The Coming Disaster: The Environment, Climate Change, and Human Influences

The world now faces one of the most and complex issues it has ever had to deal with: climate change. Many people believe it 's not true and caused much uproar on the topic. But most of the world’s great nations or company leaders can no longer deny that it is a real issue. The huge impact that humans have had on the Earth has literally changed the climate and how it functions. Higher temperatures are reported yearly and even monthly, stronger storms are forming causing harsh tornados or hurricanes, and some of the planet’s critical nonrenewable resources are being depleted forever. For all of these major changes that in the very end affect everyone on Earth, The nations of the world have not all gone about climate change in the same

In Noelle Selin’s research have found that “Human activities, including large-scale industrialization, have altered the global environment in ways that are dramatic and potentially irreversible”(Selin). She also clarifies the relationship that climate change and the politics of it and how it interacts with human activities.

Environmental Issues: Increased population has led to the clearing of land for farming and the farming of marginal soils in rural areas, as well as to uncontrolled development in the fringes of urban areas. All of these factors contribute to deforestation and consequently to soil erosion.

Large forests are destroyed for raising beef, lumbering, and use of wood for clear cutting for crops or profit (Cooney). Wood has been in a huge demand for several centuries to build houses and buildings. However, this is causing other animals losing their shelter and habitat in forest. The topsoil has been wearing off from the soil which is creating soil erosion. Topsoil contains all the healthy nutritions that will make the soil fertile. Plants needs this fertilization and all the proper nutritions in soil to grow. However, water erosion in soil is causing soil erosion. Which is creating the land a desert where no one can live.

In this 21-century climate change is becoming worse and worse. There is water levels are rising, animals in cold areas are starting to die because of the rises temperatures, and humans' health is being at risk, why because of human activities. The activities that humans mostly do is burning fossil fuels and deforestation.

Much of our world’s land is destroyed to provide for our growing population through the occurrence of deforestation which causes loss of biodiversity and soil depletion. There are natural causes of deforestation such as wildfires, but most of it occurs through urban development and most notably agricultural development. We destroy acres of forests in order to have more land for cattle and other farm animals to graze upon, but also to have land to produce grain that won’t be fed to us, but to the animals. It is also seen that a majority of

What will happen to the future of humanity if climate change is allowed to have its way with the human race? What disasters will climate change force upon civilization? Will the human race slowly be extinguished? What will happen to individual people as the Earth’s climate gets more and more violent? Climate change will affect the general public’s health; the only question is “How much?”

As we know, for something to be sustainable it should continue to be so, forever. But, our bubble is burst in worst way possible. Who knew air pollution from factories, building industry, cheap plastics, and energy resources like coal was so bad? The Industrial revolution brought a new hope for people. Humans started thinking they are invincible. But, the scenario is different now. According to Biggers, “Many of the planet’s cities lie along the coasts and are threatened by slowly rising seas. Seventy percent of those cities are already dealing with extreme weather like drought and flooding”(n.d.) We have started to discover many symptoms that earth is really facing all these dangers. Prigg, (2015) says that, scientists have warned that the 6th mass extinction has already begun.” But, some people still feel that there is nothing to fear. Referring to some political leaders who do not feel earth’s weather change reports have any worthy

Throughout history, humans have modified their environment to suit their needs, such as housing, agriculture, and industry, but we are now seeing major changes to the environment on a scale not witnessed before. The greenhouse effect has run rampant through man’s use of fossil fuels and is causing major changes to the planet, many unseen by people not directly affected. Human overuse of dirty energies that produce CO2 has led to shrinking Arctic ice and warmer temperatures that cause disruption for the animals and people who live there. Glaciers, in places such as Iceland and Canada, and the Arctic ice sheet are melting, breeding seasons are changing, and people and animals are being displaced (Greene et. al., 2008). Some changes have been

Degradation affects differently in different countries. North America has least percentage of degraded land which only 5% is affected. In details, only 0.2% is caused by deforestation, 3.3% is caused by over-cultivation, 1.5% is caused by over-grazing. Europe is most seriously influenced which 23% farm land is degraded. Most is caused of deforestation which shows 9.8%, it is also much more than other 2 regions.

Degradation of land is one of the world’s largest and most lethal environmental changes. It is the downgrading of parts of the land due to poor human land management, causing it to be less productive as it used to be. Parts of the world which suffer from the impact include South Africa, Madagascar, India, parts of Europe and parts of the Middle East. Land degradation has many causes. Over 30% of land degradation is caused by overgrazing, which is the main, most serious cause. Deforestation and cropping are also very harmful and the second largest causes contributing to land degradation. Fuel wood collection in developing countries, mining, energy production and pollution also take part in the overall impact. The problem ultimately comes down to humans and their unhealthy land management. Although overgrazing by animals is

From the 18th century, the industry of the world was started. It brought many benefits; however, it caused global warming. Global Warming is a serious issue in the world community nowadays. “In Britain, where the Industrial Revolution began, Industrial output increased some fiftyfold between 1750 and 1900” (Strayer, 740). As the start of the Industrial Revolution, the economy of the world also improved. It helped to created many different jobs for human, to improve the lives of them, and to bring people closer to the technology. Because of these changes, it brought many bad phenomena for all humanity in the world today. “If the Industrial Revolution was initially a Western European phenomenon generally, it clearly began in Britain in particular” (Strayer, 744). As the Strayer states, the Britain is the place that started the industry, and it will be the place that get the most effect with the world’s pollution. Additionally, as the development of economy, there are many countries around the world got involved in the revolution. “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes more than 1,300 scientists from the United States and other countries, forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century” (Global Climate Change). The warming of the earth has a negatively impact on earth’s living system, the mankind, and the environment. The pollution of water and air affects the development of all mankind. “Romantic poets such as William Blake and William Wordsworth inveighed against the “dark satanic mills” of industrial England and nostalgically urged a return to the “green and pleasant land” of an earlier time” (Strayer, 739). At the time that these two poets mentioned above, there are many people who also want to stop the development of the technology industry, and tried to solve the solutions of the global warming. However, there are also many people that do not care about the warming of the world.

In the long run, Earth has warmed and cooled habitually since the period of the dinosaurs. Climate has kept changing as the planet received more or less sunlight due to elusive shifts in the orbit. However in the past century, another force has started to influence Earth’s climate that is humanity. The terrifying process is named as ‘Global Warming’ by scientists and considered as most threatening problem in today’s world. This term describes an ongoing increase in the average temperature of the Earth 's atmosphere, the change is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate (Global Warming/LiveScience). Accordingly, this essay will explore the challenges and potential suggestion of global warming by human beings in the United States with in the last decade. First, the essay will state the consequences of global warming on the environment of the United States. Next, the issues faced by society due to rising temperatures and increasing diseases. Also, the effects on economic and living conditions due to greenhouse effects. At the same time, the challenges faced by the agriculture and livestock’s. At last, impacts of climate change on the Great Lakes. On account of all the problems created by civilization, there need to be steps taken in order to save the future. Moving further, the paper will describe the remedies developed by human race against the obstacle and save the natural resources which will prevent the planet from warming up in the future. Adding the

The article written by Franz and Mayer (2009) explains how an everyday situation or global issue is perceived as an emergency. In the article the authors focus on the emergency of climate change and why people are failing to take action. To help explain this, Franz and Mayer convey to us a system that includes five steps: step one, noticing the event; step two, interpreting the event as an emergency; step three, feeling personally responsible to act; step four, knowing what to do; and step five, implementing the required acts.

Climate Change has evidently had a huge impact on recent natural disasters around the world. The most noteable events in recent times has been the hurricanes that hit the United States and Puerto Rico in quick succession in 2017. These great tropical cyclones were hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Maria. But this is not the only year that was violently struck. In the year 2005, there were six major hurricanes. Katrina. Dennis, Cindy, Ophelia, Rita and Wilma. all caused chaos within the United States. All these consecutive hurricanes in such a short amount of time shows how much climate change has had an effect on national disasters, eventually through these major hurricanes.