Global warming is a condition caused by greenhouse gases and human activities. The increased concentration of greenhouse gases due to activities such as deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels causes warming of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. As a result, global warming has serious consequences in the form of extreme weather, species extinctions and rising sea levels. These effects can contribute to changes occurring around the world, including the Most are dangerous enough to pose a threat to the survival of life on Earth in the future. Of all the effects of global warming, the extreme weather conditions that are taking place around the world are the most obvious. Global warming will lead to more heat waves, droughts, stronger wildfires and stronger hurricanes. “This intensification of weather and climate extremes will be the most visible impact of global warming in our daily lives” (NWF, 75). Due to rising temperatures, places all over the world will be affected as we experience extremely hot summer days and shorter winters. Additionally, as rising temperatures change the rainfall cycle and increase evaporation, there will be longer and drier droughts, which could reduce the water supplies needed to support life around the world. Wildfires can be even more catastrophic due to warmer temperatures and drier areas, combined with accumulated levels of fuel loads in the forest, which have built up from decades of fire suppression activities. fires. Additionally, stronger hurricanes are also an effect of global warming, as sea levels rise and heavier rains fall near coasts. Overall, global warming is causing very rapid climate change. All the climate changes that are happening can wipe out species...... middle of paper ......al Warming. np, nd Web. September 10, 2011. .Lovgren, Stefan. “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS – REPORT YOUR DAILY WORLD.” Will warming cause catastrophic sea level rise? National Geographic News, April 26, 2004. Web. September 10, 2011. .Roach, John. “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS – REPORTING TO YOUR DAILY WORLD.” By 2050, warming risks dooming millions of species, according to a study. National Geographic News, July 12, 2004. Web. September 10, 2011. “What is global warming? Interactive about global warming, global warming simulation, climate change simulation. National Geographic, nd Web. September 10. 2011. .