The Pros And Cons Of Climate Change

As I speak right now, something terrible is happening. It affects us every day and we don’t notice. This unseen war has been going on for years and our currently-victorious enemy is called two simple yet powerful words: climate change. Climate change is a change in climate patterns, which also includes global warming. Almost everything is being affected by or has affected climate change. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has said, “With climate change, overdue asteroid strikes, epidemics and population growth, our own planet is increasingly precarious.” (Hawking) We need to fight against climate change as much as we can because it affects our air quality, it can harm agriculture and food supply, and it disrupts ecosystems.

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sult in impacts to air quality.” (EPA) “Atmospheric warming associated with climate change has the potential to increase ground-level ozone in many regions, which may present challenges for compliance with the ozone standards in the future.” (EPA) NASA says, “Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities.” (NASA) “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes more than 1,300 scientists from the United States and other countries, forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the

Everyone who loves to eat, you need to listen to this. “Changes in ozone, greenhouse gases, and climate change affect agricultural producers greatly because agriculture and fisheries depend on specific climate conditions.” (EPA) “Temperature changes can cause habitat ranges and crop planting dates to shift and droughts and floods due to climate change may hinder farming practices.” (EPA) In the article “How agriculture and climate change are related: causes and effects” by Tommaso Perrone, it reads, “‘Climate change is acting as a brake. We need yields to grow to meet growing demand, but already climate change is slowing those yields,’ Michael Oppenheimer, a professor at Princeton University and co-author of the fifth report by the IPCC.” (Perrone) “It is in this report that the scientific community came together to point out that decrease in crop yields is already taking place due to global warming.” (Perrone) In an EPA file “What Climate Change Means for Arkansas”, it shows how climate change affects Arkansas in different ways. “Seventy years from now, Arkansas is likely to have 30 to 60 days per year with temperatures above 95°F, compared with 15 to 30 days today. (EPA) Hot weather causes cows to eat less and grow more slowly, and it can threaten their health. (EPA) Even during the next few decades, hotter summers are likely to reduce yields of corn and rice.