The Causes Of Climate Change

To understand climate change, one must understand what a climate is. A climate can be defined as “the usual weather of a [particular] place…[to] include patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind, and seasons” (State of Washington, n.d.), just to name a few. Climate differs from weather as a climate is comprised of the usual conditions of a given place (i.e. is it consistently humid, dry, wet, cool, etc.), while weather is the conditions present at a given place at any one time (i.e. it is raining, snowing, sunny, etc.). Climates are unique to individual places and generally stay the same over time, while weather can change by the day.

Scientists attribute a huge percentage of the gas accumulation to the human activities using fossil fuels and whose operation leads to the release of significant amounts of carbon dioxide and other toxic gasses into the air. The rate of temperature rise since the industrial revolution shows a significant change of 38% due to the constant emission of toxic gasses from human activity (Lonnie, 153).

Anthropogenic emissions affect the atmosphere, ocean, biosphere and cryosphere. These components of the climate system create interactions between each other ranging from a synoptic to microscale including everything in between. Ever since the industrial revolution, human-produced emissions have been changing the world around us. The phenomenon of having greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere is natural and necessary to support life on Earth. However, the buildup of greenhouse gases can change Earth 's climate and result in dangerous effects to human health and welfare and to ecosystems. These changes are new to the earth as never in this planet’s terrestrial history has anthropogenic emissions been a factor in changing the natural processes. This change to the earth’s natural environment has been termed “climate change”. Various research departments in the academic, government and public sector has done extensive research regarding climate change. This includes studying the earth’s paleoclimate, atmospheric composition changes, oceanic changes, biological responses and possible consequences. This research is intended to further the understanding of how the Earth’s climate will be affected with rising anthropogenic emissions.

Climate change is a major issue that has been gaining political debate over the past few decades. According to Britain’s former Chief Scientific Advisor David King, climate change is “the most severe problem we are facing today—more serious even than the threat of terrorism” (Worldwatch.org). Research shows that the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere has been increasing at an alarming rate. This change has not only sparked the rapid melting of polar ice caps, which are subsequently raising sea levels, but it is also believed to be the cause of extreme weather patterns such as heat waves, droughts, and most recently, hurricanes. With the rise of sea levels being coupled with warmer temperatures, ideal conditions are created for hurricanes to not only form, but also greatly intensify. The general understanding many researchers have is that climate change is at least partially caused by human activity. Where the difference in opinions emerge, is how great of an effect humans have on global warming.

Recently is has been discovered that there isn’t any snowfall so far this 2017 winter in the United States. Climate change and global warming is very real, usually by December, the East Coast is covered in snow. The world is expected to get even warmer, it is expected to gain 2.2 degrees by 2030 if the world’s careless actions continue to occur. Climate change is caused by chemical reactions taken place by the usage of fossil fuels. The world should change its actions to stop climate change by innovating a new form of transportation, and the usage of less or close to zero of coal and oil.

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.

In addition to the rise in Earth’s average temperature, a rise also exists in the amounts of greenhouse gases emitted into Earth’s atmosphere. “There is now a widespread agreement that there is a causal relationship between carbon dioxide levels and warming global temperatures. The issue at hand is whether activities of mankind have upset a delicate balance of nature meant to prevent the atmosphere from being supersaturated with carbon dioxide” (Lee and Morley 2). Carbon dioxide, the fourth most plentiful gas in the atmosphere, is believed to be the

For many years, global warming has become a more popular debate among people and scientists everywhere. Many people argue that global warming is happening because of human activities and others believe that there is no real proof that it is occurring. Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere. This is largely due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide and other pollutants in the atmosphere. All over the world, temperatures have risen, severe droughts, and heavy rainfall has occurred. The rise in average temperatures and ocean temperatures, rise in sea level due to melting glaciers, and oceans becoming more acidic are reasons why many scientists believe that global warming is occurring. On the other hand, scientists argue that there is simply not enough historical data to prove that this is true. These scientists claim that early predictions and models are unrealistic and unreliable. Global warming is a real issue that has caused rising global temperatures, rising ocean temperatures, melting glaciers, and ocean acidification.

The world as we know it today has changed from the state that it was in fifty years ago, is currently changing, and will continue to do so. Human kind is responsible for climate change, and without human intervention, the climate changes yet to come will deeply impact our environment, the lives of the creatures that depend upon the planet Earth for survival, our lives, the lives of children that will occupy the planet. We have a profound duty to the planet, we need to take action now before the time comes that we cannot turn back.

Climate change is defined as a change in the Earth’s usual temperature or general weather. Climate change is occurring all over the world, and whether people think it is a problem or not, climate change is affecting the world politically, socially, economically, and geographically. Some of the natural causes include Earth’s orbital change, volcanic eruptions, and continental drift. Not only is it natural causes that initiates the climate change, but it is also perpetuated by human activity such as deforestation, traffic, and the energy industry.

Global climate change has been a natural and frequent phenomenon since the beginning of life on Earth. However, the central debate concerning climate change is whether or not it is driven by human interaction with the environment’s resources. Carl Sagan said, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” (Baum, Haqq-Misra, & Karmosky, 2012). Claiming humans are causing global climate change as a result of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is definitely extraordinary, but modern research by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and independent research facilities have provided substantial evidence.

Sense 1998, the Earth has produced over 2.5 billion atomic bombs worth of heat because of an event that can occur called climate change. Climate change is the change of global or regional climate patterns that usually occur because of the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Although many people disagree about climate changes existence it can be proven as a reality when the statistics are shown on how climate change can begin, how climate change is affecting our daily lives, and evidence that proves climate changes existence.

Global warming is the gradual increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. Between 1906 and 2005, Earth’s temperature rose from 0.6 to 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit, and the rate of increase in temperature has doubled over the past 50 years. Throughout history, climate has changed due to the amount of sunlight absorbed as the planet rotates. However, over the past century, humanity has been another force that has started to influence Earth’s climate. Although there are many causes that severely affect Earth’s temperature, many solutions can help better our environment.

During the past century, human activities have released large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Most of the gases come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, is absorb and emits heat into the earth’s atmosphere, keeping the Earth warm enough to support life. However, human activities, such as burning fossil fuels, are adding large amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are like a blanket around the Earth, trapping energy in the atmosphere and causing it to warm. This is called the greenhouse effect and it is natural and necessary to support life on earth. However, while greenhouse gases buildup, the climate changes and result in dangerous effects to human health and ecosystems. People have adapted to the stable climate we have enjoyed since the last ice age which ended several thousand years ago. A warmer climate can bring changes that can affect our water supplies, agriculture, power and transportation systems, the natural environment, and even our own health and safety. There are some climate changes that are unavoidable and nothing can be done about it. For example, carbon

Global warming is a phrase that has been used in recent history that describes Earth’s surface temperature being warmed. Throughout history, there has been three global warming’s. They occurred in 1850; from about 1860-1880, 1915-1945, and 1975-1978 (see graph). The current warming was thought to have been generated by the discharge by man of carbon dioxide. All three of these periods of warming were divided into a period of universal cooling. The warming/cooling cycles, and their conjoined change in rain patterns are called climate change. Climate change has been happening for the past 11,000 years since the last ice age. Research has recently shown that this abrupt curve is probably a product of what is known as the “heat island effect” rather than be just called global warming. Overall, at its simplest, “climate change”- is simply known as global warming and “climate disruption.” Reason it is called a climatic disruption is because a phenomenon occurs that cause’s weather arrangement and temperatures too change to quickly and unknowingly on a universal scale. Global Warming is an occurrence of increasing average air temperatures close to the Earth’s exterior for over the past two centuries. Since the 20th century, weather scientists have assembled studies of different weather occurrences such as; temperatures, rain, and different kinds of storms. Also studies on the Earth’s ocean currents and the atmosphere’s overall chemical arrangement. This