The Dangers Of Climate Change

Climate change, sometimes referred to as global warming is the drastic change in weather patterns that are occurring across the globe. It particularly means the rise in the average surface temperatures all across the world. A major cause of this problem is the burning of fossil fuels to produce energy. The gases, carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrogen oxides, water vapour and others released by the burning of these non-renewable resources forms a blanket above the earth’s surface which allows heat to enter the earth but prevents its escape to space resulting in the rise in global temperatures. Today, this issue has become an increasing threat to places, people and animal species. It has resulted in the melting of arctic regions

Many studies have been conducted and according to one, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050; 38 000 due to heat exposure in elderly people, 48 000 due to diarrhoea, 60 000 due to malaria, and 95 000 due to childhood malnutrition (WHO). This means that if Global warming is allowed to increase at the current alarming rate, problems for the coming generations will intensify and irreversible damage will occur. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, which draws on assessments from 750 experts, found that one of the five biggest risks faced by the world in 2017, in terms of potential impact, is weapons of mass destruction. All of the four others are climate-related: extreme weather events, water crises, major natural disasters, and failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation (Ruggeri). The rising sea levels will result in large chunks of the world drowning and disappearing from the earth, there will be very less food to eat, starvation will be a major problem. On a briefing by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s chairwoman, she said that New Orleans will no longer exist. Neither will Atlantic City, N.J. Boston will look much like it did in the 17th century, before the city was dredged up to build a port. And Florida

Many journals have been written explaining that climate change is not a big deal, but no one has given us with evidences that tell that climate change is not an issue. Many claim that there are other major issues to deal with. Many micro biologists fear the rise of multi-drug resistance bacteria and the threat of viruses going pandemic, but these people fail to understand that the major problems such as health, energy, insurance etc. that have arisen are all because of climate change. The dirty air, damp places and fewer trees to filter the air gives opportunity to the viruses and bacteria to grow and multiply. It has been the major source of all these issues and solving it will minimalize the daily recurring issues that are faced by