Individual Research Paper for Global Perspectives
‘The single biggest environmental environmental and humanitarian crisis of our time. The Earth's atmosphere is overloaded with heat-trapping carbon dioxide, which threatens large-scale disruptions in climate with disastrous consequences’ (nrdc.org).
Climate change has been a natural phenomenon happening for centuries, for example, the different seasons during times of the year. However, ever since the industrialization and urbanization of the world, CO2 levels recorded by NASA, Gapminder, and EPA has evidently shown the drastic increase. So much so that Al Gore, a famous politician and activist in America, made a film called The Inconvenient Truth, showcasing the direct impact humans have on the earth. According to National Geographic, the problem which causes heat to be trapped in the atmosphere are the gas emissions. Several gases are generalized under the greenhouse gases title. Greenhouse gases include CO2 - from fossil fuels and deforestation, Methane - created from pastoral processes and unhealthy waste management, Nitrous Oxide - essentially formed from the use of fertilizers, and Fluorinated gases - generally in accordance with industrial methods (epa.gov).
Source: IPCC (2007)
Additionally, with every cause, there are effects, these effects are ambiguous, ranging from melting ice caps to evolving ecosystems to floods. To process discovery.com's article, the main effects of global warming are: rising of sea levels - everywhere, due to the heat which melts ice caps and glaciers; heat waves; storms and floods created - as a result of escalated temperatures atmospherically and ocean-wise; droughts; diseases - infrequent waves of “disease-carrying creatures” triggered by the warm temperatures; economic consequences; war; biodiversity and ecosystem detriment. The causes of global warming - accumulative greenhouse gases - have large impacts on the environment and ultimately shape the way we live, as there are innumerable effects evolved from
Climate change has been a natural phenomenon happening for centuries, for example, the different seasons during times of the year. However, ever since the industrialization and urbanization of the world, CO2 levels recorded by NASA, Gapminder, and EPA has evidently shown the drastic increase. So much so that Al Gore, a famous politician and activist in America, made a film called The Inconvenient Truth, showcasing the direct impact humans have on the earth. According to National Geographic, the problem which causes heat to be trapped in the atmosphere are the gas emissions. Several gases are generalized under the greenhouse gases title. Greenhouse gases include CO2 - from fossil fuels and deforestation, Methane - created from pastoral processes and unhealthy waste management, Nitrous Oxide - essentially formed from the use of fertilizers, and Fluorinated gases - generally in accordance with industrial methods (epa.gov).
Source: IPCC (2007)
Additionally, with every cause, there are effects, these effects are ambiguous, ranging from melting ice caps to evolving ecosystems to floods. To process discovery.com's article, the main effects of global warming are: rising of sea levels - everywhere, due to the heat which melts ice caps and glaciers; heat waves; storms and floods created - as a result of escalated temperatures atmospherically and ocean-wise; droughts; diseases - infrequent waves of “disease-carrying creatures” triggered by the warm temperatures; economic consequences; war; biodiversity and ecosystem detriment. The causes of global warming - accumulative greenhouse gases - have large impacts on the environment and ultimately shape the way we live, as there are innumerable effects evolved from