Cause And Effect Of Climate Change

Global warming is the steady heating of Earth’s land, oceans, and atmosphere caused primarily by human activity. Climate change is one of the world’s biggest challenges right now, from people actively arguing that it doesn’t exist- to other’s who don’t care enough to do anything about it. There’s evidence showing that climate change is happening and affecting our world now and from what it seems, if action isn’t taken, major consequences will soon arise. Most of the world’s land mass has experienced a 0.2-1.0 degree Celsius average temperature increase since the 1970s, the temperatures of the Artic has increased at almost twice the mean global rate. Climate change is caused by human factors such as greenhouse gases and ozone depletion and because humans are so dependent on fossil fuels in their day to day lives, the issue at hand is only going to get worse.

Climate change is the altering of ordinary weather patterns around the globe because of excessive greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide

Climate change can be defined as a significant change in the “average weather” of any given region sustained in the long-term and can be caused by Earth 's dynamic processes, external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and also by human activities (USEPA, 2014).

Climate change refers to a change in the composition of the global atmosphere over time. It is a change in climate patterns, which includes temperature, precipitation and winds. It can occur either due to a natural process or as a result of human intervention. Just a few added degrees to the Earth’s climate can jeopardize the environment if it does not have enough time to adapt. This can result in

It is obvious that climate change is real, and humans are having an inordinate impact on the natural processes of the earth. This impact is leading to changes in the storm system of the Atlantic Ocean. The increase in overall global temperatures is leading to an increase in ocean surface temperatures. When looking at the process of hurricane creation, it is clear that this increase in temperature will affect the creation of tropical storms. Warmer oceans create more intense hurricanes. Also, historical records provide definitive proof of an increase in hurricane activity in the Atlantic. Over the past few centuries, increases in size, intensity and rainfall have been detected by thousands of scientists. Scientific models such as those created by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) suggest an increase in intensity of tropical cyclones due to anthropogenic changes. These changes are detrimental to society and are a direct consequence of human induced climate change. If climate change continues to worsen, so will the intensity and effect of tropical storms. The increase in sea surface temperature due to human activity is unquestionably contributing to an upsurge in intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes.

Fourteen billion pounds of garbage is dumped into our oceans every year and most of it is plastic. Americans alone make up 5 % of the world’s population and yet we produce 30% of the worlds waste and use 25% of the world’s resources. When even exposed to the ground ozone for only 6-7 hours healthy people’s lung function has decrease. With the increasing pollution the more it affects the climate which in returns effect our health and our everyday lives. Climate change has many reasons why it has increased and effected many people’s lives and how they live in this world.

The term climate change is most often used to refer to a change in the in global or regional climate patterns, it became apparent in the mid to late 20th century “that humans have changed earth’s atmosphere in dramatic ways”(Lallania). It is widely believed that the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels are to blame for this increase. By increasing the atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide we have created what is now known as global warming. This is

"Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth's surface than any preceding decade since 1850,” (Nakaya). The year 1850 was well into the industrial era, making it very likely that humans are the ones causing climate change.. Climate is the general weather conditions of an area over a long period of time. Many things in the world rely on a stable climate, and it could all be ruined because of climate change. It is important today that everyone in the world learns about the effect climate change because ice is melting, animal species are being affected, and more extreme weather patterns are going to occur.

As a global community, we are faced with many challenges, however climate change is a primary concern. The impact that climate change will have on populations is severe and worsening, and it is largely our fault. Human activity such as burning of fossil fuels, increased population as well as deforestation has caused an increase in gas emissions within the atmosphere, resulting in global warming (NSW Government, 2017). Fossil fuels such as coal, gas, oil, petroleum and liquefied petroleum gas are used in everyday life for transportation, electricity and heating (Origin, n.d.). Worldwide, we use a vast amount of fossils fuels every day. In fact, worldwide, we use around 89 billion barrels of fuel, daily (Origin, n.d.). This vast amount of fossil fuel consumption is drastically effecting our environment and worsening our climate and as a result, our current population, our developing and island nations as well as our future generations will significantly be affected.

Climate change can affect plants and animals that live in a delicate environment. Climate change affects populations of plants and animals in random ways. These changes in plant and animal habitat could affect migration patterns (Cohn 2). Plants will be more affected by a change in scenery more than animals because plants depend on the right temperature and rainfall in order to stay alive. Another reason that plants will be affected more is that plants stay in one place and animals can move if the habitat is hazardous to their health (Cohn 2). Comparing the present and expected future range of the species is one way to examine the consequences of climate change. Margaret Davis is an American palynologist and paleoecologist who received a B.A from Radcliffe College, Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University and an honorary M.S from Yale University. She served as president of the Ecological Society of America and the American Quaternary Association and as chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1982. Davis used computer models to estimate a change in range of beech, yellow birch, hemlock, and sugar maple trees (Cohn 2). The results that Davis found are that the four species of trees would have to move 500 kilometers to sustain the same habitat to remain in order to stay healthy. The beech forests which thrive in southeastern United States would cease to exist (Cohn

According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 1992), climate change is an alteration that affects directly or indirectly to peoples’ lives, changing the formation of the global atmosphere with the deterioration of climate. Global warming is a political challenge which involves the hard work between countries and it is becoming a globalized and international problem nowadays. Due to the impacts of climate change, it affects a country’s political issues such as the migration of nations and the biodiversity loss which may lead to the imbalance of populations, the international struggle brought by the lack of sources, and the air quality index (AQI) of each countries which affect the rate of illness. Although these problems have not been fully solved, there are a few effective strategies which can reduce or overcoming, namely using renewable energy, exercising taxes and fines, signing agreements, and encourage people to become a vegetarian or weekdays vegetarian.

Climate change is the change in weather over a certain period of time from the average conditions. Records show that it continues to differ over the years. It drastically changes. It is progressing so rapidly, that the earth may be in danger of coming to an end. Global warming is caused by humans, and it is the damage done to climate change. As long as global warming continues to change, it will continuously affect the climate change. Climate change affects certain things in various ways

What really causes climate change? Is it human cause or is a natural process that is happening? I think that us as humans contribute more to climate change then natural causes.

Climate change has always been an environmental issue, however, recently climate change has also, become a prominent political issue. Despite contrary belief, climate change and global warming are two different phenomena. Climate change pertains to the Earth's temperature, for example, humidity, clouds, or even wind. While global warming solely pertains to the greenhouse gases distributed to the earth's atmosphere. One, cause of climate change are the natural occurrences. Volcanic eruption disperses many greenhouse gases into the atmosphere; the gases lay as a layer instead of submerging into the atmosphere (Global Warming and Climate Change). The second, cause of climate change is human faults. For example, burning or producing fossil fuels from landfills or livestock. The effects of climate change are devastating. Starting with the temperature rising can cause wildfire or droughts, moving to oceans, heating up causing hurricanes. Later, the drastic change in climate may result in the extinction of land and sea life Many countries around the world see the destruction and are willing to make an effort to stop climate change. 195 countries came together for the cause and created an Agreement known as the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is put in place to strengthen the global response to climate change, however, the Trump administration feels the terms are not beneficial to the U.S.

Climate change, either caused by humans, or naturally occurring, is beginning to affect several areas around the world and is causing human environmental insecurity in some already weakened states and regions. Climate change is defined simply as changes in the earth’s weather patterns. Change in climate becomes a security concern, for example, if decreased rainfall equates to decreased crop production in what was once a dependable food source that has now disappeared. The lack of this resource may produce rioting, corruption and increased crime for a replacement food source resulting in human migration causing instability in a nation or neighboring region. Using a constructivist lens to explain and counteract the deleterious effects of