The Pros And Cons Of Climate Change

Climate change is a change in global temperature and regional climate patterns. At the turn of the 20th century, there has been rising issues about climate change, arguing that global warming and climate change is an issue worsened by the human race. Change in climate is a natural process in which changes from season to season and even fluxuates over thousands of years. Over the time frame of the last 650,000 years there has been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat (Global Climate Change). It could be argued that climate change is a natural process and the Earth is suppose to change its temperature from hot to cold. Yes, that is true. However, the rate in which the temperature is changing is something this Earth has never endured. In

From the home to factories, families and industries are reliant on the use of nonrenewable fossil fuels to feed the needs of the everyday human. Fossil fuels are the main source of energy over clean, renewable sources such as the use of wind, solar energy, and water to power our homes, schools, and industries. In fact, about 85% of energy use comes from fossils fuels. The main reason being that using fossil fuels is cheaper than wind and solar energy. “For nearly two centuries, fossil fuels have been the cheapest source of energy” and widely abundant (Marburger, A global framework: international aspects of climate change). However, overtime fossil fuels will disappear due to the lack of time to replenish itself with the human races rapid use of it. Despite its current status of availability, there are many controversial issue in using fossil fuels; the most prominent issue being that it is the cause of rapid climate

“For centuries, atmospheric carbon dioxide has never been above” about three hundred parts million. However, in the 1950s it had reach about four hundred parts per million (Global Climate Change). The large spike of carbon dioxide levels could be explained by the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution lasted around until the 1870s and not only “redefine how people earned a living” but was a the leading cause of increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere (Marshall “Industrial Revolution”). Wind and water driven mills were no longer constrained to rivers and windy areas and was freed by the use of coal. Coal allowed industries to pop up anywhere and everywhere rather than sticking around coastal areas and by main ports. The availability to have factories function anywhere ramped up the use of coal, thus sending carbon levels sky high.

The Industrial Revolution was just the momentum of the dramatic spike in climate change. Through the continuation of industrialization throughout the globe, families became wealthier and were able to support more children in a family. The economic wealth had encouraged people to have more kids, increasing the human population. In order to support the increasing population, people had to clear land for homes and other structures. Deforestation has affected climate change by decreasing the amount of plants to helping absorb