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Climate Change an important issue



What is climate change?

Climate refers to a location's long-term weather trend.


Weather, on the other hand, refers to the daily changes in our environment.


By merely peeking out the window, you can check the weather. To comprehend the climate, though, you'll need a longer period of data.


Temperature, rainfall, snowfall, and wind statistics are used to define the climate. Seasons, years, decades, centuries, and even millennia are frequently averaged.Location, whether there are mountains nearby, whether there is water nearby, and how high up it is all influence climate.


Carlisle, for example, has a cooler, wetter climate than London as a result of its distance from the equator. Another factor is because it is closer to the mountains, which are known to enhance rainfall.


Our atmosphere, a layer of gases that surrounds the globe, also has an impact on climate.


These gases wrap around the globe like a blanket, keeping the sun's heat within our atmosphere.


Some gases are better at trapping heat than others. The gases that retain the most heat are referred to as greenhouse gases because they enable heat to reach the planet but do not allow it to escape – similar to how greenhouse gases allow heat to reach the earth but not escape because they enable heat to reach the earth but prevent it from escaping, much like a greenhouse.


Carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone, as well as water vapor, nitrous oxides, and fluorinated gases, are the most frequent greenhouse gases.


The warmer the earth's climate becomes, the more greenhouse gases there are.


This indicates that human actions like burning fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases, contribute to climate change.


Causes:



  1. rapid industrialization

  2. energy use

  3. agricultural practices

  4. deforestation

  5. consumer practices

  6. livestock

  7. transport

  8. resource extraction

  9. pollution

Effects:




  1. rising temperature

  2. rising sea level

  3. unpredictable weather patterns

  4. increase in weather events

  5. land degradation

  6. loss of wildlife and bio diversity

Social Effect:


  1. loss of livelihood

  2. displaced people

  3. poverty

  4. hunger

  5. malnutrition

  6. increase risk of diseases

  7. global food and water shortage

10 ways to prevent climate change

  1. keep fossil fuel in the ground

  2. invest in renewable energy

  3. switch to sustainable transport

  4. improve farming

  5. restore nature to absorb more carbon

  6. protect forest

  7. protect oceans

  8. reduce how much people consume

  9. reduce plastic

  10. arrange awareness programs


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