In Newtok Alaska, the villages are built on frozen solid soil. With the climate changing the soil is thawing out and the ice is melting. Some villages have even begun to sink in into the ground. Now the villagers must relocate to higher ground and must rebuild on solid ground that won't be affected by the climate change. Humans are the main cause of global warming, but at the same time we are the only ones who can stop it. For centuries, atmospheric carbon dioxide has never been higher than it is now. It has been increasing since the industrial revolution. The Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Many have tried to come up with solutions to fix this controversial issue but climate change is still a major issue and affecting millions of lives. To stop this drastic effect we have on the world we must get together with other countries to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, drive more
Climate change is hot political topic. There is a huge debate about whether it is natural, man-made, and some even question if it is a reality. One of the biggest ideas spread against climate change is that there is no evidence. Yet, as these debates go on, our world keeps showing signs of climate change, scientist provide more evidence, and the effects of ignoring the problem become visible. There is so much evidence for climate change that is hard to deny the issue. We see glaciers melting, ice caps breaking, and sea level rising. But, people still do deny the issue and this is troubling for our future. Climate change is a huge issue and needs to be dealt with; if we don’t take steps to improve it, we will see continues ripple effects throughout the planet.
According to the US Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “Taken as a whole, the range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and increase overtime (Callery).” The scientists working on climate change all over the world continue to believe that the global temperature will keep on rising in future due to human activities explained earlier, and they are pretty confident that the world temperature will rise up to 2.5 to 10 degree Fahrenheits in the coming century, which means a rise of almost 2 degree Celsius by the end of this century (NASA). Frequent wildfires are another huge effect of the climate change: which are already occurring at a very high rate in the forests of
All of the greenhouse gases contribute to the atmosphere trapping heat and warming the earth and warming the Earth has many effects. The earth being warmed, meaning from North Pole to South Pole, melts ice in the poles. The melting of the ice causes sea levels to rise and the effect of that is flooding and lost habitat for animals. Increase in temperature makes some of population of plant and animal species go down. Increase in temperature also affects the weather. When large storms hit land with these increased sea levels it causes large storm surges that can destroy anything in its paths. If temperatures continue to rise other natural disasters could occur ("Global Warming Will Produce More Katrina-Like Storms"). A warmer wetter atmosphere could spawn more tropical storms and there will be floods in places that do not get much rainfall. Humans could prevent these problems if they were to cut down on the use of fossil fuels and use more renewable energy. Renewable energy consists of wind, solar, and lunar power. Humans also could drive fuel efficient
Climate change is a topic many people would not consider a main issue when speaking of major problems in the U.S., but in fact is of great importance. Rising sea level, increased temperatures over the last 40 or so years, an increase in extreme weather events, and an increase in water vapor in the atmosphere are all examples of the negative effects of climate change, and the fact that not many presidential candidates are focused on this major issue is a big problem. However, there are some who are willing and passionate enough to fight for this change. For example, Bernie Sanders, an independent candidate, has stressed the importance of this issue and what he will do to prevent climate change from affecting us dramatically in the future, and
Global warming is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth 's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. Many people see it mentioned sometimes in the news, and may question whether global warming is real (some call it a hoax), but climate scientists looking at the data and facts agree the planet is warming. While many view the effects of
This quote said by Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee shows the severity of climate change “We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it.” “On Earth human activities are changing the natural greenhouse of the Earth.” (A blanket around the Earth). Burning fossil fuels is causing carbon dioxide to be released into the air. By releasing this gas into the air the natural greenhouse gases increase and cause many effects to happen. Carbon dioxide is also caused by removing natural resources from the land for agriculture.
What do you consider to be the most important consequence of global climate change? Discuss.
Global Warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth. This issue has always been seen as a huge problem within politics, but is it really as much of an issue as people claim it to be, or just some scam to scare the public? Overtime many facts have proven that Global Warming is not a big deal. Although temperatures have been slightly rising, it has only been by a few degrees, nothing to be concerned about. The majority of evidence in favor of Global Warming has been written by non scientists, or by biased authors. The Global Warming theory has been greatly over-exaggerated by “environmentalists” for many years. Its so called “causes” are in fact absolutely irrelevant, and proposed by corrupt ecologists as a method to turn a
A new study, co-led by Marshal Burke, a professor of Earth system science at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, shows that climate change will eventually lead to drop in economy of almost every country. Even though Northern countries like Canada associate warmer temperatures with rapid economic growth but after a certain period of time, the growth ultimately declines.
One of the biggest debates in our country as well as other countries is whether global climate change is real or not. Many studies show that it is real and is currently affecting the planet as we speak. Scientists have found that greenhouse gases are the biggest culprit to the many issues that we have going on with our planet. Greenhouse gases are the result of pollution which has now trapped gases, such as carbon dioxide, into our atmosphere. From this effect, greenhouse gases cause dramatic temperature changes, melting of the polar caps/glaciers, and major weather phenomenon all over the world.
With all the natural disasters that happened in the past decades, society has a firm, deeply rooted belief that the main culprit, the cause of all havoc, is none other than climate change. Thousands of organizations are fighting the war against climate change. They condemn heatwaves for causing water disruption, for melting glaciers, etc. Who can blame them? We see it all over the news. “Heatwave causing deaths”, “Thousands evacuated due to flood”, “Severe dehydration due to water shortage”.
Prior to the industrial revolution, non-anthropogenic variables were leading roles in climate change but has quickly changed as anthropogenic activities play the leading role in climate change today. Although climate has been changing for decades it has been a recent change in causes that allows climate change to worsen as time goes by. Climate is the average that stands consistent for a long time in an area of precipitation, temperature, atmospheric circulation and atmospheric chemistry. Climate can be affected and changed by man forced and unforced factors. These include volcanic forcing, solar forcing, solar variability and the industrial chemicals. The cause of our current climate change issue is from human beings.
What is global warming and what factors affect it or contribute to it, over the last year we have seen growth in our global average temperature, but what is global warming, Global Warming is when the temperature gets increased by the daily activities that human do which produce a lot of carbon dioxide which is heat.
For many reports and assignments at school I have been writing about global warming causing different problems. I have for an example been talking about the climate refugees, the animals on earth, the ice melting and how