Intro
Climate change
ge is the biggest challenge of our lifetime.Centuries of pollution And g
deforestation
Has led to global warming,rising seas and a plethora of natural disasters . what is it and how can we fix it?
One measurable aspect of climate change is global warming.
Global warming The increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to rising levels of greenhouse gases.Global warming refers to surface temperature increases, while climate change includes global warming and everything else that increasing greenhouse gas amounts will affect.Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all linked to climate change, have increased wildfires. Declining water supplies, reduced agricultural yields, health impacts in cities due to heat, and flooding and erosion in coastal areas are additional concern
Deforestation is
When forests are culled less oxygen is produced as less trees exist
And less carbon dioxide co2 is absorbed. This excess co2 is then released into the atmosphere contributing to the greenhouse effect.
A third factor contributing to climate change is agriculture. Agriculture is farming with animals. Cows produce a lot of methane through farting and belching which is a greenhouse gas. Agriculture requires huge amounts of land which could be used for forests/rainforests and as habitats for native species. Another damaging part of agriculture is the damage done to local waterways (E.g. rivers and streams) through the fecal matter and urine of those animals. The water gets polluted and fish who live there die. In New Zealand, there are 26.6 million sheep and 10.1 million cattle. If people ate less meat, we wouldn’t need so much land for agriculture and we wouldn’t be damaging local waterways as well.
GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSING RISING SEA LEVELS THROUGH THE MELTING OF THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTICA.THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF ICE ON
EARTH IS IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTICA. THESE PLACES HAVE GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS WHICH HOLD VAST AMOUNTS OF WATER. ICE SHEETS ARE MASSIVE FLAT PLATFORMS THAT MOVE ON ICE ,GLACIERS FORM OVER LAND.
KIRIBATI CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGEES LOW LYING IN THERE HOUSES BECAUSE OF THE RISING THE SEA LEVELS THEY CAN’T SURVIVE THE SEA LEVELS BECAUSE ITS TO HIGH AND THERE COUNTRY IS SURROUNDED BY WATER. THERE ARE MANY ACTIONS THAT CAN BE. TAKEN TO IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
There are many actions that can be taken to reduce the impact of climate change . Some of these can be done by individual people such as not using plastic bags putting your rubbish in the bin and recycling any plastics you use. Actions that every community should take is to have lots of rubbish in the bins available. Plant lots of trees and native bushland. Use wind farms and solar panels where you can. At a national level actions new zealand can take or planting
