Global Warming
Anja in Greenland and Rebeka in Bangladesh notice the impact of global warming, also called the greenhouse effect. The giant icebergs where Anja lives are now about 80 metres high. Ten years ago they were over 100 metres high. Greenland’s glaciers are melting.
If the current levels of greenhouse gas emissions continue, global warming will continue to increase. The result may be that the earth’s temperature increases by two to six degrees. Every degree of heat will have devastating consequences for people, animals and the environment.
When the thick ice caps in Greenland and at the South Pole melt, the sea level may rise by several metres, perhaps as much as six or seven. Low-lying cities and regions will then be underwater. Bangladesh is a low-lying country. Several island countries will be wiped out altogether. In other areas there will be severe droughts and deserts will spread.
Top: Anja, who loves driving a dog sled, is worried about the melting ice.
“If it gets warmer the dogs won’t be as important as they are now and things will be harder for the hunters and fishermen,' says Anja.
Right: Rebeka is scared the village will disappear
“We have always had flooding here in Bangladesh, but in recent years it has become much worse. It seems like there’s something wrong with nature. I’m scared that my whole village will disappear. I’m also scared of dying,'
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