The Effects Of Climate Change On Earth

Scientists have documented the rise in average temperatures worldwide since the late 1800s. Earth 's average temperature has risen by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degrees Celsius) over the past century, per

When you hear the words “climate change” what comes to mind? Probably weather and the changes. Many of us watch the news or use an app on our cellphones/electronic devices to keep an eye on the weather for the day, week, or even the month. But, there is actually a difference between weather and climate. Weather is actually “the changes we see and feel outside from day to day. It might rain one day and be sunny the next. Weather also changes from place to place” (Dunbar, 2014). Whereas “climate is the usual weather of a place. Climate can be different for different seasons. Different places can have different climates” (Dunbar, 2014). This paper will focus on the ins and outs of climate change, specifically focusing on what climate change

Straightaway, I knew that the topic that I felt was most interesting to me was geoengineering. I felt it was important enough to research since it could affect everyone on the globe. I wanted to know the reasons behind it, so I began the research process questioning if we know enough about climate change to put geoengineering techniques into play. The research process has not only given me time to learn more about a subject I find so important, but I have gained much more knowledge about climate change in general, and the experience has taught me how to critically look at opposing sides to a topic just as intently as I would my own view.

Is it too late to go back? Can we leave our plan in sustainable place for future generations? Climate change is happening weather we like it or not, what are we going to do? Mahtma Ghandi once said “ you need to be the change you wish to see in the world”. Climate change is causing unbelievably high levels of carbon dioxide , the global economy is estimated to drop by 23 percent by 2100. Our glaciers are melting at an unbelievable pace, Zacharie Isstrom is melting at a pace of 5 billion tons per year.

Climate change can be a very controversial topic because many people are skeptical about whether or not it is caused by humans, or if it even exists. Regardless of whether people believe in climate change or not, there is an immense amount of evidence to support that the earth’s core temperature is slowly rising, and humans are directly causing it. Everything humans do impacts the earth in some way. Many of the resources needed for everyday life are retrieved in ways that are harming the planet. For example, burning coal for energy releases immense amounts of chemical pollutants into the air.

Global warming can be defined as the increase in the earth's sea level due to an increase in surface temperature. In decades past, there have been debates on what can be causing global warming. Greenhouse gasses and ozone depletion are one of the most important factors that geologists are facing in the fight against global warming. It presents a major problem for not only geologists, but also for policy makers, foresters, scientists, and most definitely the inhabitants of the Earth. Greenhouse effects consist of natural processes in which the temperature of the earth stays habitable. There are also many medical issues and health hazards that can harm humans, due to global warming and climate change. The ozone is also a major defense

Melting ice caps, intense heat waves, and rising sea levels are all clear indicators that the climate is changing. Many scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predict a temperature rise of two to ten degrees Fahrenheit over the next century (“Global”). The future forecasts also calls for greater intensity hurricanes, droughts, and an ice free arctic. The public does not believe that climate change will significantly affect them but it will and already greatly has. Many different factors come into play when trying to find a cause for the changing climate, but a major one is greenhouse gases produced by human activities.

Humans’ contribution to Climate Change are constant, not ceasing or slowing down. Most anything in the modern society has made a contribution, whether it be the technology being used or the cars being driven. Climate Change is the changing of global weather and temperatures at an abnormal rate --- that many choose to ignore, proceeding with their everyday activity. Meanwhile, on a global scale, the rate of these changes is detrimental to life on earth. NASA explicitly addresses that these fluctuations of climate are natural, but the rate in temperature changes is quicker than ever before. Prior observations show that typically the changes last about a thousand years before the next period of changes, but recently human innovations have backfired with the earth at stake. With the advancement of a more technological society, comes great responsibility.

Every place becomes warmer because people always do the things that would damage the planet. For example the people usually use the air conditioner, this would discharge a lot of greenhouse air. That is too late to save it from complete destruction when climate change has damaged the planet beyond repair. Global warming is caused by the factory and cars always discharge CO2. ’ Global warming is primarily a problem of too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere—which acts as a blanket, trapping heat and warming the planet.’ (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2011) Some people think that it is not a serious problem to damage the planet or they can still save the planet. However, Global warming has already caused serious destruction to the planet and it is too late to save it because the planet start to arise many problems and people cannot do anything to help the planet.

Throughout history the Earth has warmed and cooled time and time again. Climate changes due to subtle shifts in orbit, the atmosphere or surface, changing, or the Sun’ energy varying. Now the force that has the greatest influence on Earth’s climate is humanity. Human activity since the Industrial Revolution has affected the climate because the burning of fossil fuels has an impact on the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon, but due to human activity there are increased levels of greenhouse gases. The increased levels, trap the sun 's energy and it warms the planet’s surface above the normal temperature. It’s the equilibrium of the incoming and outgoing of the sun’s energy that make Earth habitable, but now there is an offset because more is being trapped. The offset is global warming. Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature over the past century, primarily due to the greenhouse gases released by people burning fossil fuels. The arctic places are primarily impacted by global warming and place that arose with the most concern is Alaska. Alaska is home to wildlife and human inhabitants. The main concern is that Alaska is melting and will continue to melt in the future. If Alaska continues to be affected by global warming, then there will be a large impact on the state as a whole.

There is no denying that the effects of climate change are here. The cause of climate change, however, is often a debatable topic. The livestock industry is expanding at an alarming rate to meet the needs of an increasing population. Throughout the world, between the years 1971 and 2012, meat production has tripled, to 600 billion pounds a year, while the population only grew by 81%. This generation is currently eating meat on a much larger scale than their parents and grandparents ever did, just a few decades ago (Scheer). Climate change can be referred to as “any long-term change in Earth 's climate, or in the climate of a region or city. This includes warming, cooling and changes besides temperature.” according to NASA (Dunbar). To combat these undesirable, extreme temperatures, everyone has been told before to turn off the lights when leaving a room or to plant a tree, but rarely does one hear the suggestion to eat less or no meat. With an increasing threat of global warming largely due to the livestock industry, it is imperative that Americans start practicing vegetarianism to decrease methane produced by farm animals, carbon dioxide from transporting meat and by eliminating the deforestation required to make farmland for the livestock industry.

Due to recent climate change the environment has been impacted in many ways. Climate Change is a change in global or regional climate patterns attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels (Oxford Dictionary). Scientists have studied the impacts it 's having on the environment such as temperature rising, sea level rising, and increase in natural disasters. Climate change has only affected us in the 20 years due to the increase in factories cars, and CO2 we produce.

Global warming alludes to the marvel of expanding normal surface temperatures of the Earth in the course of the last one to two centuries (Weart). The idea is identified with the more general marvel of environmental change, which alludes to changes in the totality of characteristics that characterize atmosphere surface temperatures, as well as precipitation examples, winds, sea ebbs and flows, and different measures of the Earth 's atmosphere according to (Brown). A global temperature alteration alludes to a normal increment in the Earth 's temperature, which thusly causes changes in atmosphere designs. A change in the net vitality accessible to the global climate framework is called 'radioactive constraining it can be characteristic or anthropogenic.

The development of society and economy has caused varieties of environmental problems in the past decades. Carbon dioxide (CO2), the most common greenhouse gases has caused a great impact on climate change, and to reduce the emission of CO2 becomes a worldwide agenda. (Christopher R.I, 2013) While, Buildings, taking up third of the total UK greenhouse gas emissions (CCC, 2014http://www.theccc.org.uk/charts-data/ukemissions-by-sector/buildings/), have a great potential to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and improve the sustainable development in the future. One of the non-neglect issue to reduce the energy use and CO2 emission of building is in the construction phases. The embodied carbon accounting 20-50% of the total

It is evident that troposphere warming has been occurring since the mid-20th century. This has caused major changes in global surface temperatures. Measurements and observations have shown that during the last three decades, the surface of the Earth has been warmer than any prior decade since 1850. Furthermore, the period between 1983-2012 has been the warmest period of the last 1400 years in the Northern Hemisphere (Stocker et al., 2013). All the continents have experienced warming and increase in surface temperatures, except for Antarctica where there is no data available yet. Global warming has also caused changes in the weather and climate. The number of cold days and nights have decreased, while the number of warm days and night has increased on a global scale. Large parts of Asia, Australia, and Europe have experienced an increase in heat waves, and Europe and North America have experienced an increase in the intensity of heavy rain (Stocker et al., 2013).