Understand The Causes Of Climate Change

Climate change is a change in the average global or regional weather patterns. Climate changes includes factors such as; temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons, influenced by oceans, land surfaces and ice sheets. This plays a

“More than a million species face potential extinction as a result of disappearing habitats, changing ecosystems, and acidifying oceans” (Berger). Climate change affects all living things on the earth and is accelerating because of human activity. Climate change is happening right now, scientists are trying to figure out what is causing it, what the effects of climate change are, and they are researching how the atmosphere has changed.

First, climate change and global warming must be defined and explained. According to Melissa Denchek from the Natural Resources Defense Council, climate change is “a significant variation of average weather conditions” (Denchek). The key factor is that the variation is a long-term trend, and not just due to natural weather

Climate change is the change in average weather of a region. Climate change can be, for example, change in region’s average annual rainfall or change in region’s average temperature for certain period (May, 2011). In a broader view, climate change can also be seen as change in Earth’s climate with an example being global warming.

Climate change can be defined as a significant change in the “average weather” of any given region sustained in the long-term and can be caused by Earth 's dynamic processes, external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and also by human activities (USEPA, 2014).

We all see the weather change from day to day and it is just a normal occurrence. Seasons change from warm to cold and we all just go about our business. But what most people don’t see change is the climate. Climate changes over a long period of time and it has shown a warming trend in the past few decades. Many people attribute this warming trend to the alarming rate that humans are burning fossil fuels and pumping Co2 into the atmosphere, however some people think that climate change is merely a myth or that global temperatures have always risen and fallen during Earth’s lifetime.

Another thing we should consider is anthropogenic climate change that refers to the production of greenhouse gasses emitted by human activity. By examining the polar ice cores, scientists are convinced that human activity has increased the proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which has risen over the past few hundred

Climate is the average of the weather of a region, and the climate of the Earth is the climate average of all the regions. Based on that, climate change is a change in the average climate of the Earth. According to the NASA, “Some causes of climate change are natural. These include changes in Earth's orbit and in the amount of energy coming from the sun. Ocean changes and volcanic eruptions are also natural causes of climate change”

As reported by Sandra May (2014) climate change is the change in the usual weather, this could mean how much it has rained in a certain place or it could be in terms of the change in temperature for a month or season. It could also be the change of the Earths climate meaning change in the Earths usual temperature. But the difference between weather and climate is that weather can change in a matter of hours but for the climate it can take hundreds or even millions of years to change.

Climate change can be defined as a long-term change in weather environments that include wind, precipitation, and temperature. The direct result of climate change can lead to a change in weather patterns that can last for extended periods of time (Climate Change Summary). Climate change may also be referred to as a change in average weather conditions, which could lead to an increase or decrease in extreme weather events. Recently climate change has been recognized as a problem around the world, while other groups believe climate change is made up of fictional data. Climate change is an ongoing problem in the scientific community, but society has not fully accepted the principles of climate change.

Climate change is happening, like it or not and is affecting the world. Higher percentages of carbon dioxide(CO2) in the atmosphere is increasing due to human activities, greenhouse gases(GHG) and global warming have shown to have caused negative impacts on the environment and the world we live in. There are many causes of climate change, which cannot be entirely rid of. However, by taking steps in carbon emission industries, it can ensure a reduction of CO2 and greenhouse gasses.

The term Climate Change refers to the changes in typical weather patterns for given regions- this includes annual rainfall, atmospheric temperatures, humidity etc. Most commonly, this term is used in reference to human interactions causing climate changes. For example, human’s largest contribution to climate change comes from the burning of fossil fuels and food production; these activities emit greenhouse gasses (ex. CO2, CH4, N2O, H2O), which contribute to the greenhouse effect. (NASA, 2011) (EPA, 2016)

Recently is has been discovered that there isn’t any snowfall so far this 2017 winter in the United States. Climate change and global warming is very real, usually by December, the East Coast is covered in snow. The world is expected to get even warmer, it is expected to gain 2.2 degrees by 2030 if the world’s careless actions continue to occur. Climate change is caused by chemical reactions taken place by the usage of fossil fuels. The world should change its actions to stop climate change by innovating a new form of transportation, and the usage of less or close to zero of coal and oil.

Everyday people and countries are affected by climate change and it’s effects. It may not seem serious now but one day it will so here is how climate change is caused and how it could be prevented. Climate change is not one big event it happens over many years. It may happen slow but it's effects can happen faster than we know, just because it's not affecting you now it doesn't mean that it won’t at all. Just remember that only we can stop climate change and help prevent it.

Climate change is described as a phenomenon in which the regularity of the climate undergoes temperal or precipatation changes. Climate itself is the constant long term weather pattern of a particular region. Each region has it's own variations of climate, of which there are 5 groupings, and each climate dictates the regions vegetation, species type, soil fertility, and even population locations. First and foremost, one cannot examine the evidence and result of climate change without first discussing the greenhouse effect, a natural warming of the earth and it's recent increase which has exacerbated the issue of climate change. The greenhouse effect is a process in which certain gases within the atmospere trap some of the sun’s solar radiation projected down to Earth. This process composed of the gases, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and even water vapor, is essential as it allows the Earth to regulate a regular warm temperature and thereby allow liquid water to reside on the surface (Reichard, 2014). These greenhouse gases, a normal part of Earths biosphere, can be released through natural process like from a Volcanic eruption or the decaying of vegetation.