INTRODUCTION
Climate change is the difference of the atmospheric condition or weather of our planet that affects or threatens the veey existence of man, animal, plant or even damage to our planet earth.
CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Majorly there are two causes of climate change:
HUMANS AND NATURE.
HUMAN CAUSE: Man's activities has the potential to cause climate change and they include:
FOSSIL FUEL
DEFORESTATION
FARMING LIVESTOCK
GENERATING POWER
LACK OF PROPARE WASTE MANAGEMENT
FOSSIL FUEL: These comes from coal or gas and these are used on daily basis by man. When burnt, they releases a huge amount of carbon. Because they go up to the air, they have the potential of causing air pollution, results to acid rain and excessive nutrient that can affect the level and quantity of oxygen that man neds foe his existence. These can cause early death, respiratory disorder, stroke, heart attack and other health hazards.
DEFORESTATION: When trees are randomly cutted without planting new ones, much of the carbon that ought to be stored in them are released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide which when in excess, the global atmospheric temperature increases beyond what is normal which puts lives at risk.
FARMING LIVESTOCK: Because these animals eat vegetation, much of the plants that stores oxygen are consumed by these livestock contributing to greenhouse emission. They also can cause water pollution because as they migrate from one location to another, they pass through lakes, river and sea.
GENERATING OF POWER: Because electricity is generated from coal , oil or gas, they emit huge amount of gas to the atmosphere that covers the earth as blanket thereby trapping the heat form the sun which results in global warming and climate change because those gas black the right amount of sun that should get to the earth changing weather pattern and change the usual balance of nature thereby putting lives at risk.
LACK OF PROPER MANAGEMENT OF WASTE: Because waste are not properly managed or disposed, they end up most timea in the drainage system blocking the free flow or water which can result to erosion or flooding because the water ways are not free.
NATURAL CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
Nature on its own has the potential to cause climate change. These can happen because of :
CHANGE IN THE SUN
EMISSION FROM VOLCANO
CHANGE IN EARTH'S ROTATION
LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE
Change in the sun. : When there is an increase in the amount of heat from the sun, there is a change in the process by which cloud is formed resulting to an increase or decrease of the amount of rainfall, heat or cold which is a climate change.
EMISSION OF VOLCANOS: When there is a volcano eruption, huge amount of ash are injected into the air and volcano also produces carbon dioxide that has the great potential of causing global warming.
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CHANGE IN EARTH'S ROTATION: Because the earth rotates around its orbit, should there be a change in speed or direction as its supposed to, it can lead to excess heat or cold on the earth. Should the earth wobble or tilt, that too can lead to a climate change.
HOW TO STOP OR CONTROL CLIMATE CHANGE.
Instead of always relying on generated energy, we can use renewable energy thereby limiting the amount of gas, oil and coal that is burnt in the process of generating electricity.
Invest on energy-efficent appliance instead of relying on heavy duty equipment that that requires too much amount of gas , coal or oil to run them which has the potential to increase the the amount of carbon dioxide that is emitted into the atmosphere.
Plant more trees as they will help store much of the oxygen we need thereby supporting the green initiatives.
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We can also do our part in keeping our environment clean and avoid blocking the drainage system. Reference1 reference2
