View Point - A Take On Climate Change

Climate change is already happening and represents one of the greatest environmental, social, and economical threats facing the planet. Climate change and global warming refers to an increase in average global temperature. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperature.

 

As we know the climate is changing and many effects can be seen on the environment. Have we ever thought what can the cause be? 

Well, one of the causes of climate change is the green house effect. Energy from the sun drives the earth’s weather and heats the earth’s surface. Burning coal, oil, and natural gas releases carbon-dioxide gas in to the atmosphere. This warms the earth’s and changes the climate in many ways. 

For example, it changes the severity of duration of storms and droughts. Other human activities such as cutting down forests, growing rice and raising cattle, these also have the same effects on the environment.

 

The environment, human beings, animals, natural resources and our heritage are facing an unwanted outcome of the climate change. As climate changes heating, cooling, water use and sea level is affected. Especially when the sea level rises, it threats an outcome of flood and river land slide. Flood and river rand rlide, brings great threats for human beings. As of now, many countries like Singapore is already facing the flood. Every day lifestyle of human beings and financial status of the each country is affected by the flood. In wealthy countries, if flood or river land slide occur the average cost would probably be small, but for some poor countries, it is a huge burden.

We human being are experiencing the various effects of the climate change. So, why not we human being be more concern about our environment? We could reduce the rate at which we add the carbon dioxide the atmosphere by burning less coal, oil and natural gas. We should adopt recycling. If climate changes, we should adapt the changing agriculture and other human activities as the plants and animal in the natural environment is unable to adapt those. If warming is large and costly, some people might want to make changes to the atmosphere or oceans in order to cool the earth. This is very controversial.

 

We human beings should take the initiative to protect our environment by executing some steps that have bee mentioned earlier. The effect on the environment has many causes and outcomes. That is why government of both wealthy and poor countries should be prepared financially and with man power so that the country can face the unwanted outcomes. Our environment is very precious, valuable and important to us. We should take special care of our environment and our atmosphere.