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Global Warming

Nida Fatima

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08-11-2020
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Global Warming

It has been clear for a long time now that human beings have caused more harm to 'Mother

Nature' than any other species. This modern era that we live in works only at the cost of the slow

destruction of our own home. The power required to run it releases heat-trapping gasses and

pollutants. Typically, these are supposed to escape into space, but they stay trapped in the

atmosphere for centuries and cause the Earth to heat up. As a result, Glaciers are melting, sea

levels have risen, forests are burning, dying, and the wildlife is slowly scrambling to make up for

it. Levels of these greenhouse gasses have been going up and down over the planet's history.

They have stayed constant for the last few thousand years, which also contributed to why the

planet's average temperature also stayed constant until the last 150 years. The tables have turned

now, "These levels are higher now than at any time in the last 800,000 years" (Christina

Nunez,2019). Scientists are sure that the temperatures will continue to rise for the next decades.

Things that humans value and depend on that are needed to sustain life every day are being

destroyed by climate change. If the contribution of such human activities continues, the future of

the species is uncertain.

Global warming holds immense importance in the increasing probability of extreme weather

events. Many businesses, countries, states, and cities are preparing to take steps for such events

because it is expected that their frequency, intensity, and impact will be worse than ever over

time. Days and nights are becoming hotter as heat waves' intensity increases when global

warming contributes to it. Hotter air boosts up the process of evaporation, which results in worse

drought. Furthermore, a more extended wildfire season is expected when dry fields and forests

are created due to more drought. These fields and forests are prone to catching fire quickly.

Strongest hurricanes are becoming more intense over the years as there is now a warmer/hotter
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and moist atmosphere over the oceans. Floods, heavy rains, and snowstorms increase drastically

as global warming contributes heavily to the air's water vapor. The global mean sea level's

current state is more significant than it has ever been in the last 2,800 years, atleast. Human

health has always been affected by weather and climate. "It is the change in climate and climate

variability, particularly changes in weather extremes, that is a significant threat to human health"

(David Introcaso,2018).

Moreover, Ecosystems are also heavily affected by it. Habitats are being changed and modified,

the way species interact with each other, their home ranges are altered. The timings of biological

events such as egg-laying and flowering is shifted drastically. "Ecosystems are changing so

rapidly in response to global change drivers that our research and modelling frameworks are

overtaken by empirical, system-altering changes", says (Yadvinder Malhi,2018)

Humans have caused so much damage to climate change that even if we stopped emitting the

toxic gasses today, global warming would still be there in the next decades. That is because the

planet will take time to respond, that too, with our continuous efforts.
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Reference

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● Intracorso, D., 2018. Climate Change Is The Greatest Threat To Human Health In

History | Health Affairs Blog. [online] Healthaffairs.org, Climate Change Is The Greatest

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● Global warming 101. (n.d.). NRDC. https://www.nrdc.org/stories/global-warming-

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