Causes And Consequences Of Climate Change

Climate change is a challenge facing our planet right now. Long-term effects may develop as a result, causing threats to natural resources, human health, and the economy. The concern is rising with the amount of carbon emissions and greenhouse gases in our delicate atmosphere.

“Climatism is the belief that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying earth’s climate” said Steve Goreham, the executive director of the Climate Science Coalition of America and author of the book “The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism: Mankind and Climate Change Mania”. Historically, earth climate has become a major problem after the Industrial Revolution during the 18th and 19th century and it significantly becomes a big concern in the present days. This essay will illustrate the possible root of climate change which is caused by mankind as well as nature.

As people live their lives every day, climate change is currently happening. Climate change is the shifting of normal weather patterns, which can cause the environment to become unbalanced. The greenhouse effect plays a major role in climate change, and it consists of four types of gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and flourished gases. These greenhouse gases help trap heat on Earth, but yet the carbon dioxide levels are increasing, and this can damage the cycle of the greenhouse effect. Climate change affects people and the atmosphere every day. Many people do not realize that current climate change can cause huge problems in the future; people need to find solutions in order to get climate change under control.

As a result of the higher global temperatures, there would be greater incidences of heat waves, which could lead to more heat-related deaths. Warmer conditions could also aggravate local air quality problems. Disease-carrying mosquitoes have increased in number because the warmer temperatures allow them to thrive in formerly uncongenial environments (“The

Climate change, which is also global warming, is a major problem in the world. It is not a problem that is just for today 's society but also goes back to thousand of years. Climate change affects animal lives by affecting the way that eggs hatch. It affects animals homes and when that happens then they have to migrate to other areas which they may not be suitable for which then may kill them. It melts the ice caps in cold areas so that polar bears and other animals end up dying because they have nowhere to sit on and because they have swam so much. It also affects humans lives because of permafrost which is soil that freezes and then melts and makes houses,trees,cars or anything else sink. It also affects humans because the temperatures increase which make mosquitoes carrying diseases be out more and when they bite humans they may get it. When the temperatures also increase it causes oceans to dry out which then becomes a desert and then affects animal life under water. Humans have an affect on the way that the air gets polluted. The way that humans have an effect on the air being polluted is that of of the vehicles that they drive which releases negative things into the air. When cars are driven then emissions are released into the atmosphere when then changes the climate and then affects the earth. Factories seem to produce CO2 emissions when they are working on their projects that they have like cars and other things because it releases smoke into the air.

Humans may be causing the world to end? According to Melissa Davey, “Greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans over the past 45 years, on the the other hand, ‘have increased the rate of temperature rise to 1.7 degrees Celsius per century, dwarfing the natural background rate,”’...(Okco 2). Furthermore, scientists have proved that simple chemistry, the monitoring of climate control, and the ruling out of natural factors were an essential part in proving how this had hurt our climate. Climate change will be disastrous if not changed.

Climate change is one of the biggest and controversial issues facing the world today. Climate change refers to the change in climate which can be attributed directly or not directly to human activity which alters the composition of the global atmosphere. Climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed. If climate change is not addressed, there will be an increase in higher temperatures, and with the increase in higher temperatures, the oceans will rise, and this will affect the vegetation. In addition, climate change puts wildlife because if the warming continues, many Earth’s species will die. Climate change especially due to global warming may lead to increased risks of floods, droughts and fire and this is a threat to humanity. Higher temperatures leads to an increased amount of evaporation leaving the land dry thus droughts and these dry areas are susceptible to fires. Also, when the rains come, the dry areas that have been impacted by droughts will be vulnerable to floods and this can wash away houses, livestock and even cause a number of deaths. Therefore, climate change is a global problem.

“Natural disasters have killed more than 600,000 people and left behind trillions of dollars in damages in the last two decades, the United Nations said Monday.” (Chan) Extreme weather has caused millions of casualties and extreme damages over the years, but lately there has been an increase in severe weather events. This is causing problems in the US, with the amount of tornadoes rising in tornado alley “Tennessee experienced a 67 percent increase in tornado activity in 1983-2013 compared to the 1954-1983 time period. Oklahoma experienced a nearly 35 percent decrease in tornadoes in 1983-2013 compared to 1954-1983.”

The Earth’s temperature is rising, the oceans are warming, glaciers are retreating and because of this, our sea level is rising and more (Climate Change Evidence). The climate changing has the potential to completely damage our world. Animals, plants, ecosystems and our health will all be affected. Changing weather patterns are already wreaking havoc in coastal areas and areas prone to flooding. While other areas are experiencing droughts and wildfires (The Threats of Climate Change). Human activity on Earth is to blame. We are causing a “greenhouse effect.” Burning fossil fuels, coal, oil, driving cars and more are attributing to this (Climate Change Causes). Yet, with all this evidence in hand, climate change is still a hotly debated topic in our society. However, a study in 2010 found that 97-98% of climate researchers that are most active in their field all agree that human activity is the primary culprit for global climate change. This same study also found that the proficiency of researchers that do not believe humans have caused climate change is "substantially below" that of researchers who believe that humans have caused the climate to change (Climate Change Procon.org). Instead of increasing funding to research, or putting forth funds to establish clean energy, our President, Donald Trump, has slashed the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency. He cut 80 million dollars from them (Mundahl). May Boeve, executive director of the environmental group 350.org,

According to Adger (2010), the combined effect of climate change and limitations of resources is serving as a threat to the sustainability of the current social-economic systems and is poised to affect our way of life. Climatic change is more than global warming. The rise in temperatures is but part of the broader changes leading to extreme temperatures, drought, flooding, storms, rising sea levels, impacts on food production and a range of infectious diseases. Despite the awareness of the situation by the scientific community, it has been slow to react and implement measures to mitigate their effects. According to the club of Rome, the limited resources of the earth cannot support the earth’s exponential growth, due to the slow renewal. It estimates that we are currently using 50% more resources than the sustainable level, with a current projected population of above 8 billion to the sustainable one. Global warming and climate change is accelerating the issue, through reduction of the agricultural production and will effectively lead to physical damage that may lead to catastrophic effects like extreme weather patterns and sea level rise Adger (2010).

Climate change is one of the biggest problems the whole world is collectively facing. Even though climate change is partially caused by the natural cycles of Earth, humans I think are still a major part of it and I think that we can do more to protect the environment that we live in. Climate change happens when temperatures increase dramatically. When climate change causes temperature rises many environmental problems can occur here on earth. Temperatures rising can result in more floods, droughts, or flooding rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves which can cause wildfires. Oceans and the Antarctic Ice Glaciers have also experienced changes in oceans that are rising temperatures and are becoming more acidic. The Antarctic ice glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising destroying many habitats along the ice glaciers such as penguins and polar bears. As these changes frequently occur in future decades, they will likely present challenges to our society and environment.

Climate change is happening, slowly but surely. Our earth is warming and the evidence is clear. Rising global temperatures have been displayed through floods, droughts, or intense rain in parts of the world. As we have established earlier, Climate change refers to any significant change in the measures of climate lasting for an extended period of time. In other words, climate change includes major changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among other effects, that occur over several decades or longer (Climate Change: Basic Information). There are various causes, challenges, and consequences of the climate change.

There are several causes of recent climate changes, but today the global warming is representative by human activities. Firstly, due to industry revolution, the industrial areas have been increased as well as they have changed the balance of the carbon cycle by burning huge amounts of fossil fuel such as coal, oil and gas. Besides, today lots of factories has growth and they exist the carbon dioxide to run machines to produce electricity, then all of things go into the atmosphere. Climate change is having different effects in different parts of the word and generally increase temperature, which changes the weather patterns across the planet. This is called global warming, which now create big problems for people and wildlife, and it is a major part of climate change. Furthermore, rising population leads more vehicles are used, lacking of accommodation and decline the quality of welfare, therefore air pollution, water pollution and environment pollution came out as the results. In fact, poor countries

Global warming is an international disaster. Its effects and control have dominated virtually all facets of modern human life. It is not uncommon to find even groceries listing themselves as being “eco-friendly” in a bid to attract the environmentally conscious customer. The effects of global warming are not just about blowing hot air in the pursuit of delivering chilling information. This phenomenon has devastating consequences for all, regardless of geographical location. One of the most commonly known effects is the heating up of the atmosphere. Scientists have shown that there is a direct correlation between the increase in carbon dioxide levels and an increase in the temperature of the earth. As a result, warmest years since 1992 have been experienced in recent years according to the IPCC report (2007). Global warming has various devastating effects on life sources such as plants, animals, food sources and climate change.

Thousands of species have become extinct over the last four decades as a result of changes in land use and as a result of global warming. Whether or not the millions of species can adapt and evolve to climate changes is debatable. As this brief overview will report, the human species is not adapting well to the changes. It must be remembered that increases in the levels of carbon dioxide are certainly responsible for the risk many species face, but so is the way land is used, e.g., rain forest destruction. There is a feedback loop wherein plant life and the climate are interdependent. Each affects the other. When forests are cut down, temperatures in that area will rise. Rising temperatures cause other plant life requiring cooler