Climate Changes In Latin America

This essay, firstly, will look at to what extent physical geography has affected Latin America in terms of economic growth. Secondly, it will focus on the other possible factors which have affected its economic growth. There has been much debate over the cause with some stating that geography is the culprit while others blame more social aspects such as politics and political instability, inequality, and educational attainment. This essay will attempt to evaluate to what extent these claims are true.

Latin America went from isolated to connected with the rest of the world during the time period 1450 to 1750 because of colonization by the Europeans. However, the economy, slavery, and the tribal systems stayed the same.

The Latin America region is south of North America on the world map. This region was once filled with countries that were at one point colonialized by European countries, but these countries are now independent. The Latin American region consists of mainly the South America continent, Central America, and Mexico. Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica, Chile, and many other countries make up this region. One thing that many people do not know is that Puerto Rico is an American territory and its inhabitants are United States citizens. The Latin American region does not offer the best economic situations, but it does have many other aspects to it.

Latin America has a long and complex history. From the early 1500s to 1888 there have been many political changes (foreign control, political ideology, slavery) and some continuities (central control), but the changes have had a greater effect because independent nations were able to establish themselves and form their own governments. Globally, the European Industrial Revolution was taking place which allowed for a political advantage because the new technologies could give the European governments stronger control over their colonies.

The Americas, now known as Latin America, has gone through many changes in its history, from being conquered by Spain and Portugal, to the people fighting for its independence and finally, making a living as newly independent countries. From the years 1850 to the end of the 19th century, each region had influences, specifically those that dealt with the after effects colonial rule had on the land. Nations that made up Latin America began modifying different portions in their government in attempts to benefit the majority of the people. More or so, they accomplished this goal, each with their own challenges. Evidently, changes within the social, political and economic systems were focused on external factors.

There is no doubt that climate is a considerable element for the agricultural production. However, along with the climate change, extreme weather tends to be more frequent and more intense that destructively affects framing. As a result, the drought occurred in sub-Saharan Africa became continual and long duration, which resulted in poor harvests. In addition,

Basically, this article is about the climate change, which is having a general tendency of going up. It can be divided into three parts. In the first part, it presents a prediction that any summer between 2061 and 2080 will be warmer than the hottest record, and it’s going to affect around 80 percent of the world’s land area, including Antarctica. And the second part is a description of how the group of scientists gets this prediction. By constructing simulation models, those scientists establish a large range of temperature that will possibly occur in the future. The third part propose that reducing greenhouse emission would decrease the possibility of the future summer breaking the record, especially in some areas.

Latin America is doing both positive and negative changes to their economy. In my opinion, I think that latin is making more positive changes than negative changes. I gathered many of my facts and supporting evidence from the textbook Geography and History of the World. A lot of the information was located in section one of chapter ten.

The Middle and South America physical environment contribute to how the people interact with the environment. There are four temperature altitude zones, natural physical environment, that affect the interactions of humans. One of the four is the tierra caliente zone, known for plantation agriculture with tropical crops such as bananas, sugar cane, cocoa, and pineapple (Pulsipher &Pulsipher 2012, 104). The tierra templada zone, crops such as corn, bean, squash, green vegetables, wheat, and coffee grow well here (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012, 104). In the tierra fria zone, crops such as wheat, fruit trees, potatoes, cool weathered vegetables thrive, and herding llamas, sheep, and guinea pigs for food and fiber is known here(Pulsipher & Pulsipher

In 2010, employees in Cancun Mexico made it a goal to try to decrease global warming to less than 2 degrees celsius (3.6 degrees fahrenheit). During this time researchers noticed that storms were beginning to get more intense, wildfires were spreading and drought was increasing. Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist and head of the climate analysis section of the Independent National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) stated that, “Warming over land is twice as intense as over the ocean which is exacerbated over the Arctic where retreating sea ice reflects less light and so it produces less cooling” (Live Science). In 2009, the sea surface temperatures in the subtropical Atlantic were 1.1 degrees celcius (2 degrees farenheit) which was above

Climate change is one of the most important challenges of humankind in this century. The ability to adapt, mitigate and reduce carbon emissions will be decisive to preserve the world for future generations. The last IPCC report has provided more evidence regarding the rise in temperature and sea level. Apparently, additional 2°C above the pre-industrial average temperature levels is unavoidable, and it will continue at that level due the accumulation of gases in the atmosphere (Solomon 2009). Climate change will affect people all around the world in different ways, though the capacity to cope with it is different among regions and countries. The Latin America region is notably susceptible to climate change, due its geographical position, population location and its economy relying in natural resources (Vergara et. al. 2013a). The withdrawal of the coral biome, glaciers melting, jungles & forest savannization and strongest climate events are only some of the threats that will affect their inhabitants.

The staggering amount of damage by global warming and climate change this year was only a fraction of what global warming and climate change are capable of. Many research conducted all over the world points towards correlations between global warming and increasing tropical storms, and if global warming and climate change aren’t handled correctly they could lead to mortifying effects for the future of the US. Food production is an important part of a functioning society but unfortunately global warming and climate change interrupts it in the

Canal, Andes Mountains, and the Gulf of Mexico all affect cultural differences in parts of Latin

The Earth has not always been as it is today. Periods of climate alterations have occurred over time to land us where we stand today. Around 8200 years ago or 6200 BCE, a surprising event occurred on Earth. The Earth underwent an abrupt climate temperature change. This change is known as the 8.2 ka year event or 8200 year event which refers to the last major climate alteration, a Northern Hemisphere cooling event that occurred approximately 8,200 years before the present. This event was less severe than the Younger Dryas, a cooling event preceding the 8.2, but more severe than the Little Ice Age that occurred after. The event occurred in the Greenland Ice cores during the Holocene, a period in which the Earth had a relatively stable climate.

The climate in the highlands varies with latitude, elevation, other topography and continental location. In rugged mountain areas such as the Andes of South America, the climates can vary based on the factors as whether a slope faces south or north and whether it is exposed to winds that are carrying