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Marion Frias Paz

Professor Garcia

ENC1102-1462

11 February 2021

What is Climate Change?

You do not have to be blind not to see the signs that our planet earth is telling us that it is

in danger. The increase in temperature is not only affecting the life of animals and the

metabolism of plants, but our life, our health. According to Dumbar, he says that climate change

is a change that can occur in the weather, and also in the temperature of a place. For example, in

the weather, it can be when in a place it rains a lot or when it does not rain and causes drought,

and in the temperature, for example, in places where it is very cold or hot.

Evidence of climate change:

Scientists who study climate change have been explaining to us how the climate is

changing for more than 150 years, there are many people who believe in them, however the

energy industry, oil companies and political groups among others, have been denying For more

than 30 years that the climate is changing and they spend more than 200 million dollars a year to

control, delay or prevent the development of climate policies, because it is not in their interest to

spread the truth, and therefore there are many people who do not believe that the weather is

changing.
 1. Evidences: Among the evidences that the climate is changing are the following:

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1.A. Global Temperature Rise:

The global temperature will increase between 1.2 and 1.3 degrees Celsius in the next five

years, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

During the period 2015-2019, it has been the hottest in history, due to the continuous

increase in the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), and other important greenhouse gases in

the atmosphere, the rate of increase of CO2 was almost 20% higher than in the previous

five years.

1.B. Shrinking Ice Sheets:

Due to the increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, the

temperature of the atmosphere, the sea and the land have risen, and this is causing the

glaciers to melt more rapidly.

1.C. Sea Level Rise:

The increase in water temperature is, together with the melting of ice in land areas, the

main cause of the rise in sea level.

2. Causes of Climate Change:

2.A. The natural causes are:

2.A.1. Solar activity: is the amount of solar radiation emitted by the Sun. Sunspots are

storms on the surface of the Sun accompanied by intense magnetic activity. Storms and

magnetic activity affect the output of solar radiation.

2.A.2. Volcanic activity: volcanoes emit large amounts of ash that can remain in the

atmosphere for long periods of time, blocking solar radiation and effectively reducing the

entrance of sunlight to Earth, causing a cooling period.

2.A.3. Earth orbit: variations in the Earth's orbit affect both the amount and the

distribution of sunlight received on the Earth's surface, which directly impacts the warming of

the Earth.

2.A.4. The role of the oceans: Oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface and due to their

great depth and the high specific heat capacity of water, oceans retain much more heat than land

surfaces. As more heat builds up in ocean waters, ocean storms, including typhoons and

hurricanes, will become more intense and frequent.

2.B. The causes linked to human activity are:

2.B.1. Carbon dioxide (CO2): Carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere through the burning

of fossil fuels

such as coal, Natural Gas and oil.

2.B.2. Methane (CH4) is emitted during the development of livestock: cows and sheep

produce large amounts of methane during digestion.

2.B.3. Nitrous oxide (N2O): Nitrogen fertilizers produce nitrous oxide emissions

3.Consequences of Climate Change:

3.1. Health damage: Climate change greatly affects people's health, the more ultraviolet

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radiation reaches the earth, there will be sunburns, also skin cancer and eye problems,

but this is not all, many people are dying from the high temperatures of heat, the lack

of drinking water causes the transmission of pathogens that cause diseases such as

dengue, malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, yellow fever, cholera, diarrhea, intestinal

parasites, also respiratory diseases such as asthma

3.2. Thaw and rise in sea level: The rise in the level of the oceans because it causes the

water

level to rise, many continental areas within a few years could be submerged,

3.3. Disappearance of animals: The melting of glaciers is causing the extinction of many

animals, since it is the natural habitat of many terrestrial and aquatic animals.

3.4. Less fresh water: The disappearance of the glaciers also means less water for the

consumption of the population, this also causes less capacity to generate hydroelectric

energy and less water for irrigation .

Climate change is everyone's problem, it affects all of us who live on this planet, we must

begin to become aware of this important problem. As people, we can, for example, walk, ride

a bicycle, or use public transport and thus help to eliminate the use of fossil fuels and with

this we reduce global warming, but not only people should be aware, also, the leaders of
 companies should Commit to achieving the goal of zero carbon dioxide emissions,

complying with these measures will benefit our development as a society and that of the

environment.

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