Question

In your opinion, discuss your long term predictions for the planet. Sum up the major planet-altering events that will arise from human-caused climate change.

What are the impacts in terms of physical damage, chemical contamination, and climate aftereffects?

Answer 1

Dear Student,

Climate change is a phenomenon that has been triggered by human activities and has always been ringing a warning bell. The consequences of climate change have already begun to show up, however the future predictions tells us that things might get even worse.

First, of all we need to realise that climate change is real and is already hapening. It is changing the oceans, glaciers, weather and ecosystems in countless ways. Here are a few events that might occur due to climate change:

• Global Temperature increase: It is predicted that by 2100, every place on earth will have increased temperature. The increase in temperature can range from 2 to 6 degrees.
• Disruption in rain and snow pattern: It is predicted that certain parts of earth will get abnormally high amount of rain and snow, while others will get close to no rainfall.
• Sea level rise: Climate change is already causing sea levels to rise and it is predicted that it will continue in the future if the carbondioxide emmision is not checked. This will be a threat to low-lying islands, towns and cities.
• Extreme weather: Climate change will result in anamalous temperatures in different places. Extreme temperatures will be recorded throughut the globe if climate change is not dealt with properly.
• Melting of Glaciers: If we do not cut down on our carbondioxide emission, all the arctic ice will melt and the ecological system will get hampered.
• Loss of habitat: Extreme temperature throughout the globe will put plants and animals at the risk of losing more than half of their habitats

Physical damage due to climate change: Global rise in the annual average temperature, Increased forest fires, Extreme weather and drought, Melting of icecaps, Sea level rise are few notable physical damages caused due to the impact of climate change.

Chemical contamination: Climate change has led to a phenomenon called ocean acidificaction. Increased carbondioxide is absorbed by the oceans, which reacts with carbonate ions to produce bicarbonates, thus increasing the acidity of oceans. This contamination of ocean has widely affected the marine ecosystem. Increased carbondioxide has also contaminated the air and is a prime cause for acid rain, that destroys crops and ancient architecture.

Climate aftereffects: Climate change has had its own share of aftereffects. Extreme temperatures have been experienced across globe. There is a heat wave throughtout the planet. Glaciers have melted. Climatic patterns of various places have been altered. Other than carbondioxide emission, deforestation has also played a major role in climate change, pertaining to which precipitation has been affected in a lot of places, resulting in floods and droughts.

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