Negative Effects Of Climate Change

Current environmental health problems that will likely exacerbate due to climate change include changes in air and water quality, and increase in parasite growth and chemical pollutants.

Climate change will create a number of health problems in the near future and become a top social issue. Climate will create more smog which will lead to higher rates of and other heat related illness.” Montreal currently has approximately 70 annual heat related deaths, while Toronto has 20. According to the (World health organization,2015). The statistic shows why this has become a social issue because people are dying every year affecting our society. Climate change also affects our world economy. The country is spending a lot of money trying to combat the issue as the country is losing natural resources as well as expected natural disasters are taking place. In 2013 there was an increase in floodings in the Toronto and Vancouver area due to unexpected weather. The clean-up bill came to $1.9 billion — the single most costly disaster in Canadian history — and 90 per cent of it was on the federal tab because Canadians cannot buy flood insurance”(Moore,2015.) As you can see the impacts of climate change leave the government with having to pay massive amounts money when it could be used for other things like creating jobs but that money is often now lost. Climate change has an effect on the environment. The glaciers in the Antarctic are melting as a result of increased amounts of heat now we are losing a part of

The earth’s climate has been changing and will continue to do so in the future. It is only going to keep on getting worse and it is getting to the point where humans will most likely end up in a situation of life threatening diseases and even death. Contagious diseases are spreading menacingly due to weather extremes as heat wave, droughts, cyclones, floods, and tornados (Dhaka). That is just the start of the effect of climate change and its consequences. Many scientists have already warned that millions of people would die in this century because of climate change unless the major reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is made (Dhaka). However, there are more than just reducing greenhouse gas emissions to help solve for climate change.

(WHO 2015) It is now generally acknowledged that the global climate is changing as the earth becomes warmer, in particular due to the burning of fossil fuels. Human health may be impacted by shifting the geographic range and seasonality of infectious diseases, possibly increasing vector borne disease rates, disturbance of food-producing ecosystems, and increasing the frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, cyclones, floods and bush

From the article “Climate Change and Your Health” the author replies that Rising temperatures will likely lead to more frequent and severe heat waves, natural disasters, poor air quality and spreading diseases. For example, in the year of 2006 the heat within two weeks caused 655 deaths and in 1995 over 700 people died due to excessive heat in Chicago. Hot weather kills more Americans than any other despite disasters. Global warming also means 650 million people who live on or near land will be threatened by sea level rise. In the article “20 Countries Most At Risk From Sea Level Rise” it shows that “147 to 216 million people live on land that will be below sea level or regular flood levels by the end of the century”. This means that more than 200 million people may die because of global warming. In addition, people are more likely to get sick because of temperature changes. Most of the bugs like warm temperature especially the bugs like mosquitoes and flies. People always get bite by mosquitoes in summer, but can rarely see mosquitoes on winter or fall. Therefore global warming would cause summers become longer these insects like mosquitoes can keep active for longer seasons and also in wider areas. Insects like mosquitoes have capable of carrying and transmitting diseases like Dengue Fever which greatly increasing the risk of people to get sick. Rising temperatures are more likely result in

These vectors can carry infective pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa, which can be transferred from one host (carrier) to another. The seasonality, distribution, and prevalence of vector-borne diseases are influenced significantly by climate factors, primarily high and low temperature extremes and precipitation patterns. Climate change is likely to have both short- and long-term effects on vector-borne disease transmission and infection patterns, affecting both seasonal risk and broad geographic changes in disease occurrence over decades (see Figure ES6). While climate variability and climate change both alter the transmission of vector-borne diseases, they will likely interact with many other factors, including how pathogens adapt and change, the availability of hosts, changing ecosystems and land use, demographics, human behavior, and adaptive capacity. These complex interactions make it difficult to predict the effects of climate change on vector-borne

The author, Denchak, would like us to know that global warming is undoubtedly dangerous to our survival. Denchak explained that the hotter the weather is, the worse it will be for our environment. The author claims if global warming continues, it will be detrimental to our ecosystem and livelihood. Aliya Haq from the NRDC’s Clean Power Plan stated that weather disasters will increase due to how rapidly the weather is changing and how unnatural it is. Global emissions will make the temperature increase 8 degrees by the year 2100 if it continues to grow the way it is now. Furthermore, “...humans are the number one cause of the epidemic”, claims

In the years following the turn of the 20th century, climate change is creating new public health challenges. The Environmental Protection Agency cites heat waves, extreme weather events, reduced air quality, and climate-sensitive diseases among the threats to human health that are associated with climate change.

Due to climate change both the land and the marine distribution is changing, causing numerous problem for human beings. The direct impact of climate change is on the food availability due to redistribution of species, since the areas that are suitable for crop production will either become too dry or will be under water creating a shortage of food worldwide. Animals are migrating to new areas to increase their survival chance, making it difficult for humans to access the same food that they once had before the migration. Fishes are the best example of species shift, due to climate change, the water temperature is rising causing the fishes to travel deep down into the ocean where it is cooler. As the fish travels further down, harvesting fish will become expensive causing economic crises eventually affecting the human well-being. On the other hand, the changing climate change is also posing new health risks for humans, such as some countries are now suffering from malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Due to a rise in worldwide temperature, mosquitoes can travel to numerous suitable places. An indirect effect of climate change will be the stress that the plants are facing now. Because of lack of trees on land, the carbon dioxide rate in the atmosphere is increasing which is raising the temperature and melting the tundra region, thus raising the water level. Because of climate change, humans are encountering various problems that can only be solved if the governments take initiative and find a solution for the situation. If world leaders wait any longer, a major catastrophic situation can occur that will dramatically affect human

From time to time, an individual's vulnerability toward climate change may become visible to the public eye. An individual's overall health including the heath of their community can be greatly impacted by climate change. When climate appears to be warmer than usual and there's insufficient amount of air condition it's expected to raise sickness and demise. There's a possibility one's life can be threatened in result of hazardous weather conditions. There's also another possibility such harshness can reveal sickness to others. Small children and those apart of elderly community appear to be more vulnerable to climate change than anyone else.

Global climate change transcends the future of the entire generation. Yunjing Wang mentions that the world is expecting warming that could be dangerous throughout the century (Wang et al., 2015). Not only effecting species of animals but also determining the presence of human existence. New diseases prevail on a daily basis specifically vector borne. These vector borne illnesses adapt to climate change due to temperature fluctuations, constant precipitation, and population adjustments. Although diseases such as Malaria and Zika are being researched on a daily basis, preventative measures for diseases caused by climate change are being acted upon by many organizations. If a steady climate can arise in the near future, virulence of many climate-related diseases will eventually decline.

Also evidence shows and suggests that different mechanisms that are related to climate change like heat exposure, air pollution, chemical exposure, reduced food access, extreme weather, and climate-sensitive infectious diseases will have profound health impacts. Climate Change is causing additional stress on the developing countries that are already facing extreme pressure due to urbanization and globalization.

     In the past few years, there has been an increasing amount of reports that correspond with these theories. Worldwide, there have been reports of cases indicating a spread of mosquito-born infectious disease, heat stroke and asthma / respiratory disease. It is believed that the 1F change in average global temperature has much to do with such harm to human health.

Thesis Statement: Climate change is the biggest threat to human beings as its already happening and has significant impacts on our ecosystems, economies and communities.

According to the World Health Organization, between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress. The increase in global temperature, rising sea levels, and the destruction of ecosystems have threatened