Climate Change: The Cause Of Global Warming

“Climate change” or “global warming” are labels that describe the slow but constant increase in the average temperature of earth, which was recorded and studied over the course of the past century. 150 years ago, temperatures were 0.74 °C (1.33 °F) higher than they are nowadays. It is estimated by a significant number of scientists that temperatures might rise by 6 degrees Celsius in the coming one or two centuries. Causes of climate change vary, and even though the greenhouse effect is the major contributor to this era’s global warming, other factors which are natural take place such as the sunspot cycle (when the sun gets slightly hotter and colder every 11 years), the dust & dirt in air coming from erosions, meteoric dust, and volcanoes.

Humans are in need of resources and energy consuming tools to run their lives, therefore they tend to prefer the most efficient and least expensive method regardless of the ramifications occurring as a result and especially affecting the climate and environment. A reciprocating argument to the stance of climate change denial is the fact that most experts have reached a scientific consensus on climate change’s reality, and it names human’s expansion of the greenhouse effect as a direct influence to the emergence of this problem.

Sceptics of resolving climate change argue that recent actions to do so were futile, and that it would be impossible to revamp the present day worldwide system by replacing the environmentally unfriendly practices which are cheaper and more efficient than the alternative and favorable choice to the safety of the environment. They believe that climate change, its severe consequences, and the greed of humans are a natural set of phenomena that resembles what happened to the dinosaurs millions of years ago, and therefore is inevitable. However, it is more reasonable to consider the possibility of fixing the issue because there are many indicators that proved this. Limiting energy use, making use of renewable power, and restraining the use of greenhouse gases released by different types of transportation seemed to induce advantageous effects that impedes climate change. Change in everyday trivial practices could result in huge changes that contribute to the solution. One of these practices are changing light bulbs to compact fluorescents or LEDs, and unplugging appliances and devices when not in use.