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Student Name: JABIR ALI SIDDIQUE

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October 31, 2016

Climate Change

Climate change, additionally called an Earth-wide temperature boost, alludes to the ascent in

normal surface temperatures on Earth. A staggering logical accord keeps up that environmental

change is expected essentially to the human utilization of fossil fills, which discharges carbon

dioxide and other nursery gasses into the air. The gasses trap warm inside the climate, which can

have a scope of consequences for biological communities, including rising ocean levels, extreme

climate occasions, and dry seasons that render scenes more vulnerable to rapidly spreading fires.

Climate change is statistical data of weather for a given period of time. As all living beings interact

with environment, the weather plays a vital role is development and sustainability of all living

beings. Climate change is a phenomenon that is going to occur even if humans didn't exist on this

planet, we for the sake of development have accelerated the climate change. 1

How does climate change affect us? Climate change is more than global temp increase, the frequent

earthquake, storm, or floods are part of climate change. Climate change can reduce the healthy

growth of trees, plants animals that can indirectly affect us by robbing us of quality food. Climate

change can be drought or no rain or heavy rain that effect the water cycle which can affect the

water table in turn starve us for clean water for agricultural and personal use. Climate change can

be tornados, floods, earthquake that trigger human migration in search of food and shelter which

can affect economy of countries. Climate change can be floods that can alter the soil, water and

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other parameters making it hard to build rigid concrete structures. Climate change can be extreme

temp variations that can affect us mentally, physically. Climate change can alter the availability of

natural resources making it difficult to obtain them, thereby creating a new window for countries

fighting for existing resources for their development.

Humans will find it hard to accommodate. Climate change will alter the conditions for growing

crops, for living of animals, and even it will affect our comfort. Imagine your room becoming too

hot or too cold suddenly. This imbalance will modify the direction of winds, alters rainfall patterns,

timing of them etc., These might induce more storms, delayed/early rains, making weather more

unpredictable. Just like birds during season migrations, animals will also migrate. Conditions of

temperature, water and other factors might affect the growth of plants. Thereby affecting the

ecosystem balance. If there is a shortage or abundance of food, increase/decrease in pests and

spread of diseases, it should not be surprising. Mass extinction of flora and fauna can happen.2

Climate change is the issue of the year. Climate change will have major and flighty consequences

for the world's water frameworks, incorporating an expansion in surges and dry seasons, bringing

about thus, an effect on sustenance supply, uprooting and struggle. Occasional movements,

outrageous climate conditions, change in precipitation designs created by environmental change

will affect cultivating and farming, a wellspring of nourishment and vocation for more than half

of the worldwide populace. The world has warmed by 0.8°C since pre-modern times. At the

momentum rate of debasement, the notorious Great Barrier Reef could be dead inside a human

lifetime. Rising ocean levels debilitate whole countries on low-lying islands in the Pacific and

Indian Oceans. 3

Is climate change really happening? As indicated by an exploration paper, the normal yearly

temperature in the Pacific Northwest rose by 1.5° F in the twentieth century and is relied upon to

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rise 0.5° F for each decade in the principal half of the 21st century. The diagram underneath

demonstrates the worldwide yearly temperature change since 1880. Indeed, even with variety

throughout the years, the general pattern is unmistakably upward. Some cooler temperatures lately

have provoked individuals to inquire as to whether there is presently a worldwide cooling pattern,

however as the chart appears, even quite a long while of cooling doesn't mean a long haul warming

pattern is over. 4

Indications. Albeit particular, singular occasions can't be straightforwardly connected to a

worldwide temperature alteration, the IPCC has noted numerous signs of environmental change

far and wide: Withdrawing mountain ice sheets on all main lands. Record diminishing ice tops in

the Arctic and Antarctic. Rising ocean level – around 6-7 creeps in the twentieth century. More

continuous substantial precipitation occasions (snowstorms, rainstorms, and surges) in numerous

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regions. More exceptional and longer dry spells over more extensive zones, particularly in the

tropics and subtropics. 5

Why would we care? As temperatures rise, more dampness vanishes from the seas. The air over

the seas now holds 4 percent more water vapor than 30 years prior. Greater tempests are one result.

Hotter air over land vanishes more water from soil and plants and can make or develop dry spell.

An Earth-wide temperature boost has expanded the loss of summer ocean ice in the Arctic, which

has adjusted climatic conditions that impact harsher winter climate in the U.S. what's more,

Europe. Hotter air likewise warms icy mass ice in Greenland and different terrains and that

liquefying water adds to ocean level ascent, as does the extension of hotter sea water. Hotter air

liquefies permafrost (already forever solidified ground in northern scopes) and dissolved

permafrost discharges methane from antiquated rotted vegetation in defrosting soils. Methane is

another strong nursery gas which encourage adds to a worldwide temperature alteration.6

The world is getting warmer. The average temperature of the Earth's surface has increased by about

0.85°C (1.4F) in the last 100 years. Thirteen of the 14 warmest years were recorded in the 21st

Century, with 2015 on course to set another record.

Why is this happening? We are burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. Carbon-absorbing

forests are also being cut down. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now higher than

at any time in the last 800,000 years and reached a record high in May this year.

What are the effects? An area of sea ice roughly 10 times the size of the UK has been lost when

the current day is compared with average levels from the early 1980s. Since 1900, sea levels have

risen by on average about 19cm globally.

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What does the future hold? Shortages in freshwater. Rise in the number of casualties from floods,

storms, heat waves and droughts. Poor countries would suffer the most.

What can be done? The top 10 greenhouse gas emitters make up over 70% of total emissions, so

these countries need to move towards green energy before it’s too late.

Limiting the damage. By the end of October 2015, 146 countries had submitted national climate

plans on curbing emissions to UN. According to a UN report, submissions in their current form

point to a rise of 2.7°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. Scientists have determined that if

temperature rises surpass 2°C, this will lead to substantial and dangerous climate impacts, which

will hit the world's poor in particular.

Average warming (°C) projected by 2100. 4.5 deg- If countries do not act. 3.6 deg -Following

current policies. 2.7 deg - As per recently submitted national climate plans on curbing emissions.

Works Cited

Take Part Team. “What is climate change?”

Take Part, http://www.takepart.com/flashcards/what-is-climate-change.*

David. “Basics of Climate Change”

David Suzuki Foundation, http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/climate-

change-basics/climate-change-101-1/.*

Earth Hour Global. “10 reasons why climate change is the issue of the year”

60+ Earth Hour, https://www.earthhour.org/blog/10-reasons-why-climate-change-the-issue-the-

year.*

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science

Basis, Summary for Policy Makers; 2007

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Earth System Research Laboratory,

“Ongoing Scientific Assessment of the Western Russian Heat Wave of 2010,”

Climate into the 21st Century, World Meteorological Organization, 2003, University Press,

Cambridge UK, pg 203 (in print title="in print - Climate into the 21st Century, World

Meteorological Organization")