The Causes And Effects Of Climate Change

Many people in today’s society use the terms Global Warming and Climate change interchangeably when actually, global warming is more of a long-term trend of only increasing global temperatures and climate change can be a decrease or increase in climate patterns of a particular area or sector (Lineman).

“Climate change refers to any change in the climate, regardless of the cause and can refer to warm and cold over the ice ages over the past one million years,” Veres explained. “Global warming, on the other hand, specifically focuses on the warming that has happened over the last 150 years on Earth because of greenhouse emissions by humans.”

Have you ever noticed that temperatures are constantly increasing? Temperature has been changing since a long time ago, therefore, climate too. While the climate change has many consequences, it is important to know that it has great impact on the Arctic.

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 is the change in weather patterns for an extended period of time and is also referred to as ¨global warming.¨ It is a widely researched and controversial topic because some do not believe it is actually a problem in the world today. However, a few academic sources and NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has ample evidence and resources to prove that it is a problem. Climate change and global warming is occurring in the world today and it has extreme effects on the earth's environment.

Abstract: Anthropogenic action has caused and significantly increased amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. These greenhouse gasses are contributing to climate change and causing many systems of the Earth to change, specifically the soil. Soil is home to a wide range of microbes that play an important role in soil structure formation and the carbon cycle. With warming of the soil, microbes are decomposing organic matter more rapidly and as a result, are releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, creating a positive feedback loop. The microbes in soil are also changing because of climate change and they are changing very rapidly, making it unclear how long it would take for the microbes and carbon cycle to revert back to their previous state.

"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.

The Earth has warmed by about two degrees Fahrenheit since 1880 when record keeping of the temperature began. That also includes the ocean waters. The warming is more over land, especially in the Arctic and parts of Antarctica. Generally, the Earth varies in temperature from year to year by a fraction of a degree. A rise of two degrees is significant. These differences are shown by the rising global temperatures and warmer oceans. Climate change is a natural short term weather condition of variable temperatures, winds, and rainfalls. However, over a long period of time for decades and centuries, a pattern of weather changes may be apparent. These weather changes which affect the planet and its people are commonly called Climate Change. The effects of climate change are differences caused by changes in the weather. The emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur gases are created by mankind with the use of fossil fuels. This has resulted in heat to amass in the Earth like a few hundred thousand atomic bombs detonating daily. It is known as the greenhouse effect and called global warming. Climate change and global warming are words often used to mean the same thing. If greenhouse gases remain high, then there could be a large temperature rise of up to eight degrees Fahrenheit. Global warming would cause drastic changes to Earth and If emissions continue unchecked then the temperature rise could exceed 8 degrees Fahrenheit, which would transform the planet and damage its ability

Climate change and the impact it will have on the Earth are a real and increasing cause of concern. Rising sea levels and sea temperatures, increases in the frequency of extreme weather events and increased acidity in the ocean are some of the things that will have a devastating impact on human agriculture. Unless something is done to change these things, lesser developed countries; many and most of which are majority Islamic, will face food shortages, disease and famine, resulting in people displacement, mass refugees and death. Islam is practised worldwide, majority of those countries where the Islamic faith is practised, are poorly developed countries.

Climate change has been a major topic of environmental concern over the past several decades. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently predicted a 1 to 3.5o Celsius increase in average atmospheric temperature above 1990 levels by the year 2100. One of the main causes of climate change is agriculture. Agriculture has evolved by including new technologies, increasing the amount of chemicals, mechanization, and government policies that preferred maximizing the production of food that is created during agricultural activities. These changes allowed a low number of farmers to produce the majority of the food. Nevertheless, farming has a lot of negative effects such as causing deforestation and causing a huge amount of greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change is a topic scientists have debated on for many years. Climate change is occuring, shown in evidence from the changes on Earth. Science and statistics show that human activity is the main cause of drastic climate change, as human activity is greatly increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Climate change is caused by greenhouse gases changing the atmospheres surface temperature. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are increasing the overall temperature of the atmosphere every day. But climate change causes more problems than just temperature's rising. Climate change also affects wind patterns, sea levels, precipitation patterns, and air pressure. Global warming contributes to climate change as seen in the recent hurricanes that have affected many places in the world today. Hurricanes are occurring in places of the world that they do not occur often because the earth has gotten warmer. The overall temperature of the atmosphere increases the chance of tropical storms and hurricanes. Climate change intensifies hurricanes by the increasing temperature of the earth, powerful winds, sea levels rising, and the amount of precipitation.

Climate change has growing negative effects in the environment and in many societies. Climate change affects everyone from any race, nationality, gender, and religion. However, many of the victims of the fast-changing climate are the people or nations who have least contributed to its fast speed. Climate naturally changes on earth and it’s been happening for centuries, however due to human activities, the pace of climate change became faster. This caused problematic effects like pollution and more environmental disasters which resulted to people losing lives. This showed the importance to address the fast-changing climate due to anthropogenic actions. This is the reason why international efforts to slow down climate change were created.

Climate change is an issue that is becoming more and more evident in today’s society. “Climate change is a variation in the unusual weather found in a place.’’ According to NASA researchers; People who study earth have noticed the Earth is getting warmer. “Earth’s temperature has increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit in the last one hundred years. This may not seem like much, but small changes in the Earth’s temperature can have big effects.” (NASA). After many researches, scientist have come to believe there will be more snow and ice to melt and the ocean level will rise, get hotter, and other places will have colder winters with a lot of snow while other places have more rain than others. For example, Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida. This climate change will have a significant impact on the environment, biodiversity, and on human health.

Climate change is one of the biggest news headlines of today. While there are skeptics that believe that global warming is just a hoax, there are many undeniable phenomenons happening around the world. The effects of climate change, in the long run, will be catastrophic if it is left alone. In just the past two months, there have been four hurricanes that made landfall in North America, and a wildfire more aggressive than has ever been seen before, ripping through California, killing forty people and leveling almost six thousand structures. Millions of Americans are displaced due to these unusually aggressive storms and the fires raging throughout California. Arctic species have seen massive reductions in their populations, with less food to eat, and less mates to breed with. The toxicity of the air in urban cities and contamination of waters outside these cities is on the rise. If the world keeps dismissing the importance of climate change, there will be calamitous consequences for the future generations. The effects of climate change, if not fixed, will be Arctic ice melting, reduction in animal populations, habitats threatened, and the air toxicity and seasonal allergies to humans. The causes include the greenhouse effect and air pollution.