Global Warming Increase Due to Human Behavior
Global Warming
Global warming can be described as
condition in where the temperature of earth and ocean are higher than average
level. This gives a picture our world is getting hotter and hotter. According
to America’s Climate Choice (2011) state that, “Since the early 20th century,
Earth's mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C (1.4 °F),
with about two-thirds of the increase occurring since 1980” (p. 15). Increasing
of temperature have been studied by scientist and with result shown that the
global temperature increased due to high level of greenhouse gas concentration
at the atmosphere, it produce from human activities such as burning of fossil
fuels and deforestation. Greenhouses gas (GHG) contain of water vapor, carbon
dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Greenhouses gas trap the heat and
the light from the sun at the earth atmosphere therefore temperature keep on
rising.
Global Warming Effect
Video above briefly explain how the
Global warming destroying our planet.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo678wes1zg&feature=player_embedded
Artic Sea Ice
Melting
With the planet
condition warming from North Pole to South Pole and area around there, ice is
melting worldwide. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets that cover West
Antartica and Greenland, alsi Artic sea ice. Not only that, with the planet
getting warm it also shifting precipitation pattern and change animal habitat.
Picture below is the
report from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. It clearly show that the
area cover by snow or ice is decrease as the time pass cause by global warming.
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/sea_ice_nsidc.html
Sea Level Rise
As we know when water is heated it will
expand, with this practical it explains the cause of sea level to rise.
Together with water melting come from glaciers and arctic it clearly shown
measureable amount of sea level rise.
With the rise of sea
water it covers many low land islands which are give a bad impact for the live
in our planet. This gives a problem to the plants, animals and even people who
live in the islands. When the water cover the plants it causing them to die and
without a plants some animals lose their source of food and causing them to die
also. By this people lose their two sources of food, plant and animal and to
survive people need to eat. As the result they also need to immigrate or die.
These conditions called break in the food chain,
one thing that happening and leads to another and so on.
Graph above shown the sea level keep increase
year by year.
Source: http://globalwarming.com/2010/05/statistics-of-the-global-warming-trend/
Extreme Weather
Since the late 20th century,
changes have been observed of some extreme weather and climate change. The more
weird and wild weather are keep happen in our earth. According to Natural
Resources Defense Council (2012) state that, “ This spring's prolonged heat
wave gave us the hottest March since record-keeping began back in 1895 -- an
astounding 671 records were broken, according to the National Weather Service.
And April 2012 marked the end of the warmest 12-month stretch ever in the US”
(para.1).
The nature disaster such as tropical
cyclone, hurricane, rainstorm are more likely to happen and getting stronger. It
give destruction to our community, damages our health and undermines our
economy. “Extreme weather events cost us billions in property damages each
year. And when to health it also related to costs” (Natural Resources Defense
Council, 2012, Para 2).
Come to 2012,
flooding become a trend in some part of the planet. For example tropical storm
debby brought record of rainfall and extreme flooding to Florida in first half
of 2012, 7 people were killed, destroying more than 100 homes and causing few
millions of dollar in damage to beaches, business and homes.
Picture above show a house being drown
by flood.
Source: http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/climate-change-impacts/
Global warming is making the temperature
too hot in the earth. It cause of increase drought area in several country. The
first half of 2012's historic drought saw more than 80 % of the country are
abnormally being dry or can be found as
drought condition in mid- July. Drought of course threatens our water and food
supplies and is driving up the cost of everything from corn to milk.
Video below show how the global warming destroy
the crops.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rAcH4MfYnLI#!
Wildfires also one of the bad effect of global
warming. With the extreme heat many plants and trees leaves become so dry and
easily catch fire. That’s why global warming also causes of a lot of huge
forest being destroyed.
Effect
on Human Health
Due to extreme
weather as we discuss above, global warming also give a bad effect to human
health and for the worst condition it can cause of death. With the extreme
storm it cause drowning, contaminates drinking water and result in outbreaks of
infectious diseases. Heat and ozone smog can affect our respiratory system such
as asthma and worsen the health of people suffering from cardiac or pulmonary
disease.
According to Natural
Resources Defense Council (2012) state that,” Extreme heat in the first half of
2012 killed at least 74 Americans. But the climate change-related heat
mortality in the first half of 2012 is just part of a deadly trend. In 2011, at
least 206 people died from extreme heat, up from 138 fatalities in 2010 and
nearly double the 10 year average”. And this number will keep on increasing if
the usages of fossil fuel are not being reduced due to excessive heat at the
atmosphere.
Solutions
Clean Energy and
Green Jobs
Investing in clean
energy industries, such as wind and solar, as well as energy efficiency
programs and retooling manufacturing plants can lead us out of crisis and into
a new clean energy economy. Also by manufacturing solar panels and wind
turbines will create job opportunity for the community. Studies show that
investing in clean energy technologies would produce more jobs than similar
investments in oil and gas.
Drive Smart Car
with Green Technology
With the advanced
technology car can be manufacture with better fuel efficiency and green
technology which are more environment friendly and reduced the emission gas
such as hybrid and plug in hybrid. By using cars more efficient over the next ten years,
we'll cut global warming pollution by more than 350 million metric tons and
save 2 million barrels of oil a day.
Create Green
House and Building
Building and the appliances are one of the global warming emissions
contributors. Therefore new building should meet strong new energy efficiency
standard that maximize energy savings. And existing homes
and commercial spaces can be retrofitted to save energy by weatherizing and
installing energy efficient heating, cooling and lighting systems
Build Better Public Transportation
By using public transportation it give a good contribution to reduce our
global warming emissions. With the public transportation it can take people in
group or larger in number compare than private car. For example commuter rail and
public bus it can provide transportation services for passenger to reach their
destination. With this it is not compulsory for people to use car to reach
their work place, going to supermarket, store, cinema and etc.
Reference List
Natural Resources Defense Council. (2012). Global Warming. Retrieved from http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/default.asp
National Geographic. (2008). Effect of Global Warming. Retrieved from http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/
Global Warming. (2010). Statistic of Global Warming Trend. Retrieved from http://globalwarming.com/category/global-warming-statistics/
Wikipedia. (2012). Global Warming. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming#Climate_models
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