Year FACTORS THAT LED TO

2022 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL

EVERY
CHANGES Volcanoes have played a
noticeable role in climate,

MINUTE and volcanic eruptions

released large quantities of
carbon dioxide in the distant

Green Human natural

past. Some explosive
volcano eruptions can throw
particles (e.g., SO2) into the
house
Volcanoes upper atmosphere, where
they can reflect enough
sunlight back to space to
gases cool the surface of the planet
for several years. These
particles are an example of
cooling aerosols. Volcanic
Carbon dioxide is particles from a single
eruption do not produce
undoubtedly, the
most important
Anthrop long-term climate change
greenhouse gas in ogenic because they remain in the
the atmosphere.
activities
Contine
ntal drift
The atmosphere for a much
shorter time than
Changes in land
use pattern, earth greenhouse gases. In
addition, human activities
deforestation, land emit more than 100 times as
clearing,
The Industrial Revolution in the 19th
tilt much carbon dioxide as
agriculture, and volcanoes each year.
other activities century saw the large-scale use of fossil The continents that we are familiar
have all led to a fuels for industrial activities. These with today were formed when the
industries created jobs and over the The earth makes one full orbit
rise in the landmass began gradually drifting around the sun each year. It is
emission of carbon years, people moved from rural areas to apart, millions of years back. This tilted at an angle of 23.5° to
Ocean
the cities. This trend is continuing even
dioxide. drift also had an impact on the the perpendicular plane of its currents
today. More and more land that was climate because it changed the
covered with vegetation has been cleared orbital path. For one half of the
physical features of the landmass, year when it is summer, the
to make way for houses. Natural their position and the position of
resources are being used extensively for northern hemisphere tilts
water bodies. The separation of the towards the sun. In the other
construction, industries, transport, and landmasses changed the flow of
consumption. Consumerism (our half when it is winter, the earth The oceans are a major
ocean currents and winds, which
increasing want for material things) has affected the climate. This drift of the
is tilted away from the sun. If component of the climate system.
there was no tilt we would not
increased by leaps and bounds, creating continents continues even today; have experienced seasons.
They cover about 71% of the Earth
mountains of waste. Also, our population the Himalayan range is rising by
has increased to an incredible extent. Changes in the tilt of the earth and absorb about twice as much of
about 1 mm (millimeter) every year
because the Indian land mass is
can affect the severity of the the sun's radiation as the
seasons - more tilt means
moving towards the Asian land warmer summers and colder
atmosphere or the land surface.
mass, slowly but steadily Ocean currents move vast
Introduction on How we all winters; less tilt means cooler
summers and milder winters. amounts of heat across the planet -
contribute every day roughly the same amount as the

Electricity is the main source of D atmosphere does. But the oceans

are surrounded by land masses, so
power in urban areas. All our
gadgets run on electricity generated A heat transport through the water is
through channels.
mainly from thermal power plants.
T
85
These thermal power plants are run
on fossil fuels (mostly coal) and are
responsible for the emission of huge
amounts of greenhouse gases and
A
Temperature rises must slow down if we

other pollutants.
- Cars, buses, and trucks are the
principal ways by which goods and
people are transported in most of our
cities. These are run mainly on petrol
or diesel, both fossil fuels.
- We generate large quantities of
waste in the form of plastics that
remain in the environment for many
years and cause damage.
- We use a huge quantity of paper in
our work at schools and in offices.
Have we ever thought about the
number of trees that we use in a
day?
- Timber is used in large quantities
for construction of houses, which
means that large areas of forest
have to be cut down.
%
At least 85 percent of
want to avoid the worst consequences of
climate change, scientists say. They say the world’s population
has been affected by
global warming needs to be kept to 1.5C by
2100. human-induced climate
change, new study
shows
However, unless further action is taken, the planet could still warm
by more than 2C by the end of this century. A report in 2021 by the
Climate Action Tracker group calculated that the world was heading
for 2.4C of warming by the end of the century.
conclusion
If nothing is done, scientists think global warming could exceed 4C
Global environmental change
presents a major and growing
in the future, leading to devastating heatwaves, millions losing their challenge to the Arctic and the
world as a whole. While the
homes to rising sea levels and irreversible loss of plant and animal concerns this generates are
species. important now, their implications
are even greater for future
generations that will bear the
consequences of current actions
or inaction. Strong rapid action to
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reduce emissions is required in
order to alter the future path of
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Change Science is also needed to begin to adapt
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occurring and that will continue.