Climate change dates back to the mid-1800‘s, when the industrial revolution began to take place all around the world. Since then, the lives of human and animal species have been negatively affected. Events such as natural disasters, the melting of ice in polar regions, and the change in weather effect the living conditions of everyone. Climate changes in polar regions have caused the most damage compared to any other region due to its location in regard to the sun. Although there are differing views on climate change and its existence, the evidence is clear when looking at global ramifications and local impacts in polar regions. “…Climate change [is] the ‘greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people’”, skeptics like Senator Inhofe
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The global consequences of increased levels in carbon monoxide and methane due to the melting permafrost cause warming in polar regions and unpredictable behavior of the northern jet stream. According to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the changes in climate cause adverse side effects; such as summers becomes longer and hotter, winters becomes shorter and warmer, seasonal allergies are more severe and last longer, streets flood more after storms, insurance rates increase in vulnerable areas, the weather becomes hotter and drier, and snow melts earlier. This results in wildfires starting earlier and lasting longer—burning more land. Evidence as to why climate change happens point to humans. Without humans, burning of oil, coal, and gas, and deforestation would not occur. The burning of fossil fuels increases the amount of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere and the clearing of forests decreases the number of trees that can absorb these gases. The atmosphere becomes much warmer due to an excess build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Unpredictable behavior can also result in blizzards and heat waves in random places and times. Melting ice dilutes the sea water, which make it less dense and cause slow ocean currents—contributing to events such as monsoons or El Nino (The Economist, 2017). As the effects of climate change continue, the …show more content…
The environment and population has been so negatively affected that if we continue to treat our planet the way we do and disregard the legitimacy of climate change, the earth will be in great trouble. Some things we can do to help slow down the increasing levels of carbon dioxide and methane is to recycle, bicycle or carpool to our destination, and speak up, as well as be informed, about carbon pollution from power plants and
The global consequences of increased levels in carbon monoxide and methane due to the melting permafrost cause warming in polar regions and unpredictable behavior of the northern jet stream. According to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the changes in climate cause adverse side effects; such as summers becomes longer and hotter, winters becomes shorter and warmer, seasonal allergies are more severe and last longer, streets flood more after storms, insurance rates increase in vulnerable areas, the weather becomes hotter and drier, and snow melts earlier. This results in wildfires starting earlier and lasting longer—burning more land. Evidence as to why climate change happens point to humans. Without humans, burning of oil, coal, and gas, and deforestation would not occur. The burning of fossil fuels increases the amount of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere and the clearing of forests decreases the number of trees that can absorb these gases. The atmosphere becomes much warmer due to an excess build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Unpredictable behavior can also result in blizzards and heat waves in random places and times. Melting ice dilutes the sea water, which make it less dense and cause slow ocean currents—contributing to events such as monsoons or El Nino (The Economist, 2017). As the effects of climate change continue, the …show more content…
The environment and population has been so negatively affected that if we continue to treat our planet the way we do and disregard the legitimacy of climate change, the earth will be in great trouble. Some things we can do to help slow down the increasing levels of carbon dioxide and methane is to recycle, bicycle or carpool to our destination, and speak up, as well as be informed, about carbon pollution from power plants and