Effects of Global Warming
I think
that everyone of us has heard about the phenomenon called ‘Global Warming’. I
guess that some of us could also notice some weird weather behaviors or that it
is not so stable nowadays as it used to be in the past. But have you ever
wondered what the cause of such events is?
Yes, it’s because of temperature growing all around the world that has more
effects than we could imagine.
But what is
the cause of the Global Warming itself? It’s mainly human activity and
industrial revolution that brought us there. Burning of fossil fuel and
deforestation lead to higher
emission of so called greenhouse gases that trap heat to the Earth’s atmosphere. These gases occur
naturally and make our planet warm enough to sustain life, but larger amount of
them make temperature grow.
So what are
the main effects of Global Warming?
Extreme
weather events such as cold or heat waves, tornados, lightning strikes,
droughts, rainstorms are more likely to happen and will be more intense. All of
them could be very damaging for human and lead to social and economic
disasters. I think that we all have seen cities destroyed by tornados or floods
in other countries and how difficult situation it is for all the people living
in this areas.
Global
Warming can also affect agriculture all around the world. Growing temperature
could make some plants harder or even impossible to grow in some areas. I’ve
recently heard that there is a possibility that production of wine in the areas
such as France or Italy will not be possible because of climate change.
Instead, it could be moved to north, to countries like Poland, where currently
it’s hard to grow good grapevine. That would mean that all those people living
from producing wine from generation to generation would have to stop doing that
and find another way to make a living.
Finally,
Global Warming has bad impact on human health. With the growth of the rainfall
mosquito-borne diseases like malaria are more likely to spread. Also the higher
temperature itself can be very damaging for some people. According to
researches, more people in USA die due to extreme heat each year than due to all
the natural disasters (tornados, floods or hurricanes) combined. Additionally, increasing
temperature leads to worsening of air quality which can cause diseases
connected with lungs and can be dangerous for asthmatics or people with
allergies.
Questions:
1. Do you believe in Global Warming? Or
do you think it’s just a scientific creation?
2. Have you spotted some weird weather
behaviors in the last years?
3. What do you think we can do to stop
the process of climate change?
Sources:
Comments
I have witnessed weather anomalies but single artifacts are neither proof or counterargument for the climate change theory.
It is not clear if we will be able to completely stop the process but certainly we should try to reduce greenhouse gas emission and the production of waste.
I noticed more extreme seasons, but some say it occurs regularly as a cycle.
It's not something you can stop. I mean, if you wiped out humanity maybe Earth would normalize. Our way of living and current technological advancement is like a huge machine that can't be stopped and when I think of the way to do it, it could require the same or even more amount of work we've put to start it across the ages. Although from the Earth perspective, the most harmful times can be fit in few hundred years, so it's not so long.
Yes, I've spotted lots of weird changes in weather behaviors in last few years, for example, rapid changes in temperature.
Truly saying, I'm not sure what is need to be done to stop Global Warming, but one of the obvious ways is to invest more in alternative, eco-friendly sources of energy.
I have spotted weird weather behaviour in Poland. For example, a fixed change of times of the year - spring used to start on March, now it is around mid-April - sometimes we have snow for Easter. But rarely during Christmas, though. It is warm longer and later in the year calendar and summers get more rain.
I think we can stop the process of climate change through segregating our trash, using more public transport instead of cars, trying to change our economies from carbon-based to alternative sources-based.
From my observations the extreme seasons intensified. In the summer we have record high temperatures and record low in winter. While autumn and spring are fairly short and unstable temperatures.
I don't pay attention to the weather. Sometimes it is cold, sometimes hot and sometimes there is a big hurricane, but in my opinion it is not a strange weather behavior.
I think nothing. The weather will not change as we start talking about it or do something about it.
Are there any differences in Warsaw? There is clearly less snow in winter, it has shorten a bit also. There are also bigger fluctuations of temperature.
What we can do to stop it? I think the biggest step we can make to stop it is switching to green energy.
I remember when it was snowing in the beginning of May several years ago. After this I realized that Global Warming is real. But on the other hand everything depends on what you consider to be "weird weather behavior". As for me it was really surprising but someone else could consider this as normal flow of things.
To my opinion we should reconsider a little bit the way we live. We should sort out things that are vital for us and not really. Then just start getting rid of these "not really" things and the impact will be huge.
I spotted that weather is behaving strange all the time. We get warm winters, no spring(i mean there is this temperature jump from 0 and 5 degrees to 20-25 in just a week or two) and cold or super hot summers.
I think people should find ways of avoiding using some bad-for-environment things. Find other ways. People should stop to use things like old and even current cars(let's be honest, cars are the major part of pollution). Either find a way to make the really eco, or just use some eco public transport or something like that.
As everybody, I see climate changes. I remember that when I was young, winters were very frosty and that is the biggest difference between today's weather.
I don't think that we can stop it completely but we should stary with pollution - people should change their old ovens to newest which are having a lot of filters etc.
I think only the development of the technology will and can change that.
2. Yes I did. It’s noticeably increasing. Just like you mentioned. Not only weather phenomenon. I’ve heard recently that Lyme disease is not only more common but is also spread by other insects.
3. Energy production is the biggest culprit. We have to try and move away from the oil and gas based energy production. Western world uses much more energy than more papules Asia. It’s warring considering the fact that their energy consumption will be only increasing with their economic development.
There are many scientific publications about the global warming, and I think that is not a creation.
Have you spotted some weird weather behaviours in the last years?
I spotted out in media that was more of hurricanes and tsunami in the last years.
What do you think we can do to stop the process of climate change?
We could be more eco and environment friendly. We should choose to not use car everyday, produce less trashes, segregate wastes, and may others in our daily live.
2. Of course, I noticed, it seems to me that spring and autumn have completely disappeared. One day at the end of April, snow falls, while in the other, +15 and the sun. This all takes place in a temperate climate, so I can assume that in the tropics there is absolutely no winter, and summer 7-8 months of the year.
3. It is harder for people to live in the country where they have lived their whole lives, agrees that it affects health, allergies, and lungs, it also affects the land, it becomes less fertile. But this: it is impossible to influence natural changes, it is not subject to man. Option only if scientifically identify the problems that create a person and then the society can then help.
This war – if effective – would harm the natural environment -
because what the plants need most for their growth,
is carbon dioxide. Fortunately this war has no effect at all –
but the countries occupied by the EU had paid tremendous price.
The global warming – if it is real – is not anthropogenic.
It is humbug. But it is the instrument to achieve a specific goal:
ZERO GROWTH. 2 trillions Euro were spent – and wasted. It's felony.
I hope that pseudo-scientists, who had in bad faith supported this lunacy
will be found, named, duly prosecuted, tried and put to jail.
Actually yes, i would not say it was caused only or even by global warming but yes indeed i saw and even experienced a unusual weather.
So in my opinion we cant do anything, companies do if we were to accept the global warming and tone down the "consumer" part" of our products we could help everyone.
What do i mean by "consumer part" ? Home appliances fridges, washers etc are built to last for usually several years, not because they cant be build to last longer but to maximise profit and force us to replace them usually by never model. To tone it down is to make them last longer, focus on reliability again even if that means them being more expensive to buy. Unfortunately it wont work because of competition on the markets if "our" company does not release new model someone else will and our customers will go to them.
I've noticed warmer winter in my lifetime. Weather are more likely to change diametrically in a short peroid of time that it was a several dozen years ago.
Developing renewable energy might be a soluton. Switching to green energy sources rather that using same, old energy technology can be a game changer - it'll slow the process of climate change for sure. Renewable energy is the future.
The benefits are so great that we should accelerate the transition to solar, water, and wind, as fast as possible, by retiring fossil-fuel systems early wherever we can.
Suddenly i believe in global warming. And it's not a scientific creation. It is happening right now and we can't do anything to prevent this catastrophe. But i hope that this warming need so many years, that i and my followers won't be on Earth.
2. Have you spotted some weird weather behaviors in the last years?
Yeah, the main thing i've spotted is no more cold winters. And i know it is connected with global warming.
3. What do you think we can do to stop the process of climate change?
We can't do it. But the scientists can do it. I don't know how, but we will see in 20-40 years.
I believe in global warming
2. Have you spotted some weird weather behaviors in the last years?
The wheather is unstable each year and more violent.
3. What do you think we can do to stop the process of climate change?
Change the industry i think
Yes. Snow in May. What is this? :D
Nothing. It's nature, you can't control it.
I'm not an expert on that topic, but from what I know, if you want to do something to help to fight with GW, you could ask all your family members if they have replaced old heaters in their homes and if not change their minds to change it to stop poisoning their neighbourhoods.
There are no cold winters anymore and it is really strange thing to watch. We need to stop using all the dangerous gases that are spoiling our atmosphere. That is not only the way to prevent this catastrophe but everything depends on us.
It doesn’t take facts to look around you and know that things have changed, and that it’s warmer than it was.
2. I don't think so that in the last years something weird happend in Poland.
3. We have to build smart cities with eco friendly infrastructure and use energy from nuclear power station instead of fossil-fuel power station and then it would be a huge step to make our environment more clean and healthy.
My intuition tells me that Global Warming is a fact rather than a scientific creation. It is very easy to find a proof these days, specially when you can hear about it everywhere. Nevertheless, whether it is a truth or not, every source of pollution should be decreased to its minimum.
2. Have you spotted some weird weather behaviors in the last years?
In our country there is this tendency over the few past years, in which summers are less hot and winters are less cold. Every season seems to be normalising and stabilizating, so there is no longer a big, weather gap between e.g. spring and summer.
3. What do you think we can do to stop the process of climate change?
Honestly I don't know, that's why there is so many people and organisations working on this. I think reducing the pollution as a whole and taking more advantage of electricity may help.