Ice caps and global warming

After reading tonight about global warming and the ice caps, I have realized that it is a big deal. When research talks about how sea levels will rise between 3 to 6 feet over the next century that is a terrible thing. Many people live in areas that are close to sea level if not already below sea level. People have also invested a lot of money to acquire property or homes along coastlines, and if those start receding then these people have invested in something that one day will just disappear. However, blame can only be placed on ourselves. Places like huge factories or even cars let off carbon dioxide, which is the reason why this is occurring. The carbon becomes trapped in the ozone layer and acts like a bubble to keep warm air in and not let it escape back out into space. This is what is creating this warming effect and wreaking havoc on our ice caps. Earlier I referred to housing and property, but that is not the only thing that could disappear. Beautiful beaches that we have will start slowly going away. Certain animals that live in the cold climates like polar bears or penguins could possibly start becoming extinct if their cold weather habitat starts to disappear then they would either need to adapt or they would be eliminated.