Climate change is changing the world around us and how we are living. Everything is effected by Global Warming. Global Warming is an increase in the overall temperature in the Earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increasing levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. Sea levels are rising. The number of large wildfires is growing. The planet's temperature is increasing. Large ice masses, such as glaciers and ice sheets, are melting. More and more species of animals are becoming extinct. The air is becoming increasingly more polluted day by day. We are the cause of all of this.
We continuously keep chopping down forests and burning fossil fuels. Deforestation is a serious problem. If we keep cutting down trees and wiping out forests, there won't be any left. In order for us to survive we need the trees and plants. This is because they supply us with the air we breathe as a result of photosynthesis. So if there was no plants to do photosynthesis, there would be no more oxygen, which means no more us.
We have the ability to slow down the pace of global warming. We can reduce our carbon emission footprints. If we don't and continue to kill our Earth, it could be seriously detrimental to the human race and life as we know it.
If we continue to live this way, what will the effects be in terms of global warming? Well this is what will happen: the spread of disease will increase, there will be warmer waters and more hurricanes, increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves, polar ice caps will melt, rising sea levels, more floods, highly destructive storms and dangerous weather, desertification, tsunamis, cold waves, increased volcanic activity, more dangerous thunderstorms, migration, conflict, and wars, more outbreaks of deadly diseases and epidemics, loss of biodiversity and animal extinction, death of ocean life, more frequent animal attacks, and diminished food and water supplies. Now, that's a really long and pretty devastating list.
If we don't act now, our children and grandchildren will live on a completely different Earth than we do today. We have the ability to pass on a healthier, safer, and cleaner world. We can reduce the speed of global warming by: driving environmentally-friendly cars, recycle, use less heat and air conditioning, changing to compact florescent light bulbs, drive less and drive smarter, buy energy-efficient products, using less hot water, use the "off" switch, plant a tree, use recycled paper, adjust your thermostat, take shorter showers, carpool when you can, conserve energy, wash your clothes on the cold water cycle and air dry, ditch the plastic, buy more organic foods and produce, and so much more! There is so much you can do to reduce the speed of global warming and carbon emissions.
