  Disasters around the world would be more common; the North Pole will experience up to a 15 degree increase in climate temperature.  A few more possibilities mentioned at this conference are listed below:

- The Amazon will be gone as we know it.

If temperatures increase, the change in climate, along with forest fires, is predicted to destroy the vast majority of the Amazon rain forest by 2100.  The prediction may in fact be too generous in expected luck.  If the increased CO2 in the climate does not fertilize the forest, we may be in for a bigger case of deforestation.

- The change in climate may cause crop failure and increasing sea levels.

It is a possibility that 200 million people could lose their homes to the rising water levels.  The water could force out those living near water and ice, as melting can cause severe flooding and other dangerous issues.  The researchers also pointed to a possibly major problem in immigration.  As places become more and more unlivable, people will continue to migrate to safer areas.

- Australia may be out of luck.

The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is putting a death wish on the continent of Australia.  Even if Australia somehow avoids an extreme increase in temperature, the increase in forest fire frequency may, in essence, set the continent on fire.

- People in India and China may lose monsoon waters.

Monsoon waters are used in India and China to water crops and to drink.  The climate change may cause more extreme weather events, leading to both wetter and drier monsoons.  Aerosols released by greenhouse emissions may prevent the occurrence of monsoons in their entirety.