El Ni�o : The Negative Effects Of Climate Change

Climate Change is the change in climate patterns and this problem has been weighing around us since the 20th century. “The scientific consensus reached in 2007 by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is that warming of the Earth’s climate system is unequivocally taking place and that such warming will affect sea levels" (Coastal Council, section 1). The problem with climate change

Irrespective of its cause, the impacts of climate change include more frequent and severe weather, higher death rates, dirtier air, higher wildlife extinction rates, and higher sea levels (IPCC, 2014). Although each of these impact areas are significant and worthy of further discussion, it is the ramifications of sea level rise that brought me to discuss climate action today.

The combination of these and other trends was an estimated average sea-level increase of 1.5mm per year between 1961 and 2003, which reached 2.4mm per year in the decade from 1993 to 2003. The decades prior to this trend showed only minor fluctuations in sea-level, suggesting that the current rate exceeds what could be caused by natural cycles. While the exact impact of rising oceans is difficult to determine, it is certain that the consequences will include some degree of flooding, integration of salt water into water tables, and a loss of land due to coastal erosion and submersion.6

Climate change can be seen through the effects on our oceans. The planet is warming and an increase in global temperatures causes ice to melt. Unfortunately, this cycle is becoming problematic as it warms the planet’s temperatures. According to NASA, “Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is

Climate change is an environmental and business issue that has gained more and more attention from society nowadays. The meaning of it seems to be not as easy as its name indicates which is merely a difference in climate. NASA (2011) reports, “Climate change, therefore, is a change in the typical or average weather of a region or city… Climate change is also a change in Earth 's overall climate. This could be a change in Earth 's average temperature, for example.” Therefore, climate change in our world has various effects in our life, which, for example, like extreme weather, global warming, higher sea-level and etc., do really affect our daily life and production process. Understanding what the climate change is, and why these changes

Climate change is an important issue that concerns humanity. Climate change refers to an increase in average global temperatures. Every day, the enhanced greenhouse effect continues to advance, which significantly influences Earth’s long-term climate. In addition, human activity is also contributing to the increase of global warming and is already leading to harmful consequences. Some people believe that global warming is not occurring and the heating of the globe, is just a part of the Earth’s natural cycle. Several consequences such as, ice caps melting, show us that global warming is in fact occurring. Therefore, we should start making changes in order to reduce future damages to the Earth.

Although global warming occurs over a long period of time, the Earth is currently being affected in numerous ways. Humans must recognize these negative effects and try to help prevent climate change from destroying life as we know it. Along with alienate change comes a series of negative effects on all life on planet earth. The migration patterns of plants and animals, length of the growing seasons have shifted, and the amount of diseases that are being spread among many species has dramatically increased. Also, the level of acidity in the ocean has been raised a significant amount. All of these issues are due to climate change. Climate change is the single biggest problem our world is facing and is affect aspect of life.

Climate change is one of the biggest problems the whole world is collectively facing. Even though climate change is partially caused by the natural cycles of Earth, humans I think are still a major part of it and I think that we can do more to protect the environment that we live in. Climate change happens when temperatures increase dramatically. When climate change causes temperature rises many environmental problems can occur here on earth . Temperatures rising can result in more floods, droughts, or flooding rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves which can cause wildfires. Oceans and the Antarctic Ice Glaciers have also experienced changes in oceans that are rising temperatures and are becoming more acidic. The Antarctic ice glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising destroying many habitats along the ice glaciers such as penguins and polar bears. As these changes frequently occur in future decades, they will likely present challenges to our society and environment.

Climate change is the change in the average weather for an area or state over many years. Earth’s climate has been changing from warmer periods to cooler periods and vice versa. Events that support this change is when the “volcanic eruption and outgassing increased the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide and brought the Earth out of its ‘snowball’ stage several million years ago.” (Hetherington, R., & Reid, R. G., 2010) As well as when the “continental drift broke up the largest land masses, slowly affecting climate, because the sea acted as a heat buffer and because of the redistribution of ocean currents.” (Hetherington, R., & Reid, R. G., 2010) Recently, Earth’s climate has been in a warming stage where “its average temperature has risen a little more than one degree Fahrenheit during the past 100 years.” (May, S.) Human activities have created an increasingly negative effect on the environment and are now causing the earth to go through a period of global warming. While climate change is a pressing issue, it is also a very politically-charged and controversial one. As Berkeley Professor Andrew T. Guzman wrote, “To believe that human behavior is causing warming is to betray one side of the political divide, and to reject that notion is to betray the other” (Guzman, A. T., 2013). However, if we can’t admit that human activity is responsible for the recent climate changes, then the Earth will be negatively impacted. Although natural causes have been responsible for

So far, the large majority of sea level rise has been caused by thermal expansion of the ocean. The Earth is warming up due to the warming effect of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere and more than 90% of the increased atmospheric heat is being absorbed by the ocean surface1. The ocean is getting warmer and as it warms, its density decreases but its mass stays relatively constant, therefore the volume increases and the sea level rises. The ocean’s density decreases when it gets warmer because the particles gain more energy so they move faster, pushing other particles away, there is more space between particles so density is decreased and volume is increased3. Global sea level is currently rising at a rate of 3.2mm per year1, mostly due to thermal expansion.

Climate Change is a serious social issue that can have devastating effects on human health, the Earth’s climate, and other organisms that live here. Climate Change is caused by increasing Co2 levels in the atmosphere. Because of climate change, there has been an increase natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, and thunderstorms. These Natural disasters are life threatening and are a serious issue.

Climate change is a big issue now a day and it is becoming increasingly more dangerous to our world. Climate change affects almost every aspect of our life whether we realize it or not. Over the past few years, we as a planet has suffered many devastating natural disasters struggles with our health, and overall a struggle to adapt to our ever-changing environment. Many people know that climate change is an issue, but they fail to realize what the effects are of climate change. This is something that takes a major toll on us and should not be ignored.

Since the Industrial Revolution began, human activities have significantly contributed to the changing climate by emitting high concentrations of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Over the past couple of decades, there has been climate change controversy concerning whether climate change is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, and whether the effects are significant. Although some believe that it is due to natural causes and is not a significant topic, climate change is a phenomenon that has a dramatic impact on human health, disrupts natural ecosystems, and can increase the intensity and frequency of natural disasters.

Climate change has major implications on ecology and society. Rising temperatures, increased precipitation and other factors have already had a major impact on ecology as can be seen in regular newspaper headlines. The topic of climate change can be emotive and often a topic of debate as the Earth’s climate is extremely complicated.

Two major mechanisms are causing sea levels to rise. First, shrinking land ice, such as mountain glaciers and polar ice sheets, is releasing water into the oceans. Second, as ocean temperatures rise, the warmer water expands. Trapped by continents, the water has nowhere to go but up. According to NASA, their latest measurement which was taken in January 2016, sea levels rose by 74. 48 mm.