For the past decade or so, scientists have been desperately trying to convince the world of the severity of climate change, but people wouldn 't listen. Skeptics claimed that the government was trying to control the population with fear, or that a degree or two didn 't mean that the climate was changing. Despite the painfully obvious evidence, people continued to emit the same amount of toxic greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. To understand what climate change is, one must first understand what "climate" is. Simply put, climate is the average weather in a region. It involves patterns of precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind, and seasons ("What Is Climate Change?"). The simplest effects of climate change involve the abnormal variations
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From the very beginning, scientists have easily proven that climate change is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases by human beings. Under the authority of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change commissioned 1,300 expert scientists from around the world, and they concluded that there 's "more than a 90 percent probability that human activities over the past 250 years have warmed our planet" (Shafter). Humans put gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide into the …show more content…
Even if everyone on the planet stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, the effects of climate change would still be felt for decades, or even centuries. "That’s because it takes a while for the planet... to respond, and because carbon dioxide... lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years" (Shafter). There 's a definite time lag between the world 's actions and when the consequences are felt. Even those people who refuse to acknowledge the existence of climate change will be forced to admit their mistake in the next decade or so when climate change turns around and gives the earth a slap across the face. But while they 're denying it, they 're not making any changes in their lifestyles, therefore continually contributing to the problem at
From the very beginning, scientists have easily proven that climate change is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases by human beings. Under the authority of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change commissioned 1,300 expert scientists from around the world, and they concluded that there 's "more than a 90 percent probability that human activities over the past 250 years have warmed our planet" (Shafter). Humans put gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide into the …show more content…
Even if everyone on the planet stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, the effects of climate change would still be felt for decades, or even centuries. "That’s because it takes a while for the planet... to respond, and because carbon dioxide... lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years" (Shafter). There 's a definite time lag between the world 's actions and when the consequences are felt. Even those people who refuse to acknowledge the existence of climate change will be forced to admit their mistake in the next decade or so when climate change turns around and gives the earth a slap across the face. But while they 're denying it, they 're not making any changes in their lifestyles, therefore continually contributing to the problem at