Climate change is already happening and has entered our daily
lives. We have to act now.
Everyday millions are being affected globally by the adversity termed as ‘climate change’ and billions are being spent up to clean up the mess that is left behind. Tens of thousands of people have died due to the catastrophic effects of climate change and still countless disasters are yet to come. If we don’t stop and put a halt to this inevitable phenomenon a lot will be put at risk and will be lost. Myriad storms have devastated and torn down innumerous communities in the late times and have cause havoc across the globe, but still nothing significant has been done to trim down and handle up this loss. We need to think what has to be done to hold back this before it’s too late. There is a limit, a tipping point up till where our Earth can take and survive the atrocities we inflict on it. If it will be crossed then there will be no stopping it! Technology has been so advanced in recent decades and we are so near that limit that when we will cross it we will not even realize what just happened.
Everyday millions are being affected globally by the adversity termed as ‘climate change’ and billions are being spent up to clean up the mess that is left behind. Tens of thousands of people have died due to the catastrophic effects of climate change and still countless disasters are yet to come. If we don’t stop and put a halt to this inevitable phenomenon a lot will be put at risk and will be lost. Myriad storms have devastated and torn down innumerous communities in the late times and have cause havoc across the globe, but still nothing significant has been done to trim down and handle up this loss. We need to think what has to be done to hold back this before it’s too late. There is a limit, a tipping point up till where our Earth can take and survive the atrocities we inflict on it. If it will be crossed then there will be no stopping it! Technology has been so advanced in recent decades and we are so near that limit that when we will cross it we will not even realize what just happened.
Extreme weather conditions continue to occur worldwide with
increasing intensity and vicious effects. World leaders have gathered on
several platforms to discuss these events but have come up with no fine outcome
to deal with these events. Flooding in Bangladesh and China, Wildfires in
Australia and Africa, Droughts across Africa, Water scarcity in several
countries, snows storms and blizzards in Europe, melting of ice caps in the
arctic and Greenland, typhoons and cyclones in Philippines and Japan,
hurricanes in the Pacific. Climate change is everywhere! All these cataclysmic
events will continue to occur with more strength and in number if the world
doesn’t stop polluting the Earth and cut out its Carbon emissions. The melting
of ice-caps is resulting in drastic sea level rises and massive flooding which
are immensely dangerous for the communities living ashore and also in the long
time for the cities and countries near the sea level like Miami, London, Sydney,
New Orleans, New York, Venice, Maldives, Mumbai, Karachi, Sendai, Greenland,, Japan and
many more. The rate of sea-level rise has accelerated in this century to a huge
number that is quite hazardous. In 2005 the sea level rise was estimated to 3.3 +/- 0.5 but in 2007 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) projected that
during the 21st century the sea level will rise another 18 to 59 cm.
More recent research shows it has accelerated to 59 to 200 cm. Now that is a huge and alarming figure.
Carbon pollution has led to rise in temperatures and an
increase in atmospheric moisture. These factors can ‘super-charge’ tropical
storms. The rise in sea levels has also led to higher storm surges. The evident
changes and consequences climate change and global warming have had on us are
in form of higher food prices, water scarcity, decreased water quality,
property damage, loss of wildfire, ecological damage, higher insurance
premiums, spread of diseases, lake/river decline, loss of wetlands, heat
related illnesses and many more problems.
The costs we’re paying because of climate change increased
insurance rates, disaster cleanups, damage to infrastructure, harmful effects
on our health and many more. These don’t even begin to account for human costs when
it comes to those who have lost their homes, and watch their crops slowly fail and are
living in a wreck. We can’t simply afford to look at these overwhelming effects
twirl out of control. We have to do something and we must do it now. Spread
awareness among your folks about what’s at stake. Make your voice heard to your
community leaders loud and clear. Shift to renewable energy, put up a price on
carbon, take a bus to home or work, use recycled paper bags, and switch off spare
lights and so on.
Along with other predictions about the earth’s climate and disaster
predictions, an ice age is also among these forecasts. Global super storms are
expected to breakout. Extreme weather anomalies are expected along with spiking
temperatures, those which mankind has never seen. Yes people an ice age is
around the corner. But the question is when? It can’t be said exactly when but
it IS clearly near that the top scientists of today say with surety. George Kukla, a senior research scientist of Columbia University believes that an ice age will surely dawn upon us soon.
Human activities have more impact on water vapor in our atmosphere, and the
current level of human activity can accelerate the ice age. More water vapors
are being carried towards the poles the southern icecap, the extreme center of
northern pole is becoming ice free and lower latitudes are experiencing higher
snowfall. At first scientists believed Ice ages slowly develop but now
researchers have revealed upsetting evidence that an ice age can be triggered
in about 10 years or even less than that.
Climate change is solvable, and we require communal
solutions to prevent its continued human and financial toll. We should always
remember we can’t stop climate change from happening now, but we can take steps
to halt its effects. Take action before it’s too late.
This world is ours to live in. So save it!
