The Effects Of Climate Change On The Environment

The rapid changes in the Earth’s climate are phenomenally impacting how people live on a day to day basis. Regardless of whether people choose to believe it or not, records have shown that vast changes in temperature and weather patterns have definitely occurred since the Industrial Revolution. Moreover, each year we continue to see and deal with harsher and more severe weather conditions. For example, recently here in Dallas, the weather has been completely out of the ordinary considering these warm seventy-degree temperatures in mid-winter. Not to mention the series of unexpected tornadoes that tragically ended the lives of 11 people (a 3-month baby included) the day after Christmas. It is unusual to see these kinds of disasters hit this late in the year, if it is taken into account that tornado season is generally over by mid-November; this only goes to show that year after year weather is becoming less and less predictable. According to NASA, many scientists claim the biggest issue of climate change is the result of greenhouse gas emissions, and for decades, many organizations and government officials have proposed plans to reduce them and even though they have made huge strides it is still not enough to bring about huge changes for the environment. Climate Change is an issue that has been going on for too long and the only way to diminish it is by getting the population to reach a state of sustainability. To many the big question is “What is a state of

In just under fifty years, a topic that was once considered controversial, causing people to avoid discussions on it for reasons ranging from denial to discomfort, has evolved from those unpleasant debates to today’s friendly conversations. The topic is climate change, and the controversy surrounding it has been rooted in disagreement on what exactly causes it. Some say that climate change is a hoax and the changes are part of a natural cycle of the Earth’s climate system. Others are positive that it is the direct result of human activities and without immediate action, the planet will become inhospitable to human life. Then, there are those who are in-between, not sure which side to take, but are aware that something is happening to the global climate system.

In the last few decades, climate change has been a significant scientific and economic controversy for major debates. Some scientists believe they have already given enough research and proof to justify climate change as being a real, prevalent issue while other scientist and politicians thoughtlessly reject the theory altogether. This problem is very important for a few reasons; climate change could potentially define the fate of the entire human race, and because of this we might need to implement new laws regarding emissions of greenhouse gasses that could cost the world trillions of dollars. This subject is no laughing matter, and in today’s world you have to be blind, deaf, and stupid not to believe in it. The amount of research backing up these claims of climate change is irrefutable, but there are fundamental problems with locating the exact cause of it. Scientists are in a battle to discover if humans are the source of climate change or if planet Earth is undergoing a natural cycle that slowly increases the average temperature of itself. All that is known today is that when carbon dioxide and other compounds chemically similar to it are released into the atmosphere, the Earth gets hotter, decreasing the amount of Arctic ice and increasing the sea level. Disregarding money, climate change is a real, and very serious issue that has a tremendous quantity of research supporting it with, unfortunately, a deadly ending if not

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.

Climate change has become the dominant environmental issue of our time. According to BBC’s article “A Brief History of Climate Change”, the theory dates to the 19th century when a French physicist, Joseph Fourier, described the Earth’s natural greenhouse effect in 1824; followed by an Irish physicist, John Tyndall, who in 1861 showed that water vapour and certain other gases create the greenhouse effect; and in 1896, a Swedish chemist, Svante Arrhenius, concluded that industrial age coal burning will enhance the natural greenhouse effect. He reported that the buildup of carbonic acid in the Earth’s atmosphere created the possibility that the Earth will gradually grow warmer.

Through the decades’ people are seeing the effects on this planet that have been caused by climate change. But people are unaware that these weather patterns are abnormal, and need to be fixed before it is too late. There are major droughts, and record breaking high temperatures in places like California and in the Middle East while there are floods and hurricanes in Houston and Florida. The world seems like it is falling apart slowly, but some even wonder if there is enough evidence to prove that it is happening because of climate change, or global warming. Some people argue that it is just a hoax, and the earth is perfectly fine. However, it is a big coincidence that most people that say it is a hoax are gaining money by tearing down forests and polluting the air. The world population needs to be aware that some of the natural disasters happening are because of global warming. This planet’s climate and environment has been deteriorating, and it is not a coincidence that this is happening because of fracking, deforestation, and pollution. Some scientists believe it is too late to reverse the damage that we have done to Earth while some other scientists believe there is still a small window to at least slow down the effects that will happen. People are at fault for Earth’s climate change. It is crucial that the people try as much as they can to help stop climate change, so kids of the future do not have to live on an ugly and disastrous planet.

By 2050 the population of the world is expected to be 9.3 billion people. As the population of the world continues to grow so will the demand for resources. Resources such as land for agriculture, fresh water, and the most important fossil fuels are becoming scare. In order for the resources that we still have available to last, we as a society have to change the way we are using the resources. Not only do we have to make the resources last for future generations, but we also need to learn how to become less dependent on the resources since they are causing great harm to the environment. In order to slow the pace of climate change, we as a society have to change how we do things in order to confront climate change.

It is a proven fact that when many people think about their future, they are most likely strictly considering things that will effect or benefit them or people close to them. Things such as the city that they will live or if they will have the same job five years down the road. Very few people think about what may be going on in the environment around them. Global warming, (which is also known as the greenhouse effect) is a rise in the entire temperature of the earth’s atmosphere. It has been receiving a lot of attention from scientists in the past few years. For the last 10,000 years, the Earth 's climate has been extraordinarily beneficial to mankind. "Humans have prospered tremendously well under a benign atmosphere," (Bates 28).

Climate change is an issue that has the potential to affect the environment, communities and the world economy. Scientists advise climate change will cause increases to the likelihood of extreme weather events. Rising sea levels are at significant risk to coastal areas and communities, while the world’s oceans could become acidic which would destroy and fail to support coral reefs and other marine organisms (Climate Change Australia – Dept. Of The Environment 2014). The main cause of climate change, which is also known as Global Warming, is widely spread. It is mostly caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere in many ways; including through the burning of fossil fuels and by deforestation

Global warming is part of earth. This meaning the air and the way the fossil fuels come into play. I want to start out talking about fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources. They can take up to thousands of years to produce. This is why they are non-renewable because it takes so long to make more. These fossil fuels are used to make gas and oil for people to drive their cars and oil for these big plants.

The government and Darpa have openly admitted in creating a way to manipulate the weather, the reason the government would have created a way to manipulate weather is for self-benefit of the country or for political reasons, such as dis-forming a monstrous hurricane or helping precipitation occur in an area suffering with drought, the end game in this conspiracy would be for the United States to have complete control if manipulating the weather anywhere in the world and by doing this it would allow the U.S. to have total control of the other countries and continents.

The past two decades has see the largest push for the creation renewable energy technologies in order to reduce the anthropogenic carbon emissions, that have risen so quickly since the industrial revolution began in the early 19th century. The common use of cars, the expansion of commercial farming and the large use of everyday use of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas have all contributed to the rising levels of green house gasses. Carbon dioxide levels have increased by around 38% and methane levels have increased by 148% (Earthobservatory.nasa.gov, n.d.) both carbon dioxide and methane are considered to be green house gasses. The warming of the earth’s climate has gone hand in hand with the rising green house gas

Climate change has become a major issue in today’s society. Coming from the rise of Greenhouse Gas emissions and changing temperature caused human developments, world leaders and organisations are working on ways to combat the problem. This includes taking steps towards renewable energy and a cleaner future. Although, human activity is not the sole cause to the rising earth’s temperatures. Besides are use of greenhouse gases and fossil fuels, natural Influences including the current El Niño period and the natural carbon, nitrogen and water cycles impact our world. By predicting our outcome using technology, we can prevent major issues that would further affect the future of our planet.

There are some compounds present in our atmosphere, mainly in gaseous form, that plays the most vital role in the existence of life in this planet. Had these gases not been present in our atmosphere, planet earth would have been nothing but an ice ball and virtually the existence of life would have been impossible. These life savior gases are known as greenhouse gases. These gases have the capacity of absorbing infrared radiation and maintaining the earth’s temperature by trapping and holding the heat energy from the absorbed infrared radiation, this phenomenon itself is called greenhouse effect (livesciences.com). The recent human activity, especially the industrialization has resulted in production of too much of these greenhouse gases resulting a higher concentration of gases in the atmosphere causing excessive greenhouse effect. This has resulted in a gradual increase of the average temperature in earth’s surface and is commonly known as global warming, which is one of the biggest problem that is threatening the very existence of each and every life living in the planet earth (nasa.gov). The issue of global warming, if not addressed in timely manner is guaranteed to bring severe consequences and certain changes in existing laws, policies and lifestyle could make huge difference in the reduction of greenhouse that ultimately helps keep earth safe and sustainable for all of us and the many generations to come.