Climate Change

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Large scale shift in the climate is very much evident today as we see on the news how many fires are ongoing and how the lungs of the earth are under fire. Climate change can basically be described as the massive shift in temperature of the world as well as the change in usual pattern of weather. Since the year 1800s, as humans started to become advanced climate change has been a big part all around the world. Human beings have played a great role in destroying the ozone layer by releasing more and more carbon dioxide as well as other greenhouse gases in the air. It resulted in a major change in temperature as well as the overall weather of Earth (Pfeiffer, 2011).

If we take a look back at 11,000 years then it is visible why the world was a better place back then. The temperature of the world at that time was around 14℃. This temperature was pretty much stable as well. However, with the passage of time as the Industrial Revolution took place in the mid of 1800s, things started to change. Human beings learned how to use fossil fuels for their own advantage. As they started burning these fuels like oil, gases and coal for the production of more and more fuel; carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases were released in the air ("What is climate change? - Met Office", n.d.).

Now, it was estimated that the overall temperature of the world has increased by almost 1℃. Even though it feels like a minor change for us, but for the world climate system, it is a major change. In early years, this change was considered normal because it used to occur after many years. The time period of climate shift used to happen after long periods of time. In addition to this, one thing which we need to keep in mind is that the change which is happening in the world temperature is not even all around the world. Rather, some countries are getting warmer than other countries. Therefore, the rise in temperature is uneven (Pfeiffer, 2011).

Moving further, climate activists and scientists talked about these climate changes many years back. However, now this climate change is happening. Glaciers are now melting with more speed, lakes are breaking up, and the loss of so much ice is resulting in high sea level and intense tides. The rise in sea level is resulting in more floods. Scientists claim that this rise in global temperature is not going to slow down even in decades rather it will continuously increase. All of this is because humans are so much dependent on fuels that they are not backing down from using fossil fuels. As long as greenhouse gases are continuously released in the air, the global temperature will keep rising. Over the next century, it is said that the temperature will increase 1℃ more due to all these industrial usages (Jackson, n.d.).

It is important to understand that all this climate change and effect of the greenhouse is very critical for the life which lives on earth. Due to all the natural fibers which are continuously going on in Amazon Rainforest, so many animals have lost their lives, so many species had to shift and so many trees are lost which was a big part of emitting oxygen for this planet. The loss of this oxygen very negatively impacts the planet Earth (Jackson, n.d.).

REFERENCE LIST

Jackson, R. The Effects of Climate Change. Retrieved 4 November 2019, from https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

Pfeiffer, A. (2011). The Effects of Climate Change on Public Health and the Healthcare Provider 's Role in Addressing Climate Change. Senior Honors Projects, 216, 1-29.

What is climate change? - Met Office. Retrieved 4 November 2019, from https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/climate-and-climate-change/climate-change/index