The climate of our planet is a system response to the geography, biosphere, anthropogenic activities and occasional/cyclic geological/astronomical events.
Owing to the gigantic nature of the system, the Earth has a slow response time and manifests differently in different parts of the world. And the spatial and temporal changes are miniscule, making it difficult to comprehend the severity for an ‘uniniated’ person, since these changes can be easily lost in the noise of interannual variability. In this context, ‘uninitiated’ include every person who doesn’t actively pursue information from peer reviewed and scientifically consistent sources. For this reason, a clear and concise message needs to be sent to the ‘uninitiated’ to make them
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However, these platforms have been plagued with rampant misinformation that has been spread to attain socio-political ends. During the
Las Vegas Shooting of 2017, websites such as Google/Facebook painted the wrong person as guilty - this was attributed to the results being displayed based on popularity and recency than on veracity, serves as a fine example. The mistake has urged both Google and Facebook to enhance their fact-checking al- gorithms - by engaging more humans to review the news that has been marked controversial. Further, the individuals should be encouraged to fact-check and identify and mark hoax messages. Similarly, the news disseminating websites can be provided a rating based on the frequency and the trustworthiness of the news being published - which can be viewed by the general public. Thus, the resources should help the end-user to weed out the untrustworthy information.
Apart from the truth of the message, the content of the message should resonate with the audience. The message of climate change, though appears grim, should be given a positive spin such as, an opportunity to switch to
(de)centralized carbon-free energy sources or as an opportunity to provide clean water and clean energy. Since the responses to messages invoking emotions of fear, guilt and ignorance are denial, fatalism and apathy.
Have you ever imagined a world almost completely engulfed in water? Well, if we keep up our way of living all the ice will melt, getting rid of major places on Earth. This ice will melt due to something called climate change. Humans cause climate change because an overwhelming scientific consensus thinks this way, the specific form of carbon dioxide is increasing due to human activity, more greenhouse gases are being released, and the average temperature of Earth is increasing.
Earth’s climate system has been experiences changes during the last century. Dating back in 1859 a Swedish scientist named Svante Arrhenius was the first to claim that fossil fuel combustion eventually resulted to the contribution of global warming. According to S.M. Enzler MSc, in his article “History of the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming”, published by Lenntech, Dr. Arrhenius’ findings were long forgotten, “At that time it was thought than human influences were insignificant compared to natural forces, such as solar activity and ocean circulation. It was also believed that the oceans were such great carbon sinks that they would automatically cancel out our pollution.” (Enzler 1.). Global Warming was just an illusion up until the mid-1900s a scientist named Gilbert Plass began experimenting with carbon dioxide which he soon concluded that adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere would intercept infrared radiation, that is otherwise lost to space, thus warming the earth. Dr. Plass’ conclusion is very similar to that of Dr. Arrhenius, and the reason why it was not overlooked was due to the advances in technology during Dr.Plass time, proven to have a more accurate data compared to the past. Further research was conducted to help explain the rise in the global annual mean temperature. As of 1988 it was finally acknowledged that climate was warmer than any period since 1880. I agree that
Over the past 150 years there has been undeniable evidence that suggest the Earth is warming at a significant rate. Scientist who have done extensive research on Global warming as it as known have concluded that the major cause is the ‘Greenhouse Effect’. The Sun emits light waves and energy that pass through our atmosphere, this is absorbed by the surface and turned into heat energy, which then radiates off and is emitted back into the direction of space. Not all of the particles are able to make it out of the atmosphere due to gas molecules clogging up the air. This is warms the Earth very similar to the way a greenhouse would; the atmosphere being the glass of the house and the Earth being the vegetation inside the house.
Climate change has been in the news for years. Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4°F (0.8 degree Celsius) over the past century, and is projected to rise another 2 to 11.5°F (1.1-6.6 degree Celsius) over the next hundred years. The main cause of climate change is due to the increase of greenhouse gases. Since the beginning of industrial revolution in 1750s, human have released large amount of greenhouse gases mainly carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Climate change is a global problem that is affecting Earth’s delicate ecosystem. Many problems are present in our world today, such as starvation, flooding, heat waves, droughts and disease. These issues are likely to worsen as climate change takes its toll. In the past, the cause of this severe climate change was unknown. Today, it is known that manmade climate change is occurring. Scientists have discovered that humans have had the greatest impact on the Earth’s ecosystem. Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, are causing the Earth to get hotter. Although humans are not the only cause of climate change, we contribute to this world wide problem because of the actions we take, which if affecting us now and will continue to affect us in the future.
In the present times unequivocal climate system is quite evident, which is increasing the global average air and ocean temperature and widespread melting of snow, ice with rising global average sea level and more significant effect of global warming is climate change which intern affecting the human
Humans’ contributions to Climate Change are constant, and not going slowing down without changes. Climate Change is the changing of global weather and temperatures at an abnormal rate. Most activities in our everyday lives has made a contribution, whether it be the technology being used or the cars being driven --- with that, many choose to ignore Climate Change, proceeding with their everyday activity. Meanwhile, on a global scale, the rate of these changes is detrimental to life on earth. NASA explicitly addresses that these fluctuations of climate are natural, but the rate in temperature changes is quicker than ever before. Vast studies show that typically the changes last about a thousand years before the next period of changes, but recently that has taken a turn. Human innovations have backfired, with the earth at stake due to unforeseen externalities. With the advancement of a more technological society, comes great responsibility to the earth, our home.
· The Earth’s Climate System · Climate Function · “Climate is what you expect, and weather is what you get.” (World Ocean Review) · Weather is short term, climate is long term (next year, 10 years away) · Earth’s climate is a result of interactions of many components within the system.
Climate is part of our everyday lives. What we experience is the global climate system. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change is, "a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity alters the composition of the atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods." (Allen, Seaman & Delascio, 2009) Australia’s climate has warmed a lot more since 1910 by the average of 0.9’C. it has been rising dramaticllay since 1950’s.the daytime temperatures have increased by 0.8’C whereas in the night time, we experience 1.1’C more heat than the people living in 1900’s. (BOM & CSIRO, 2014). In 2004 more than 234 newspaper articles have concluded that we may have, in fact, reached the tipping point for the climate change. Walker (2006) believes that this man made climate change has caused havoc on the earth’s atmosphere and the most striking of all the components is the arctic. Farthest north is the carapace of sea ice over the Arctic Ocean. South of that is the vast ice sheet that covers Greenland. And then there is the ocean conveyor belt, which originates in a small region of the Nordic seas and carries heat and salt around the world.
Climate change can be very harmful. While humans are burning things, it is also warming up the earth. This causes hurricanes and other harmful storm to form. As the earth is getting warmer the ocean is getting bigger from the glaciers melting. Wind Turbines Solar Panels and etc. can help stop burning fossil fuels for electricity. Let the U.S. come together as one whole so that we can save glaciers.
Climate is the weather conditions over a long term. For millions of years, the earth kept changing between hot and cold, and wet and dry. As the earth warmed and cooled, plants and animals appeared and disappeared. People have had to change their way of life many times as plant and animal life changed. Since the industrial revolution, the humans built many factories and invented lots of electronic devices. They emit harmful gases called greenhouse gases like carbon dioxides and ozone, which affects our planet. However, it is difficult for people to recognize the effects because the process of climate change takes a long time. Furthermore, people think it is so far away. For example, as in Antarctica, all the icebergs are melting, which is
Global warming has been a universal issue for many decades. It started back at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when people unknowingly released fumes from factories into the air. Although global warming has been an all-around topic, it has recently started to gain media attention due to the many catastrophic events that have occurred around the globe. Global warming can be defined as, “a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth 's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.” Humans burning fossil fuels discharge greenhouse gases. Not only are we gravely endangering the earth for ourselves, but we are also causing the environment to become an unsuitable habitat for all the wildlife that has already inhabited the earth for many, many years. As we continue to destroy the earth, the consequences will increase in a grave manner. I will make the argument as to why we should become more eco friendly in order to save the earth’s natural state of being.
Global climate change is an issue that is taking part in an increasing number of conversations worldwide. Many concerns have risen due to climate change, with one of those concerns being the negative effect climate change has on natural disasters and health. “Global warming and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures” (Global Issues, 2015). This is primarily caused by an increase release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. ”The greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. Greenhouse gases act together to absorb the earth’s infrared radiation and solar heat and limit radiant heat loss, arming the earth’s surface and increasing surrounding tropospheric temperatures” (Diaz, 2006).
Our climate is changing and we are all seeing and feeling the effects. This could either be brought upon by our interaction with the environment through our development and advancement, or can be a natural cycle of our planet/biosphere. The issue of global warming has been stressed to the various world leaders by the scientific community, as science points to the dangers in elevated greenhouse gasses (Revkin, 2012). “Global emissions of carbon dioxide jumped by the largest amount on record in 2010, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery. Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to the Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of scientists. The increase
and its variability. The upper ocean is often referred to as the ocean mixed layer (ML). It is a