Are the threats imposed on the Caribbean a more pressing issue than the melting of the polar ice caps?
Neither is more or less important. There are valuable resources and an incredible biodiversity within the Caribbean, however, what is happening at the poles has a devastating affect on the fragile ecosystem of the Caribbean. Both are suffering losses at alarming rates and both are a great indication of how human impact has accelerated the natural order of things. Conservation is a worldwide issue that needs to be addressed on a global level. What someone does in the U.S. can affect someone living in Greenland and the melting of the polar ice caps has had huge impacts on the island chains in the Caribbean. The melting of the ice caps causes a rise in the sea level thus causing beach erosion, at the same time causing temperatures to rise, which aggravates and intensifies the effects of storms and hurricanes. The increasing water level has also begun to taint the regions fresh water supply necessary for the island’s sustainability. So it really isn’t a matter of which is worse because the
