The Impacts Of Climate Change

Climate change has been in debate for many years over whether it is a threat or not, but climate change is a threat and will be for many generations to come. Climate change impacts the sea levels which has a major effect on oceans and marine life, causes more frequent and harsher storms, and puts coastal cities at risk for floods and erosion. Although climate change cost large amounts of money to fix it is killing our oceans and marine life, causes harsher storms, and risks coastal cities.

Climate change is a global issue that is becoming more and more dominant in the world today. According to the Met Office, climate change is wide scale issue that is caused by a shift in Earth’s average temperatures. (Unknown, 2015). The potential impacts of climate change can be separated into two different categories; direct impacts and indirect impacts. The indirect impacts are knock-on effects that are controlled by the direct impacts. These indirect impacts can be as severe as the direct impacts. For example, sea level rise is just as major as the flooding that may come as a result of the rising sea level. If people start to realise the impact that climate change is having on the world (both socially and environmentally), then the effects of climate change may be reduced slightly. In this essay, a variety of direct and indirect impacts will be described and how they affect both Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sunderland.

Climate change will create a number of health problems in the near future and become a top social issue. Climate will create more smog which will lead to higher rates of and other heat related illness.” Montreal currently has approximately 70 annual heat related deaths, while Toronto has 20. According to the (World health organization,2015). The statistic shows why this has become a social issue because people are dying every year affecting our society. Climate change also affects our world economy. The country is spending a lot of money trying to combat the issue as the country is losing natural resources as well as expected natural disasters are taking place. In 2013 there was an increase in floodings in the Toronto and Vancouver area due to unexpected weather. The clean-up bill came to $1.9 billion — the single most costly disaster in Canadian history — and 90 per cent of it was on the federal tab because Canadians cannot buy flood insurance”(Moore,2015.) As you can see the impacts of climate change leave the government with having to pay massive amounts money when it could be used for other things like creating jobs but that money is often now lost. Climate change has an effect on the environment. The glaciers in the Antarctic are melting as a result of increased amounts of heat now we are losing a part of

Climate change is the altering of ordinary weather patterns around the globe because of excessive greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, which enforces the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The treaty does not account for ozone depleting substances since they are covered under the Montreal Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and took effect on 16 February 2005.

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This amounts to an average of five per cent over the five-year period 2008-2012.

Climate change is a real phenomenon that is occurring throughout the world and causing problems that stress and cause a variety of problems and issues in society. Some effects of climate change are rising sea levels, increased average temperatures, loss of ice sheet cover, hotter more recurrent droughts and changes in precipitation. Climate change and land degradation have affected the Sahel region of Africa by causing a decrease in arable land and this will lead to conflict and cause millions to become climate change refugees.

Climate change is a change/interruption in our normal weather patterns. It is when it is warm, even though it is winter. Or cold, even though it’s summer. It can also be called “The greenhouse effect.” gases Like CO2 are a big factor of why climate change is a problem. CO2 helps keep heat stuck to the earth, meaning even more hot days,which is a good thing in some places but a very bad thing for others.This is proven by many charts online showing the changes in weather throughout the years.

Studies held in Svalbard have shown that the reindeer population has been decreasing it’s body mass. Reindeer born in the 1990’s weighed about 121 pounds, and those born in 2010 weighed about 106 pounds. This issue is a direct result of climate change, which is the expansion of the greenhouse effect, that is being caused by the doings of humans. Climate change indicates warmer winters means more rain. When the rain freezes, it creates a thick layer of ice above their food, which prevents the reindeer from eating, and creating serious competition for other food. The hungry females either aren’t able to give birth or produce babies that are much tinier.

Canada is dependent on natural resources. The effect of climate change on resources could damage our economy. The 2001 prairie drought cost Canada over $5 billion in agricultural losses. Damage caused by floods, wildfires, and extreme storms require extensive and expensive repair of essential infrastructures, such as homes, bridges, and power lines. As a result of climate change, there will be lost productivity. Everyday life will be disrupted. This includes lost work or school days; harm to trade, transportation, agriculture, and tourism; and delay of planting, harvesting, and air travel. Harsh weather events push away tourists, which harms the tourism

Climate change is one of the biggest problems the whole world is collectively facing. Even though climate change is partially caused by the natural cycles of Earth, humans I think are still a major part of it and I think that we can do more to protect the environment that we live in. Climate change happens when temperatures increase dramatically. When climate change causes temperature rises many environmental problems can occur here on earth . Temperatures rising can result in more floods, droughts, or flooding rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves which can cause wildfires. Oceans and the Antarctic Ice Glaciers have also experienced changes in oceans that are rising temperatures and are becoming more acidic. The Antarctic ice glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising destroying many habitats along the ice glaciers such as penguins and polar bears. As these changes frequently occur in future decades, they will likely present challenges to our society and environment.

Climate change has been a problem for many years. Usually, people tend to think that this problem has been developed in the last decades, but that is absolutely false. Climate change is originate from more than 5,000 years ago when the first humans beings started clearing land by cutting and burning forest according to the Professor of Environmental Science William F. Ruddiman. This happens because when forests are burn, carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere thus causing damage to the environment. Clearly, the earth has experienced climate change in the past, but the current climatic warming is occurring much more rapidly than past warming events. The effects of climate change are affecting our ecosystems considerably. Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner. The effects that scientists had predicted in the past would result from global climate change are now occurring: loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves.

It is known climate change is occurring because of multiple factors, including greenhouse gases, human activity, and some scientists say solar irradiance. What most people do not know or simply have not thought of is how far back in history was climate change a problem or if it was an issue for early civilizations. It is apparent that early civilizations weakened for several reasons, but one reason in particular is affecting the world today. One particular civilization that is popular for their agriculture are the Mayans. The Maya empire occupied land that is now Guatemala. They were the most dominant native people before the 16th century and were intelligent in the way they did agriculture. With new research available, it is plausible to

"Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth's surface than any preceding decade since 1850,” (Nakaya). The year 1850 was well into the industrial era, making it very likely that humans are the ones causing climate change.. Climate is the general weather conditions of an area over a long period of time. Many things in the world rely on a stable climate, and it could all be ruined because of climate change. It is important today that everyone in the world learns about the effect climate change because ice is melting, animal species are being affected, and more extreme weather patterns are going to occur.

Climate change is caused by human activity. This climate change in turn, causes hurricanes. The hurricanes will destroy the human population main resources. This will lower people into having less important resources such as: food, shelter, and water. Having less resources could lead to poverty, which is known in developing countries such as: India, Philippines, and Haiti (Weeks 56). There are also changes in the oceans that are being affected. This change occurring could lead to the ocean over flooding due to contaminating the ocean caused by humans because humans have an impact on the environment. Humanity needs to cut down the production in the coal industry because people are burning the coal; this is causing the coal to pollute the air people breath. The effects of climate change is caused by deforestation, overpopulation, burning coal, and contaminated food production.