As humans approach a future of uncertainty, enigmas are unraveling all around the globe. Climate change is one of the most influential concerns to humankinds, since there seems to be a dramatic change in the Earth’s climate such as noticeable increase in temperature.According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), climate change may be defined as the change in atmosphere that results from indirect or direct contribution to the climate by humans in which affect the modification of the Earth’s atmosphere and additionally may introduce to the inconsistency of the natural climate ("United nations framework," 1992). Even though the UNFCCC puts all the blame for climate change on human activities, ones might undoubtedly argue that nature is accountable for the climate change since ‘climate change is a part of atmospheric cycle’ in their belief. However, the main contributor to climate change is actually mankind.
Contributions by nature to climate change are the consequence of three main elements. First and foremost, greenhouse effect is originally created by nature itself. Greenhouse effect may be defined as an effect in which sunlight is prevented from escaping from the Earth’s atmosphere due to the blockage of gases such as CO2 and H2O vapors. Basically, sunlight, which is emitted from the sun to Earth, is absorbed by the surface and atmosphere of the Earth and delivered back to space in heat form. However, dispelling process of this heat radiation from Earth’s atmosphere is disturbed by the greenhouse gases , which leads to accumulation of heat around the globe. Second, wind and ocean currents are also dominant contributor to climate change. Regulation in wind and ocean currents may affect the global atm...
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... change issues can also be reduced by practicing the above solutions.
In conclusion, humans have contributed factors to climate change whereas nature is just completing its task of the environmental cycle. By altering the cycle path of nature, humans has been destructive to nature through using excessive amount of natural resources and ruining the environmental collars which is the trees. However, changes can be made if mankind start being conscious about the various environmental issues currently. Therefore, start practicing the solutions for a better tomorrow not only for us, but also for later generations.
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