The Causes of Climate Change
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“Climatism is the belief that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying earth’s climate” said Steve Goreham, the executive director of the Climate Science Coalition of America and author of the book “The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism: Mankind and Climate Change Mania”. Historically, earth climate has become a major problem after the Industrial Revolution during the 18th and 19th century and it significantly becomes a big concern in the present days. This essay will illustrate the possible root of climate change which is caused by mankind as well as nature. Climate is the weather patterns or weather conditions in a region in general or over a long lasting period. Climate change can be defined as a long term shift in global or regional climate patterns. Many scientific evidences suggest that human activities are contributing to climatic changes but sometimes, the changes caused by mankind are often hidden by natural climate variability (The Free Dictionary, n.d) There are two parts of investigation that scientists attempt to identify and separate the mankind factors and natural factors. One is detection study in which the scientists measure the temperature changes to gather information and the other one is attribution study in which they find the scientific reason for the unusual changes in climate. Scientists use climate models to analyze the pattern of temperature change and find the characteristic patterns of climate response which is regarded as fingerprint match (Hamburg, 2009). Conversion of land for forestry and agriculture is considered as one of typical human activities which contribute to carbon dioxide emission. As the world population keeps growing constantly, people need more space for agricultural practices and ho... ... middle of paper ... ...News Europe. Available from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25922514 [Accessed Date: 24 February 2014] 6. Byron,N and Shepherd,G. (1998) INDONESIA AND THE 1997-98 EL NIÑO: FIRE PROBLEMS AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS [online] Oversea Development Institute. Available from: http://www.odi.org.uk/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/2913.pdf [Accessed Date: 24 February 2014] 7. Author Unknown. (n.d). The Current and Future Consequences of Global Climate [online]. NASA. Available from: http://climate.nasa.gov/effects [Accessed Date: 12 March 2014] 8. Hamburg, S., Harris, N., Jaeger, J., (Jan 15, 2009). Common Questions about Climate Change. United Nations Environment Programme – World Meteorological Organization. Slaght, J., Harben, P., Pallant, A., (2009). English for Academic Study: Reading & Writing source book. University of Reading.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that conversion of land for forestry and agriculture contributes to carbon dioxide emission.
- Explains that deforestation is one of the major causes of climate change, but replacement of vegetation and gardening absorb carbon dioxide as part of biological carbon cycle.
- Explains that wolfe, j. (2000) volcanoes & climate change. nasa earth observatory.
- Describes the sources of greenhouse gas emissions from the united states environmental protection agency.
- Describes epa's global greenhouse gas emissions data, available at http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemission/global.html.
- Explains that german cows cause methane blast in rasdorf. bbc news europe.
- Explains that indonesia and the 1997-98 el nio: fire problems and long-term solutions.
- Describes the current and future consequences of global climate.
- Cites hamburg, s, harris, n, jaeger, j, harben, p, pallant, a, and slaght.
- Explains that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying earth's climate, which has become a major problem after the industrial revolution during the 18th and 19th century.
- Explains that industrial practices play an essential role in changing the climate. carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other fluorinated gases are emitted during the combustion of fossil fuels.
- Concludes that the overall effects of human activities in climate change are still uncertain since nature variability also plays a large role in this global issue.
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- The Causes Of Climate Changeexplanatory essayNowadays, climate change is became a major global issue which are affecting our life such as global warming ,mean sea level changing and more extreme weather events etc .According to the research of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 ,it showed that the global mean temperature rose by 0.74 °C during the hundred year period from 1906 to 2005. Between 1956 and 2005,the rising rate was 0.13°C per decade in this 50 years , nearly twice the rate in the past 100 years. Eight (2010, 2005, 2003, 2007, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2004) of the last ten years (from 2003 to 2012) rank among the 10 warmest years on record. It seems that climate change is potentially affecting our life.In fact,human activities and natural effect are the causes of climate change.Generally,most of the scientists and government agree that human activities is the main causes of climate change rather than natural causes.Therefore,this essay is going to discuss why human activities change the climate more seriously than natural effect.Afterward,I will also present some possible solution to reduce the climate change.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the global mean temperature rose by 0.74 °c between 1906 to 2005, twice the rate in the past 100 years. human activities and natural effect are the causes of climate change.
- Explains that the industrial revolution and over-logging caused an increase in global averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century.
- Argues that solar variability has played a role in past climate system. however, current global warming cannot be explained by the changes in energy from the sun.
- Explains the impact of climate change on the global sea level.
- Explains that climate change affects the flow of heat air and cool air, which leads to change the frequency,spatial extent,duration,intensity and timing of extreme events.
- Reports that the acidity of surface ocean water has increased by about 30 percent. carbon dioxide is the main source of acid rain, which absorbed by upper layer of oceans.
- Explains that human activities are the main causes of climate change, and states that government must cooperate with industries to solve the effects.
- Explains that government can solve the problem by policy action, such as reducing the greenhouse gas emission.
- Explains that international partnership is an efficient solution for addressing climate change. more and more countries have set up a convention called un framework convention on climate change.
- Explains that people can also help the planet by saving energy by recycling, which reduces the amount of virgin material that needs to be minded,processed,harvested,manufactured and transported.
- Explains why human activity is the main cause of climate change rather than natural cause, and presents the possible solutions.
1174 wordsRead More - What Role Has Human Activity Played in Causing Climate Change?explanatory essayClimate change is one of the biggest concerns for all nations across the globe over centuries. Climate shift refers to changes in patterns of weather which can be indicated through global warming, natural disasters and rise in sea level. There is a group of people, climate change skeptics, argue that climate change is not the result of human activity, meaning that it is naturally occurred. According to Slaght, this refers to internal factors which are the interaction between the atmosphere and ocean, and external factor, such as solar energy variations and volcanic eruption (John Slaght, 2009). However, most scientist claims that human also involve in this process. Consequently, this essay aims to discuss the impacts of greenhouse gases on climate, and then the contribution of human to climate change and lastly, some statistics about the effects of global warming.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the burning of fossil fuels is the primary cause of the observed changes in the earth's climate.
- Explains that climate change is one of the biggest concerns for all nations across the globe over centuries. climate change skeptics argue that it is not the result of human activity.
- Explains that the period 2001–2010 was the hottest decade on record. other greenhouse gases upset the climate, such as methane and deforestation.
- Cites john slaght, p. h., reading & writing source book, and steffen, w. (2013, september 27).
801 wordsRead More - The Natural Factors And Natural Causes Of Climate Changeanalytical essayClimate Change can result from both natural events and human activities. Some examples of natural causes of climate change are volcanic eruptions, ocean currents, solar variations, and earth’s orbital changes. Some examples of human activities are fossil fuels, warming of temperature due to industrialization, and deforestation of tropical rainforests. Factors of climate change can change and vary naturally over time. The issue of the fast increase in earth’s temperature over the past years is one of global importance and disputed origin. All these justifications are for the change in the earth’s temperature are valid, however, there is a reason to believe that human activity and carbon dioxide emissions are a great part of the cause for the
In this essay, the author
- Explains that climate change can result from both natural events and human activities.
- Explains that the effects of climate change in artic are more extensive than expected. as the permafrost thaws, there is a risk that carbon dioxide and methane will be released.
- Explains that human activities increase the amount of gases in the atmosphere which also absorb out-going long-wave radiation.
- Analyzes how deforestation and climate change can be perceived as a spiteful cycle. trees absorb water from the land and release it into the atmosphere.
- Explains that fossil fuels have a great influence on climate change. they state that they release pollutants into the atmosphere like sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide which have various environmental effects.
- Explains the physical and biological properties of earth's and surrounding oceans are linked to the earth’s environment through ocean and atmosphere circulation and exchange of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
- Explains that the temperature of the earth is affected by increasing co2 and other sera gases in the atmosphere. antarctic ice will supply the most flooding to global sea rise.
1727 wordsRead More - Global Warming Solutionsanalytical essayDrawing from the research of organizations such as the IPCC and scientists skilled in multiple disciplines, I will explore the history, perceived causes and impacts of climate change. Based on this examination, I will propose my own solutions, at the local and global levels, to mitigate or adapt to probable impacts from global warming.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that geographic disparities and moral hazards in the predicted impacts of climate change on human populations.
- Explains that santer, b. d. (2011), studying the causes of recent climate change. aip conference proceedings, 1401(1), 183-197.
- Explains that semenza, ploubidis, and george, l. a. (2011). climate change and climate variability: personal motivation for adaptation and mitigation.
- Cites wheeler, s. m. (2008). state and municipal climate change plans: the first generation.
- Explains that the scientific methods used to prove climate change haven't yet been fully validated, and that multiple theories are being put forward on what agent or combination of agents is actually the trigger.
- Explains that soot, and aerosols from dust and salt from the oceans may contribute to global warming and cooling.
- Explains that changing climate could open up different parts of the global to insect borne diseases such as lyme’s disease, tick-borne encephalitis and malaria.
- Explains that rising temperatures could lead to longer growing seasons in some parts of the world. the ramifications of these climatic changes and how people use land could negatively affect some organisms and be advantageous for others.
- Opines that conservation of non-renewable resources and the mitigation of pollution at the local level should not be a priority.
- Explains that people aren't interested in taking action on climate change because of religious, cultural, and historical reasons.
- Argues that climate change scientists and researchers need to understand that the behaviors and beliefs of a society determine how they take in knowledge, and this is important to interesting populations on arguable scientific subjects.
- Explains that there are several potential solutions for mitigating climate change at the global level.
- Explains that global activism aims to tie together the large separation between where a globally sold product is produced and where it is ultimately consumed.
- Explains that shareholder activism is an instrument that grants company shareholders the right to force an organization to hold votes on measures that are important to them.
- Opines that the feasibility of any solution is determined by people's acceptance of the concept of climate change in general.
- Opines that despite the overwhelming evidence of pronounced anthropogenic effects on climate, important uncertainties remain in our ability to quantify the human influence.
- Explains carter, j. (2012). environmental pragmatism, global warming, and climate change.
- Describes camacho, a.a., issues in science & technology, 26(4), 21.
- Explains goklany, i. m. (2006). climate change in the 21st century.
- Summarizes gosling, warren, arnell, good, caesar, bernie, and smith's review of recent developments in climate change science.
- Cites newell, p., global environmental politics, 8(3), 122-153.
- Explains that climate change is a controversial subject that needs further investigation to conclusively prove to others that there are multiple variables that can affect the planet’s climate.
- Argues that climate change is a field of unsubstantiated science, where theories are developed to create answers.
- Argues that state and local climate change plans need to incorporate goals that focus on the pertinent issues for the locality, such as obtaining leed certification for buildings, purchasing hybrid or alternative fuels fleet vehicles, and broadening recycling programs.
- Suggests using economic trade to spread the burden between the two nations. strong trade would not benefit the economies of both partners equally.
- Cites collins, knutti, arblaster, dufresne, friedlingstein, gao, gutowski, johns, krinner, shongwe, boschung, nauels, xia, bex, and midgley.
- Cites rabe, b. g., rudiak-gould, p.
3900 wordsRead More - The Effects Of Climate Change On The Worldanalytical essay“Climate change is no longer some far off problem; it is happening here; it is happening now” (Obama). President Barack Obama states a good fact; climate change is affecting the world tremendously. Glaciers are melting at an astonishing rate and the surface temperature of the world is only increasing. Currently, scientists argue that climate change intensified due to human activity, however, the circumstance is quite the opposite. Although, human activity plays a part in global warming, it does not affect the major scale of climate change. For instance, the human generated greenhouse gas emissions are too small to substantially change the earth’s climate. In addition, the warming and cooling pattern occurring over the 20th century results from the fluctuations of the sun’s heat and ocean currents. Finally, the computer generated prediction climate models are faulty and use misleading science. Evidently, there are many misconceptions of the impact on climate change, which many blame human activity for the intensified climate change. Human activity is not responsible for global climate change because fluctuations of the sun’s heat and ocean currents hold responsibility for the increased surface temperature, the levels of CO2 do not correlate with human activity and the computerized climate models display inadequate and incorrect information.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that climate change is affecting the world tremendously, despite the fact that human activity is not responsible for global warming, and the computer generated prediction climate models are faulty.
- Explains that the rising levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases are a direct result of human activities such as burning fossil fuels.
- Explains that warming has preceded, not followed, a rise in co2 over the last four climactic cycles (past 240,000 years).
- Argues that the 20th century is not the warmest or uniquely extreme climatic period of the last millennium.
- Argues that natural shifts in ocean currents are the major cause of rising sea levels, not human-generated greenhouse gases.
- Explains that the climate models fail to simulate the exchanges of heat between the surface layers and the deeper oceans.
- Explains that inaccurate climate prediction models have been unable to simulate major known features of past climate, such as the ice ages, eocene, and cretaceous periods.
- Explains that mother nature's natural forces take in toll the responsibility for climate change.
1682 wordsRead More - Causes and Effects of Global Warming on Our Worldcomparative essayGlobal Warming is a universal concern that has gained worldwide attention. As members of Congress, we have heard and learned new and different facts about the process of Earth. Some causes and effects of global warming are easy to understand, with substantial evidence, yet there are still unanswered questions and reasoning as to why global warming is occurring. This essay is to outline the background of global warming and to display opposing viewpoints. Since there is not enough evidential research to connect global warming with natural factors, human activity, and its impacts, we might take advantage of its beneficial gain to our environment, economic, and social system. The facts and fictions of global warming will convince members of Congress that there are opposing viewpoints to global warming and its effects.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the environmental protectors agency has identified several contributions and impacts to global warming.
- Explains that deforestation and natural disasters are part of the earth's cycle, and that global warming is not a negative effect.
- Concludes that there are many contributors to global warming, whether they are negative or positive, both have an impact and some form of beneficial gain.
- Explains that global warming is a universal concern that has gained worldwide attention. the intergovernmental panel climate change (ipcc) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change.
- Explains that particulate matter is a natural and human creation that contributes to green house gases and global warming.
1493 wordsRead More - lifeexplanatory essayThe effects climate change commonly referred to global warming are usually far reaching and the effects have since led to enormous social and ecological changes. The global warming have been initiated directly or and indirectly by human activities that usually lead to greenhouse gases emission into the environment. Some Scientists believe that climatic changes are driven by human activities (Haldar, 2011). Numerous evidences t climate change have been cited including rising in sea levels, increasing of snow cover especially in the Northern Hemisphere, and instrumental temperatures among other. Nonetheless, numerous ways causes and effects usually lead to these climate change evidences and the causes and effects of global warming are discussed in this essay.
In this essay, the author
- Explains the causes and effects of global warming, which are far reaching and have led to enormous social and ecological changes.
- Explains that the emission of carbon dioxide from the burning fossil fuels from power plants and locomotives is the primary cause of global warming.
- Explains that carbon dioxide emission from burning gasoline is another cause of global warming, since many people like using locomotives. the increasing population increases the consumption of gasoline due to increased purchase and use of cars.
- Explains that agricultural activities contribute to the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere thereby increasing the risk of intense global warming. methane is generated from decomposition of organic matter by bacterial in the presence of oxygen.
- Explains that deforestation is another major cause of global warming. forests have the mechanism of balancing the amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere; hence, reducing its concentrations.
- Explains that global warming has numerous effects to the climate, environment, and human life. increased heat into the atmosphere usually sparks fires.
759 wordsRead More - Global Warming: Fallacy or Truthanalytical essayOver 35 years ago, climatologist Wally Broecker coined the term global warming in a paper outlining the trends that he was noticing with temperature and C02 levels (Stefan). Ever since then, the debate has heated up on the controversy of global warming. Politicians have even used the issue to boost their campaigns. Some question whether the earth’s temperature is rising at an unusual rate. Scientists perform experiments from glacial ice to observe the correlation between carbon dioxide levels and temperature. Scientists have changed the debate over the years from debating whether global warming was actually happening to the current debate about what is causing global warming. Therefore, the term global warming in this paper refers to those who believe humankind is the main cause for the current heating trend. The debate falls between two main arguments: Global warming is being caused by man-made C02 emissions and global warming has no correlation with the amount of man-made C02 emissions released into the atmosphere.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the debate on global warming has heated up since wally broecker coined the term in a paper outlining trends with temperature and c02 levels.
- Analyzes alley, richard b., and barkov, n.i.'s historical carbon dioxide record from the vostok ice core.
- Explains that light wind and windy nights should have the same temperature trends at individual levels, even if the boundary layer averaged heat content change is similar. russel, randy.
- Cites siegenthaler, urs, spahni, renato, et al., "stable carbon cycle–climate relationship during the late pleistocene."
1146 wordsRead More - The Mistaken Truth: Global Warmingexplanatory essayStocker, Thomas F., ed et al. Report on Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Cambridge University Press: New York, 2013. Print.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that global warming is real and mostly man-made. people confuse money with the well-being of the earth and its inhabitants.
- Explains that people tend to think that their actions are minute and powerless to cause any harm to the earth. the atmosphere, the most fragile part of our earth, is really thin.
- Explains that 78 percent of carbon dioxide is man-made and fossil fuels are the main source of the emission. global warming has negative impacts on glaciers, ice caps, and antarctica.
- Explains that global warming has become one of the problems the politicians have to find a solution.
- Explains that global climate is changing and this is apparent across the united states in a wide range of observations. the global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities.
- Explains that the only results are inflation, outsourcing, unemployment, and corruption with little or no reduction in the production of greenhouse gases by the factories.
- Argues that the european union is only place on earth where the most efficient legal requirements with the aim for reduction of carbon dioxide emission have been placed.
- Opines that it is impossible to solve the problems efficiently and properly without the cooperation of all nations, together.
- Explains that money does not bring happiness and creates fragmentation, inequality, war, and corruption throughout history. the only practical solution to our sufferings is a resource-based economy.
- Explains that in a resource-based economy, there is no need for money; machines work for the humanity not against it.
- Explains that in a resource-based economy, the crime rate drops repeatedly, pharmaceutical companies stop supporting psychological nonsense, and human beings can free themselves from the current dogmatisms.
- Opines that as there is no money, there will be no desire for burning any fossil fuels. there will also be more researches and efforts on making the renewable energy sources more efficient and available.
- Explains that jacque fresco, a social engineer and industrial designer, has been working on florida's city designs and models since 1994. climate change is emerging as an urgent wake up call.
- Cites bjorn, lomborg. "myths and wishful thinking pollute global warming debate." the sunday times.
- Describes the us environmental protection agency's report on climate change 2013: the physical science basis.
- Explains kahrl, fredrich, and roland-holst's climate change in california: risk and response.
- Cites melillo, jerry m., terese (t.c.) richmond, and gary w. yohe. highlights of climate change impacts in the united states: the third national climate assessment.
1736 wordsRead More - Human Activities: The Main Cause for Global Warminganalytical essay‘Global warming’, also referred to as ‘climate change’ or the ‘anthropogenic greenhouse effect’, is defined as ‘the discernible increase in mean global temperature resulting from the release of greenhouse gases produced by human activities’ (McCright & Dunlap, 2000, p. 499). The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) defines global warming as ‘any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity’ (IPCC, 2007, p. 30). The mainstream climate scientists around the world have come to a consensus conclusion that the global warming is happening, posing a severe threat to the world, and is largely caused by human activities releasing greenhouse gases (GHGs) through burning of fossil fuels and deforesting the land (Wang & Oppenheimer, 2005). However, unfortunately, much of the world’s population is unconscious regarding this scientific agreement due to the coordinated efforts produced by certain industries that spread propaganda regarding global warming. This essay tries to offer a comprehensive discussion regarding the general myths and misunderstandings about the global warming and takes a stance for global warming as a reality.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that global warming is caused by human activities releasing greenhouse gases through burning of fossil fuels and deforesting the land.
- Explains wang & oppenheimer's myths about global warming, such as the fact that winters are getting warmer.
- Argues that global warming predictions are contradictory with satellite measurements based on climate change, but fu et al. (2004) and mears (2003) showed that atmospheric warming trends are to some extent higher than the surface, as the models have predicted.
- Explains that some people have misunderstanding regarding global warming is that the last millennium is nothing abnormal. however, an ipcc study has found that there is no substantiation of any era during the past two-thousand years that was warmer than the 1990s.
- Explains that some believe that the climate of our planet is self-regulating where natural mechanisms for control will thwart huge swings.
- Argues that urbanization is the only factor that has increased the planet’s heat observed during the last century. urbanizations enhance temperatures locally and affect thermometer readings in some areas.
- Argues that weather models can't predict the weather accurately a few days beforehand, and climate change models would be perfect for future projections for the climate many years in advance.
- Argues that global warming and increased carbon emissions could be helpful for our planet to reduce the number of deaths related to cold and to increase the plant growth.
- Argues that human civilisation can adapt to climate change as societies have endured through climatic changes over centuries.
- Concludes that the myths regarding global warming are not substantiated and they are based on misconceptions.
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