The Impact Of Earth's Climate Change On The Earth

Imagine a world without the adorable pictures of baby polar bears on the cover of National Geographic. If Earth’s climate continues on the same path, these amazing creatures will no longer exist. For most non-scientists, Earth’s climate and how it impacts the biosphere, or the plants and animals within the lower portion of the atmosphere, is a difficult concept to fully understand. According Luigi Romolo, a climatologist at Louisiana State University (LSU), “. . . Earth’s climate is in an interglacial state of the Quaternary ice age.” While this may seem scary, it simply means that we are in between periods where ice dominates Earth’s surface. Most researchers can agree that climate change is changing the Earth, altering polar, marine,

According to Suniti Karunatillake, a professor of geology at Louisiana State University (LSU), “the concentration of carbon dioxide is reaching levels [that have] not [been] seen since fifty mega annum (fifty million years ago).” The rising levels of carbon dioxide are causing the temperatures within the different ecosystems, testing the thermal tolerance levels, or the highest temperature that an organism can survive and thrive in, for all biota. The temperature increase, for the tropical environment, will have an impact, but because tropical forests are naturally warm the biota within will not be as

This phrase is just one of many ways that societies are doing their part in reducing admissions. Most of the world has adopted the green ideology, but there are still plenty of people who believe that these actions are not warranted. Richard Lindzen, a professor of meteorology at MIT, believes that there is no need to rush into action (18). Lindzen believes that “Wasting resources on symbolically fighting ever present climate change is no substitute for prudence” (19). I agree that wasting resources is an unproductive use of energy; however, I also believe that there are things we can do to help that require little or no energy use. Bill McKibben, a published writer on ecological topics, states that finding solutions to reducing climate change, and levels of carbon dioxide, will require a lot of work, but it is not impossible if the whole global community adopts the tactics (16). According the United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA), there are ten simple things that people can do to help reduce the emissions, and possible save them money. The EPA also claim that by using water efficiently, like only running the dishwasher when it is completely full, can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced by one hundred pounds (EPA). One of the biggest ideas that the EPA suggests is recycling. Much of the developed world has begun to incorporate recycling into societal practices and law. I know first-hand