The Effects Of Global Warming On The Human Race

Climate change is not a new concept. It has been mostly referred to as global warming in the past. As much as people would like to file this issue away as something to deal with at a later date, it simply cannot wait. This problem we face is costing us billions of dollars, forests and wildlife are being eliminated, and people are dying. Starting to sound like a big deal, right? Future generations will be affected the most. People who do not even exist will have to pay for what we, all people, have done to this earth. To begin to make changes, one must realize the severity of the issue. Bill Mckibben, author of “Recalculating the Climate Math,” conveys that “We’ve already raised the world’s temperature by one degree—enough to melt almost half the ice in the Arctic, kill off huge swaths of the world’s coral, and unleash lethal floods and drought. July and August tied for the hottest months ever recorded on our planet, and scientists think they were almost certainly the hottest in the history of human civilization” (Page 3 of 5). Global climate change is a serious problem because it increases natural disasters and is the cause of extreme weather.

Global warming is the steady heating of Earth’s land, oceans, and atmosphere caused primarily by human activity. Climate change is one of the world’s biggest challenges right now, from people actively arguing that it doesn’t exist- to other’s who don’t care enough to do anything about it. There’s evidence showing that climate change is happening and affecting our world now and from what it seems, if action isn’t taken, major consequences will soon arise. Most of the world’s land mass has experienced a 0.2-1.0 degree Celsius average temperature increase since the 1970s, the temperatures of the Artic has increased at almost twice the mean global rate. Climate change is caused by human factors such as greenhouse gases and ozone depletion and because humans are so dependent on fossil fuels in their day to day lives, the issue at hand is only going to get worse.

In the early 20th century people knew that they could cause changes to their local climates by, for example, leveling large portions of forests and over ploughing fields; but very few thought human action could affect the global climate. It wasn’t until 1958 that humans began to record measurements of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which revealed an increasing amount. This new data scientists were recording supported the idea of global climate change as real and that increased green house gases in the atmosphere would in fact cause the world’s climate to become warmer. In the 1980’s the world’s global temperature started to climb at a faster pace than seen before which helped the issue gain attention among the public, the scientific community,

In the past 100 years, the population of the world has gone from about 2 million people to just over 7 million people. With this drastic change in population in such a short period of time compared to the total age of the earth, problems are no doubtable going to arise. From the demand of the ever rising human population on the earth, food accessibility, depletion of natural resources, and an increase in global warming affects all have detrimental consequences on our human population and our own earth that may not be reservable. As humans need space to live, and as cities expand, farm land is being taken over by subdivisions. Thus, where is the food coming from to feed all these people with less farmland? With the first world lifestyle a dream for the majority of the population in the world, it is a wistful lifestyle that is very depended on the natural resources our earth has to offer such as fresh water, natural gas, and petrol. Once these resources are gone, they are gone. And as humans abuse the land that we live on, negative effect such as smog, rising oceans, and stronger super storms have a negative impact on humans and on the ecosystem of the earth swell. With these attributes that come with an increase in population, without a sustainable solution, the health and safety of the human population as a whole, as well as the earth, all suffers dramatically. Data from worldometers.info shows a 2.3 times from crease of births this year compared to deaths. With all these

In recent years, the controversial subject of global warming has been more predominantly brought to our attention. Is the threat of global warming real? Is it man-made or is this just a natural cycle of earth? Does it really affect earth’s inhabitants? Should action be taken against it? If so, what kind and to what extent? It cannot be only a coincidence that the alarmingly rapid climate change coincides perfectly with the increased amount of pollutants that humans release into the environment. The once stable climate has in recent years begun to skyrocket, thus altering the delicate structure of earthly life. This proves to be hazardous to the future of the planet; some people worry that many of the resources the environment provides that

Global Warming is a big topic in today’s world, and many people aren’t aware of the damages they are causing the planet. Global warming endangers our health, jeopardizes our national security, and threatens our basic human needs. Some impacts such as record high temperatures, rising seas, severe flooding and droughts are already becoming increasingly common. Although some people do not think they are causing global warming; I am here to let them know that the majority of global warming’s causes falls in the lap of the human race. People cause global warming every day by doing the many things they do daily. The main cause of global warming is the pollution people are putting in the atmosphere every day. This pollution happens each day from people driving cars, and the carbon dioxide that these cars put off. There are many ways to prevent this, and a lot of scientists are starting to make people more aware with the research and the facts that they are finding. Scientists are also starting to try to get people on their side by creating documentations to present their facts and findings to the public. “The National Center for Atmospheric Research” said this, “Many people don’t realize that we are committed right now to a significant amount of global warming and sea level rise…the longer we wait to do something about it, the more change we will have.”(Meehl)

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.

Fossil fuels are converted into the form of energy by the reaction of the chemical presence in fuels which emits different harmful gases. The most common harmful gas that emit are the CO2 (Carbon dioxide), CO (carbon monoxide) etc. which have significant effect on the earth atmosphere. Human activity, such as burning fossil fuels causes more greenhouse gases to build up in the atmosphere. As the atmosphere "thickens" with more greenhouse gases, more heat is held in. Fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas are high in carbon and, when burned, produce major amounts of carbon dioxide or CO2. A single gallon of gasoline, when burned, puts 19 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The role of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in warming the Earth 's surface was first demonstrated by Swedish

Fossil fuels account for almost eighty-three percent of the world 's energy. Fossil fuels, also called mineral fuels, form from the decomposition of plants and animals that died millions, sometimes even hundreds of millions, of years ago. Fossil fuels are also non-renewable - this means that when we use all of the fossil fuels, we will not have a chance to get the back or use them ever again; they are gone. By burning these fossil fuels, we produce heat and energy to fuel anything from houses and cars to boats and planes. Another distinct factor that makes fossil fuels unique is the carbon-dioxide gas that these fossil fuels emit when we burn them for energy. Many people altercate that burning fossil fuels dramatically harms the environment; others say that it has almost no effect on the environment. Even though people complain about the

Environmental change is a global phenomenon and it impacts human and natural systems substantially. Precisely predicting interactions as a result of such change is a very difficult science as many elements are often involved. Complex environmental problems such as biodiversity loss, resource degradation, and fresh water availability have been at the center of many debates. In particular, global warming has been the predominant topic in political, social, and scientific communities. What needs further assessment is the relationship between global warming and that of urban cities around the world. Cities are more so than ever becoming the intersection for nature and humans. Cities are major factors in the global warming debate as there strains their local environments can have a global impact. The rapid transition of rural to urban developments and the increasing move of human populations from rural to urban centers around the world show that there is a need to examine in-depth the relationship between urbanization and global warming, and how such a relationship can be made more sustainable. Truly assessing such a complicated problem requires an interdisciplinary approach on the social and ecological systems of human development. The importance of such an analysis is crucial as there is a small window for responding and adapting to global warming. Emissions by urban cities give cause to further examine temperature increases, extreme climate changing events, and the impacts of

“Another important fact in Global warming is known for causing more natural disasters such as floods, wildfires, heat waves, tropical storms, and etc.”(Jones, 2010). This seems to me to come into place as common sense if temperatures escalate, glaciers will melt and as a conclusion, it will possibly make the oceans rise causing erosion.

In news everywhere, there is always something about polar ice caps melting or the ever-rising temperatures, but most people do not think twice about it since, they are not directly affected by it. They may not be feeling the effects of global warming at the moment, but in time it will become a more widespread issue. The effects of global warming are hard to refute, and there is endless evidence of this growing problem in our world today. The continuation of global warming is a serious threat to everyone and everything on Earth.

Over the course of the years global warming has become a threatening issue that scientists and the government have been cognizant about. Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth 's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. The earth periodically warms up and cools down. The Earth is currently going through a warming trend that coincides with the industrial revolution. This threat has cause several negative influx in our world. For instance, higher temperatures, which are worsening many types of disasters, including storms, heat waves, floods, and droughts. This creates a warmer climate creates an atmosphere that can collect, retain, and drop more water, changing weather patterns in such a way that wet areas become wetter and dry areas drier. The polar regions are particularly vulnerable to a warming atmosphere. Average temperatures in the Arctic are elevating twice as fast as they are elsewhere on earth, and the world 's ice sheets are melting velociously. This does not only has grave consequences for the region 's people, wildlife, and plants; its most serious impact may be on rising sea levels. As humans, we face a host of challenges, but we 're certainly not the only ones catching heat. As land and sea undergo rapid changes, the animals that inhabit them are in danger of evanesesting if they don 't adapt quickly enough. The earth 's marine

Global Warming is in the minds of critical thinkers and scientist as well as the Industrial World. In this paper, we will look at man-made causes of Global Warming, and natural causes in Global Warming Affects. The man- made cause would be (GHC) which abbreviates to greenhouse gases and the chemical (SO2) represents sulfur dioxide from cars and Industry. The natural cause in the climate would direct more to a cooler climate. The Global Warming remains,augmented that one is man-made causing the warming or a natural occurrence trending from the earth’s rotation or other explanations. The first topic is the effect man- made contributes to Global Warming.

Global Warming has been devastating the earth and economy for the last twenty-five years. Greenhouse gasses developed from the production of chemicals such as R-22, oil, and factories have destroyed ozone and ecosystems for the last hundred years. Carbon dioxide is produced naturally and absorbed by plants and animals, but, too much, and it is deadly. With the increase in automobiles and production, the world government has begun to address the issue of greenhouse gasses with limits and requirements for larger nations, creating higher impacts of production and driving. Global warming has become a major concern for the economy because the increased temperatures have caused degradation of permafrost, ocean levels and temperatures to rise, and plants to grow at an uncontrolled rate.