The Effects Of Global Warming On Our Environment

We might disagree on the causes of global warming; however, we cannot ignore that it is happening. Although we still experience cold winters, average global temperatures has risen drastically for the past three decades. Polar ice caps are melting; as a result, sea levels are rising. Scientist predict more extreme weather in the coming decades, in fact, droughts will probably be more common. Also, flooding and tropical temperatures might cause large amounts of methane gases to be released, which could be disastrous for our atmosphere. Climate change may have human causes and also it might be a natural occurrence. Nevertheless, we must find ways to save our planet.

Despite the controversy that surrounds the existence of climate change, there is a high agreement among scientists that human-caused climate change in very real. Over the past two decades, surveys and studies have been done on climate change and the results have shown that the average global temperature has increased by about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The sea level is also rising and heat waves are happening more frequently than before. These events could lead to an abrupt and potentially irreversible climate change but scientists do not know the tipping point for such an event. Therefore, the sooner the inhabitants of earth begin to take action against climate change, the less likely something irreversible could happen.

Climate change is expanding worse and more dangerous each hour. Shocking facts are arising about climate change. What is more startling is how humans have been causing it, and it may affect us. For centuries, we as a human race have been completely belligerent to the signs staring us right in the face. If the damage is not repaired or progress slowed, consequences will be paid. The dangers of global warming are threatening wildlife and humans with conditions like rising sea level.

Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and the lakes are breaking up. Earlier plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner. Effects that scientists had predicted in the past and would result from global climate change, are now occurring. There is a loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise and longer more intense heat waves.(3) Each of the past 37 years has been warmer than the 20th century average. The twelve warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998. The hottest year ever recorded for the contiguous United States occurred in 2012. Globally, the average surface temperature has increased more than one degree Fahrenheit since the late 1800’s. Most of that increase has occurred over just the past three decades. Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for

“Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think it is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.” This quote from Bill Nye illustrates the serious nature of climate change. Climate change is the most serious issue that is plaguing the world. Global temperatures have been increasing in recent years and it is clear that our climate is changing. Climate change is the change of temperature of our environment. A majority of scientists suspect that humans are causing climate change by emitting CO2 into the atmosphere which creates a greenhouse effect and warms the planet. The effects of climate change are far-reaching, impacting ocean life and plant life across the globe. It also

Global warming is the steady increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature. There are two sides of this story. Some people believe that global warming is caused by natural components in the environment and not man-made production of carbon dioxide, while the others believe that it is caused by man-made production of carbon dioxide and not by natural components in the environment. Global warming is due to the increased level in temperature of a climate which is certainly not proven that the humans are the cause of this global warming effect. To the ethos approach, this documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle by British television producer Martin Durkin presents a number of respected scientists, economists, politicians, and writers who dispute the scientific consensus regarding fictitious global warming. According to the narrator “The earth’s climate keeps on changing but there is nothing unusual about the current temperature and the scientific evidence does not support the notion that the climate is driven by CO2 man made or otherwise.”

This paper deciphers the risks and damages associated with global warming. All the hazards are discussed in detail along with living and nonliving factors that causes or are affected by global warming. Measures to attain sustainability are also discussed thoroughly. Benefits and challenges to attain sustainability are also argued.

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.

During the 20th and 21st century there has been growing concern about CO2 emissions and their toll on the environment. Human activities have largely increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, particularly CO2. With the increase in greenhouse gases, the temperatures on Earth have risen due to the gases’ ability to trap of heat. This increase in temperature has had many detrimental side effects on ecosystems. For instance, global warming has resulted in the melting of ice in the southern and northern latitudes, destroy valuable habitat and creating strain on the organisms that live there (Frolicher and Joos, 2010). A result of this melting of ice in the higher latitudes has caused sea levels to rise. Furthermore, with more emissions of CO2 there has been greater absorption of CO2 by the oceans. When CO2 is in the ocean it reacts to produce carbonate ions and H+ ions leading to ocean acidification. Major effects of ocean acidification are already being seen; mollusks, coral, and echinoderms that have shells composed of calcium carbonate are eroding away due to acidification (Kerr, 2010). Ocean acidification, climate change, habitat loss, and extinction of species will continue if there is no change in CO2 emissions. Such changes could be catastrophic on fragile ecosystems.

Mother Earth is burning as we speak; humanity has killed our precious Earth. Global-warming is a vicious killer that was created by the humans on this Earth, and there 's no way to cure it. We,as humans, have the power to cleanse the Earth, but instead we destroy it. Heat is absorded by carbon dixide and greenhouse gases. A greenhouse gas absorb thermal radiation emmited by the Earth 's surface. As the sun 's energy reaches the Earth’s surface some of it goes back out into space, some is absorbed by the atmosphere, and the rest is emmited by the earth and warms the Earth. This is what we call the greenhouse effect which is the main reason we have global warming.

Global warming, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, “refers to the recent and ongoing rise in global average temperature near Earth 's surface.” Effects of human influence on the environment has long been a cause of concern regarding the disturbance of the “natural order.” Although a cycle which results in the periodic increase and decrease of the average global temperature has long been known to exist, due to new data suggesting the substantial and relatively recent spike in global temperatures, the idea that humans have become major contributors to the increase of temperature is now widely accepted. Our inability to find a solution to the effects of climate change has resulted in the evident deterioration of our environment.

“There is no reason to believe that the earth was never more resplendent than it was when human consciousness awakened in the midst of the unnumbered variety of living forms that swim in the seas and move over the land and fly through the air” (The Earth Community). Apparently, our planet has been extinguished since the day that technology and especially money took over everything. People now believe that they are living under the most beautiful era when they have cars, air condition, cell phones, and so on without even knowing that these products are the main reason leading our world to a serious catastrophe. Because every single behavior and activity related to electric that we operate daily generates so much carbon dioxide directly

Damage caused by environmental destruction is often very subtle which tends to influence the scale of harm based on the crimes that are caused by individual wrongs. Environmental damaged that is caused by just one individual is exclusively minor which causes it to be unnoticed, whereas a major group of people harming the environment at once causes major harm to society. In the last few decades, there has been a heightened awareness of environmental issues by governments, policy makers, advocacy groups, business firms, and the public all over the world. More than a century of industrial development has caused negative environmental impacts such as global warming, ozone depletion, and air and water pollution. These are recognized as global environmental problems that need immediate solutions. International environmental agreements, government environmental policies and regulation, industry environmental management practices, and pro-environmental consumer behavior are some ways of addressing environmental problems. Global warming, is one of the most noticeable example of worldwide corporate environmental impact. The corporate role in this, the potentially most severe and all-encompassing of environmental disasters, is quite clear.

Global Warming is the result of too many gases, which accumulate in the atmosphere. These chemicals build up and produce what is known as greenhouse gases. This results in temperature changes and various weather patterns. The gases, which rise up into the atmosphere retain a lot of heat, which can cause higher temperatures and more moisture in the air. Many of the pollutants in the atmosphere come from everyday human activities, such as using automobiles, factory fuels, and agricultural waste.

The environment plays an integral part of offering and sustaining livelihoods to billions of humans around the globe. Without rain, food security is adversely threatened, meaning that humans’ most vital need could be affected. Recently, the issue of global warming has caught many nations’ attention as carbon emissions significantly cause it. Greenhouse gas emissions around the world have been somehow unavoidable, but countries have sought methods to mitigate the inevitable outcomes. While it often seems as though this task is too daunting to overcome, this paper asserts that with the right approach, carbon emissions could be controlled thus reducing the destructive impacts on the environment, which inevitably lead to dire