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Is Global Warming And Climate Change Real? 2
Introduction
Global warming is the steady increase in the general temperature of the earths
chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants. On the other hand, climate change is
the transformation in the regional or global climate patterns. This kind of change is accredited to
the augmented levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide formed by the utilization of fossil fuels.
Global warming plus climate change are hot topics in the present time. Debates over climate
change and global warming have been going on all around the globe. Although few people
consider it as the greatest challenge of all times, others regard it as a climate shift that happened
in the early 90s and have fallen since then. The people who believe that both climate change and
global warming are real have their scientific reasons to back their claims just like those who
disregard that they do not have their reasons. Getting to understand concerning global warming
and climate change as well as their impacts is significant to meeting the challenges posed by
them. This essay will examine the evidence to determine whether global warming and climate
change are real and offer a position on the same if it is true or false.
Global warming is majorly a problem of too much carbon dioxide that has been deposited
in the air that acts as a blanket hence trapping heat and then warming the earth. Some of the
The ever increasing human race addiction to the use of electricity from combustion of
coal industries emits huge quantities of carbon dioxide into the air. In the United States, an
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approximate of 40 percent carbon dioxide emissions are said to be from electricity generating
companies while combustion of coal amounts to 93 percent of discharges from the electricity
service company (Markham, 2009, n.p). On a daily basis, a greater number of electric appliances
are manufactured, and without extensive substitute energy sources, people are highly reliant on
The contemporary car culture, as well as the craving for internationally sourced products,
is answerable for almost 33 percent of the global discharges in the United States (Denchak, 2016,
n.p). Insisting for more consumer goods and vehicles denotes that people are mounting the
utilization of fossil fuels for transit as well as manufacturing. The using up by people is
outpacing their discoveries of methods to alleviate the outcomes and without stop in outlook to
Methane is a very intoxicating greenhouse gas that ranks right behind carbon dioxide. It
has a reduced existence since it is not profuse in the air. Methane gas is formed when organic
substance decays and as well when ruminants absorb their foodstuff. Some of the human causes
of methane comprise landfills, sewerage, animal waste, and dams. For instance, organic matter
trapped behind the walls of dams where it drops to the base of the dam and decays. Methane is
created by bacteria in the process of decomposition that gradually breaks out to the air and is
discharged into the surface. The process of methane production as well takes place in the inside
the body of animals and with amplified levels of concerted livestock production, the quantities of
methane discharged into the air are escalating (Climate.nasa.gov. 2017, n.p). One more basis of
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methane production is methane clathrate which is a compound that contains huge quantities of
methane which is ensnared in the sparkler structure of ice. It has been confirmed that when
methane gas breaks out from the seabed of the Arctic, the speed of global warming amplifies
significantly.
Deforestation
Vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere throughout the process of
photosynthesis converting the carbon that is stored in all plants. When the vegetation is burned or
cut down, the organic carbon is emitted into the air in the form of carbon dioxide that becomes a
carbon source other than carbon sinks. The exploitation of forests for firewood is the one source
of deforestation globally (Richards, 2017, n.p). Forests eliminate and amass carbon dioxide from
the air, and deforestation discharges great levels of carbon and reduces the level of carbon
captured on earth.
The increased use of fertilizers by farmers on their farm crops has led to increased
discharge of nitrous oxide which is an intoxicating greenhouse gas. The use of chemical
fertilizers has increased in the recent days. The elevated pace of nitrogen-rich fertilizers
application has consequences on the heat storeroom of farmland crops. Also, the run-off of
surplus fertilizers forms dead zones in the oceans that cause distress for wellbeing of the human
race.
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The effect that makes people believe in global warming is the increase of sea level in
several parts of the world. This effect is partly accredited to the melting of ice and glaciers but
more to the transformations in the gasses contained in the sea. This is as a result of the warming
of the ocean surface hence increased temperature stratification. The oceans have absorbed twenty
times more heat compared to the atmosphere resulting in warmer oceans (Richards, 2017, n.p).
According to the recorded data, the increase in ocean temperatures extends far beyond that of
The regions at the polar are specifically vulnerable to a warming environment. The
average temperatures in the Arctic region are increasing twice as fast as they are in other parts of
the earth. This consequence does not only endanger the people, plants, and wildlife in the region
but also its severe impact is the rising levels of the sea. Some of the predicted regions by
scientists that are expected to increase in sea levels involve the ice sheets in Greenland and
Antarctica which are positioned on the U.S. East coast (Climate.nasa.gov. 2017, n.p). People will
believe the impact of global warming around the globe when they begin to undergo the
consequences of the growing sea levels that could render them homeless.
Higher temperatures have been recorded in several parts of the world and reported to
worsen many kinds of natural disasters such as heat waves, droughts, storms, and floods. Warm
climates create an environment that can amass, hold, and drop more water, transforming weather
patterns in such a manner that dry areas become drier and wet areas become wetter. In the
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present time, people have begun to believe that global warming is real since the amount of
billion dollar budget which has been spent on weather disasters is escalating in many parts of the
world (Markham, 2009, n.p). According to a study published in Nature, proof has been found out
by scientists that global warming will considerably elevate the strength of the greatest storms
globally (Nature.org. 2017, n.p). The escalating number of droughts, floods, intense storms
experienced in the present day poses a great danger to public health and safety. Drought
instances endanger access to clean drinking water, result in dust storms, heat occurrences, fuel
out of control wildfires, and flash flooding in the United States. Everywhere across the globe,
lack of water is a leading cause of death as well as serious diseases. Alternatively, heavier rains
in some parts of the world create rivers, streams, and make lakes to overflow that leads to harm
of life and property, pollute drinking water, form hazardous material spills as well as encourage
When sea and land experience speedy changes of weather, the animals that live in them
are doomed to vanish if they do not adjust quickly. Some of the land and water species will
manage the change while other will not. According to the 2014 assessment of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, several lands, freshwater, and ocean species shifted
their geographic areas to cooler regions to escape warming. Chris Thomas argues that climate
change now signifies at least as huge risk to the number of species living on Earth as habitation
A study performed in 2003 revealed that the troposphere boundary that encloses the earths
weather had escalated by more than 900 feet within a period of twenty years from 1979 to 1999
(Live Science. 2017, n.p). Scientists dogged that solar transformations throughout the 1900s had
caused the warming up of the earth layers. This has been attributed to human activities that have
caused an escalation in greenhouse gas discharges that make intent heat to stay in the
troposphere. The human race activities are said to cause a reduction in ozone in the stratosphere
thus leading to reduced sunshine to be engrossed by ozone layer which leads to cooling of the
stratosphere. The blend consequences of these phenomenons are answerable to about 80 percent
of the tropospheres boundary upward shift (Live Science. 2017, n.p). The results felt by people
from this boundary shift have made them believe in global warming.
precipitation, temperature, winds and other indicators. The earths climate is naturally
changeable at all times. Any factor that leads to a sustained change in the level of incoming
energy or the level of the outgoing energy can cause climate change (Epa.gov. 2017, n.p). The
change in energy is then distributed around the world by oceans, currents, winds, and other
techniques to affect the climate in various regions. Both natural and human race activities can
alter the rate of energy absorbed by the atmosphere. Some of the natural and human activities
Natural causes
The climate of the earth can be affected by natural factors that are external to the climate
system. Some of these natural factors include solar output, earths orbit around the sun, and
volcanic activities. Among these factors, the two which are pertinent on timescales of modern
climate change are the transformations in volcanic activity as well as solar radiation. Regarding
the earths energy balance, the two factors majorly influence the level of incoming energy.
Volcanic eruptions
Volcanic eruptions release carbon dioxide although they may also discharge aerosols like
volcanic dust as well as sulfur dioxide. The aerosols releases are in liquid and solid forms
whereby they hover around in the air. Also, these aerosols can involve viruses, dust, bacteria, and
salt particles. The aerosols emitted as a result of volcanic eruption scatter incoming solar
radiation hence causing a slight cooling effect. For instance, in the year 1816, a year without
summer happened following the violent volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
(Davey, 2017, n.p). A lot was destroyed such as crops, people died, and food shortage increased.
In cases of violent volcanic eruptions, sulfur dioxide and ash particles are emitted into the
stratosphere. The sulfur dioxide mixes with water vapor in the air forming sulfuric acid as well as
sulfate particles that are jointly referred to as sulfurous aerosols. These particles are moved by
winds to all parts of the globe causing immense effects on the planet.
Solar radiation variations are said to be in very small quantities. The variation is linked to
the number of sunspots which are darker regions on the suns surface. The development of a
sunspot occurs where an intense magnetic field weakens the flow of gasses that convey heat
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energy from the interior of the sun. The reason why sunspots seem to be dark in color is that the
temperature around them is lower than the surrounding area. The sun discharges slightly more
radiation throughout active moments of sunspots (Hunt, 2017, n.p). This is because the sunspots
are suppressing heat which then flows to the surrounding regions leading to brighter parts than
normal hence radiating excess heat. The variations of solar radiation due to these sunspots lead to
Human causes
Human race activities have also campaigned in the leading deterioration of the global
climate. From since the start of the industrial revolution, human activities on the climate have
escalated considerably. Together with other natural issues, these human influences transform the
surface of the land and release several substances into the atmosphere (Environmental Defense
Fund. 2017, n.p). The activities influence the quantity of incoming energy plus the quantity of
outgoing energy as well as having cooling and warming impacts on the earths climate.
fossil fuels, deforestation, and agriculture. When human beings are involved in burning oil, gas,
and coal to produce electricity or drive their cars, carbon dioxide is emitted into the environment
hence trapping heat. These activities add huge quantities of greenhouse gasses to those naturally
happening in the atmosphere augmenting the greenhouse effect as well as climate change. The
general effect of human influences since the industrial revolution has been warming effect on the
earth which has been driven majorly by discharges of carbon dioxide and improved by releases
of other greenhouse gasses (Hunt, 2017, n.p). The concentration of greenhouse gasses in the
atmosphere has led to an improvement of the natural greenhouse effect globally. This human
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induced development of the greenhouse effect is of concern since the ongoing discharges of
greenhouse gasses have the ability to warm the planet to heights that have been experienced in
Climate change is already having a momentous impact on the environment, people and
the entire economies. The rising temperatures do not imply balmier winters but denote that some
parts of the world are experiencing extreme heat as others are slightly cool. Violent storms, as
well as other greater weather occurrences, also result from the augmented energy stored in the
warming atmosphere.
Among the effects of climate change is the impact it has on water masses all over the
globe. Climate change is having grievous forces on the global water sources through increased
droughts and flooding. Water is closely tied to other resources plus social issues like health,
transportation, food supply, and environment integrity. Warmer air as a result of climate change
holds an increased water quantity that makes rain outlines more intense (Environmental Defense
Fund. 2017, n.p). Freshwater bodies all over the globe are under extreme force from dredging,
pollution, drainage, damming, extraction, and persistent species. The combinations of climate
change with these other issues makes it worse, and the extremes of flooding and drought have
led to conflict and displacement. Furthermore, seas and oceans are crucial carbon sinks which
denote that they attract enormous quantities of carbon dioxide averting it from getting to the
upper part of the earth. However, augmented water temperatures as well as elevated carbon
dioxide absorptions than usual that make oceans tarter are by now having an effect on climate
Due to climate change, glaciers and permafrost are melting at an elevated range. The
mountain glaciers in each region of the world are said to have reduced in size and therefore has
the quantity of permafrost in the Arctic. The Greenland ice sheet rate of melting has escalated
over the years causing an alarming response (Nature.org. 2017, n.p). Also, the surface
temperatures of the sea are warming rapidly, and the warmers waters in the shallow oceans have
led to the death of many coral reefs in the past decades. A lot of coral habitats have died
following a weakening process by bleaching which is tied to warmer sea waters. Augmented
temperatures and severe drought are causing a huge decline in crop productivity all over the
globe. Reduced crop productivity has led to food shortages that have several social inferences
(Nature.org. 2017, n.p). There have been increased occurrences of heavy rainfall that cause
flooding in many areas of the world. Warmer temperatures have caused more intense rainfall
Conclusion
In my opinion, global warming and climate change are real. These can be attributed to the
causes and effects of both climate change and global warming currently facing the globe. The
effects are real and evident on the faces of the earth and people have begun experiencing them.
Their effects on people, animals, and agriculture are indeed frightening. The facts regarding
global warming are frequently debated in media and politics platforms, but unluckily, even if
people differ concerning the causes, the outcomes of global warming and climate change are
real, measurable, and worldwide. The greatest effect noted with global warming and climate
change is the rise in temperatures which are said to have augmented by one degree Fahrenheit
over the previous century. Every aspect around the globe is getting affected by temperature rise
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among other effects. It is now upon the human race to come up with alternative sources of
energy to mediate the use of fossil fuels that are believed to pose much risk to the earth.
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