Global Warming Effects

Global warming is a situation that causes the temperatures around the world to rise significantly. People living before 1950 hardly felt any effects of climate change. However, the weather patterns in the last fifty years have been subjected to significant changes on a daily basis coupled with the increase in atmospheric temperature and weather vagaries. The term ‘global warming’ was first used by Wallace Broecker in 1975 ‘Climate Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?’ (Wallace-Wells, 2017). The most significant contributors to the phenomenon include war, industrialization, agriculture, and modern transport systems. The effects of global warming are extremely destructive and have resulted in the melting of snowcaps, rise

Global warming is caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which prevents the efficient radiation of the heat into space from the earth. Industrial and domestic energy needs have continued to rise over the years. At present, all of these requirements are met by non-renewable sources of energy. Oil is the most-consumed followed by coal, and gas, all of which constitute over 80% of the world’s total energy production (World energy consumption, 2017). Nuclear power provides an alternative source of energy that is more reliable, clean and efficient. However, many nations are yet to implement it. Some countries that already had feasible nuclear energy production plants shut down their plants due to the perceived dangers that come with nuclear reactor accidents witnessed in some countries (Sehgal, 2012). The generation of electricity from coal power plants also contributes harmful gases that deplete the ozone layer, which leads to direct penetration of the ultraviolet rays of the sun into the atmosphere. The increased level of greenhouse gases is dangerous as it causes climate change at a high rate. In addition to the quest to produce more power to satisfy the growing demand, industrialization has encouraged practices of mass deforestation over the past century to pave the way for the rise of towns and industries. Trees are essential in the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle, which

Sprays have been adopted to reduce pest infestation and the spread of bacterial and fungal diseases. Despite their effectiveness in these functions, these products contain toxic chemicals that, when used in farms, remain within the atmosphere and cause the total particle buildup, thus increasing the likelihood of trapping the heat from the sun in the lower atmosphere. The act of containment of heat within the troposphere is referred to as the greenhouse effect. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), agricultural activities contribute about 12% of greenhouse gas emissions globally (Dunn, 2009). Another way in which agriculture increases the rate of global warming is through deforestation with the aim of clearing lands for agricultural purposes. Many of today’s lands under agricultural activities were previous forests that covered massive tracts. The cutting of trees reduces the rate of removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which directly leads to its accumulation within the atmosphere. The result is the rise in global temperatures. Deforestation continues to be rampant while reforestation efforts are capped by selfish capitalist gains by individual large-scale farmers whose aim is to rake in more profits annually (Haldar, 2010). Global warming is the