Natural causes

1. Volcanic eruptions, one of natural cause, it emits different natural aerosols like carbon
dioxide, sulphur dioxide, salt crystals volcanic ashes or dust and even microorganism or
viruses. It can cause cooling effect on the lithosphere because of the aerosol that block a
certain percentage of solar radiation. The release of sulphur dioxide in the stratosphere
cause acid rain when combine with the water vapour. The most tragic eruption of Mount
Tambora (Indonesia) caused snowfall in the North-eastern United State and Canada. The
eruption of Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) and Mount Krakatau (Indonesia) decreases the
temperature of the planet earth.

2. Orbital Changes. Earth’s movement in the space cause also climate change. As the
earth’s travel around the sun, cyclical variations produce different amount of energy that
reaches the earth. Eccentricity is the shape of the earth orbit that influences seasonal
differences: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Obliquity is the variation of the tilt of
Earth’s axis away from the orbital plane. The more tilt means warmer summers and
colder winters: less tilt means cooler summer and milder winters. Precession is the
change in orientation of earth’s rotational axis. It is cause by two factors: a wobble of
Earth’s axis and a turning around of the elliptical orbit of earth itself.

Human Activities

The attributed acts of human being resulted to the rise of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. Scientist turned history and technology to substantiate that there is a causal
relationship between high CO2 and high temperature levels. Changing the atmospheric
abundance of properties of these gases can lead to a global warming climate. It direct affects
the basic elements of people’s lives like water, food, health, use of land and the environment.