The Causes And Consequences Of Global Warming

Decent Essays
Everyone has heard about the increasingly warming weather, but not many people have thought about the long term repercussions it will bring. The air quality is poor, the food chain is falling apart, and the economy is plummeting. With all of these impactful notions, humans have the capability of fixing all the consequences that global warming has brought, but instead many people live their lives oblivious to the danger that global warming brings. Global warming is a rapidly growing phenomenon as humans contribute to the growing problems of species going extinct, the economical shift due to higher demands for products, and the humans not coming to the realization of how much they must change their daily lives in order to prevent …show more content…
According to Thomas Gale Moore, an economist at Stanford University’s, is the author of Climate of fear: Why We Shouldn’t Worry about Global Warming, "Warmer weather means a longer growing season, and thus greater output. It would also result in greater rainfall, providing much-needed water for plants. The risk of crop failures would decrease with shorter, milder winters” (Moore, 1998). This will provide farmers a growing season with warmer weather, therefore giving them extended periods to grow and sell their crops which will benefit the economy. Global warming effects the economy also in a negative way as "climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world like access to water, food production, health, and the environment," the Stern Review states. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC climate change 2001), did a study to find out that the dangers of climate change would be equal to at least five percent of Gross Domestic Product, each year. Even though global warming has both positive and negative effects on the world, it is our job to keep the earth alive and

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    In today’s world, global warming is common knowledge to most people. Every day global warming gets worse. Some people in today’s society are eager to stop global warming because they are aware of the problems that global warming is causing to people and the Earth. Across the world, people know that industrial smokestacks are a big cause of global warming in today’s society. Some people believe that by ignoring global warming that it will not affect them, and that they can’t make a difference.…

    • 2039 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Teddy Willcocks Y1 Civics Ms. Marshall Essay Climate change affects everybody and everything all over the world and is impacting how we live our lives. Around the world, we need to tackle the issues of climate change and alter the way we consume and dispose of resources. The pollution we create from factories and vehicles goes up into our atmosphere and creates a barrier of greenhouse gas. When the sun 's rays come to earth and then radiate back out to space, they can’t go back because of the one way, very thick greenhouse gas barrier. The 20 warmest years ever have happened since 1981 and with 10 of the warmest happening within the past 12 years and this is continuing to get worse as the years go on.…

    • 1187 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Global Warming is beginning to drastically affect the Earth. Most people do not think about the damage they are doing to the Earth of if they do they think it is a problem for the future and not for now, which is untrue. Humans’ lifestyles should be altered to prevent further damage to Earth’s environment by reducing the demand for energy, recycling, and using less air conditioning and heat, these acts will reduce global warming. If the human race would cut down on energy usage, it would slow down global warming 's damages. In “Climate Change Science-…

    • 793 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Everybody always talks about global warming as the scary thing that melts ice and hurts the polar bears. Well guess what? Global warming hurts us too. A video by PBS said, “We are part of the cycle, we don’t control it, and what we do to harm it harms us” (2005). Not only is global warming hurting the polar bears, it is hurting humans as well.…

    • 966 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Change In America

    • 1919 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Climate change has been occurring for years. The Earth shows effects of constant greenhouse gas build up, heating the Earth’s temperature by a few degrees. This climate change has many consequences including polar ice melt, weather pattern changes, and economic grief. Research done by the United States Environmental Protection Agency exclaims that the hardest part of coping with climate change will be in the economically. The EPA explains that many people will not be able to afford the higher prices of living (Climate Impacts).…

    • 1919 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Climate Change 1970-2014

    • 224 Words
    • 1 Pages

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a staggering report that shows the dramatic impact of global warming in May of 2014. Climate change is an ever increasing dilemma for our society due to the steady rise of average global temperatures, rapid changes in biological and physical systems, as well as the impending water damage soon to befall our coastal communities. With combined data of 577 selected studies from 1970 - 2014, the IPCC can show that climate change is a documented fact that begs for an innovative solution to how life on this planet can adapt. According to the IPCC’s data distribution center, the average temperature change in the United States from 1970-2014 is estimated at 1 degree fahrenheit.…

    • 224 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Global Warming is more than just temperature change. The cost of global warming is extraordinarily expensive. According to a report by the United Nation 's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released in March 2014, the Earth 's rising temperature could bring about economic disaster ranging anywhere between $70 and $100 billion a year. This would be the result of “the combined cost of crop losses, rising sea levels, higher temperatures and fresh water shortages” (Surrey 2016). Furthermore, the estimates do not account for major, catastrophic natural events such as tsunamis, Earthquakes, and super storms, which would only increase the overall cost of global warming.…

    • 2627 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Climate change is a huge threat to the earth. It affects human, plant, and animal life, and humans are the cause of it. The main cause is the burning of fossil fuels, but there are many other ways that humans cause climate change. It’s obvious that humans are “killing” the earth, but they are also the only ones to help decrease climate change.…

    • 546 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Global Warming In Maine

    • 1230 Words
    • 5 Pages

    It is undeniable that global warming is an issue to address now, and not in the future. Science proves that temperatures have been on a steady rise, according to the Press Herald, “Don’t let a little April snow fool you. The trend is undeniable: According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), last year was the warmest year on record since 1880. Previously, the hottest year had been 2014, and 15 of the 16 hottest years in history have been since 2000.…

    • 1230 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The climate is warming and will continue to rise under human influence. Signs of climate change are already being seen in today’s environment and the significance of these changes are accepted by most people, however there are still some people who choose to deny these facts. Global warming has the potential to dramatically disrupt some of life’s essential requirements for health, water air and food. In order to plan for climate change policies, and understanding of how Australians perceive climate change is essential. 62.1% perceive that global warming is likely to worsen, 56.3% were very or extremely concerned that they or there family would be directly affected by global warming and 77.6% stated that they had made some level of change to…

    • 1558 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the global dependence on fossil fuels has become associated with global climate change. This statement can be attributed to fossil fuels emitting carbon dioxide that acts a greenhouse gas which traps heat, causing the atmosphere of the Earth to rise in temperature. Evidence of global climate change can be seen around the world, ranging from rising sea levels to increased temperatures in specific regions. Because of the increased carbon emissions from fossil fuel, I believe the effects of global climate change have caused the economies of nations around the world to be adversely affected both in the short and long term.…

    • 1107 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Glaciers melting, water rising, the earth getting hotter: what do we usually attribute this to? Global warming, also known as global climate change. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, global warming is “the recent increase in the world 's temperature that is believed to be caused by the increase of certain gases (such as carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere.” Interestingly enough, most of the scientific community is in turmoil about if global warming is really happening, making it difficult for the population to know what to think.…

    • 1324 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Global warming affects everyone and everything on this planet, but with so many different opinions, theories, and predictions it can get confusing to know what the primary cause of global warming is. Global warming is simply defined as a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth 's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Global warming has an overwhelming effect on plants and other organisms in the ecosystem as well as on the ecosystem overall, leading many to believe that this is primarily a natural phenomenon. However, it can’t be only a coincidence that the rapid climate change corresponds perfectly with the increased amount of pollutants that humans release into the environment. Humans are the primary cause of global warming, most contributing to global warming on a daily basis.…

    • 1229 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In current news, global warming, which is defined as “the gradual heating of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere” (Bradford, 2014), has been a significant topic of interest. Among politicians, environmentalists, and concerned citizens, the impacts of climate change have been heatedly debated. While a portion of America believe that climate change is not a serious threat, is not caused by mankind, or perhaps is not even real, another portion believe it is the most terrifying and imminent concern mankind is currently facing, and we should be thoroughly responsible for fixing it. In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius was the first person to introduce global warming as a possible danger, using only a pencil and paper.…

    • 844 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Global Warming myth or fact? Global warming has probably been one of the most controversial subjects in all of the scientific community for many years. Arguments range from how the climate change is affecting the way nature works, how it is leading to extreme climate changes that lead to disasters, to how it is just a periodical climate change in the world that has no more meaning that it being natural. Some say that the earth is able to handle all the pollution and CO2 that is produce without any draw backs.…

    • 1512 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays