05/10/2017
Impacts, adaptations and mitigation methods for climate change.
“Is global warming real?”
“Should we be worried about climate change?”
If you find yourself asking any of the questions above…this blog is definitely for you. Practically, mostly all of the considerable problems faced today have been worsened and multiplied due to escalating global warming. The economic and ecological problems listed below will intertwine and therefore worsen as the average global temperature rises, such impacts will be discussed throughout this blog.
Severe droughts, floods and wild fires
Rising sea levels
Water resource impacts
Desertification and deforestation
Food and resource depletion
Ocean fish stock depletion
Growing economic inequity, poverty and instability
Background information
Let’s have a look at what exactly climate change is. According
the Met Office (UK), Climate change is a large-scale, long-term shift in the
planet's weather patterns or average temperatures. It was agreed upon by most climate scientists
that the leading cause of the global warming inclination is the human expansion
of the greenhouse effect. Although the greenhouse
effect is seen as the main cause of global warming, it is a natural and
necessary phenomenon. Had the greenhouse effect not been present, the average
earth’s temperature would be -18oC which is impossible for life as
we know it to exist.
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| Image showing the natural greenhouse effect process. Photo credit : http://factsnme.com/know-greenhouse-effect/ |
References
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“Climate Change Causes: A Blanket around the
Earth.” NASA, NASA, 10 Aug. 2017, climate.nasa.gov/causes/.
- “What Is Climate Change?” Met Office, www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-guide/climate-change.
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