Caribbean Informative Speech

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"The Countries of the Caribbean contributes less than one per cent of global carbon emissions, yet they are likely to be among the earliest and most impacted countries affected by climate change in the next few decades.”- (Essential Map work Skills for the Caribbean by Judy Rocke and Simon Ross). Hello! My Name is Lorenz and I am here to warn you about the Caribbean’s continuous changing climate and what can be done about it before it further affects us. First of all, climate is not weather. Climate is the average condition of the elements of weather (rainfall, temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, sunshine, and wind direction) of a sizeable area of the earth’s surface over a lengthy period of time (approximately 30 years). On the other …show more content…

We are destroying the ozone layer by releasing toxins such a Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) from aerosol sprays into the atmosphere. We also cause a process of global warming by releasing pollutants in the air that raise the earth’s average temperature. Global warming occurs due to the Greenhouse Effect where heat is trapped in the earth and hardly could escape. Some gases (called greenhouse gases) trap even more heat causing the earth’s temperature to rise. Scientists noted that the average temperature of the earth’s surface air and oceans has begun to increase drastically by one to three degrees Celsius. By 2050 they predict that it would increase by 2.5 degrees …show more content…

Therefore deforestation is not safe for the environment.

Climate change is not a good thing, thus having negative effects on us. Some examples are:
• Decrease in food due to drops in agricultural yields.
• Increased and more intensive rainfall and storms due to quick evaporation resulting in floods causing diseases such as malaria.
• Quick evaporation also causes longer droughts more frequent forest fires.
• Rise in sea level: Due to melting of ice caps in artic and glacier regions. This would bring coastal flooding; coast erosion and waterlogging .Places like Belize are vulnerable to the effects of sea level rise because of populated coastal plains. Can affect hundreds of thousands of people. Risen 15cm last 100 years.
• Impure water: Sea water may leak into ground water and contaminate it by floods.
• Coral reefs are destroyed: Heat bleaches the corals that cause a decrease in tourism and a decrease in marine animal life.
• Increase in heat can cause medical problems such as heat stroke, heat cancer.
• Damage to forests and organisms habitats by climate

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