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Factors that contribute to climate change, Transportation, Natural Causes,…
Factors that contribute to climate change
Car and other methods of transport burn fossil fuels, which in result leads to more carbon being released into the air, leading to more greenhouse gases, resulting in the heat being trapped in the atmosphere, meaning higher temperatures. As for carbon effects, transport accounts for around one-fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Many car dealership, such as Tesla, are now coming out with electric based car. This means rather than burning fossil fuels to create energy, the energy is electric-based. If the population changed to electric cars, the carbon dioxide levels in the air would decrease causing less greenhouse gases. Even if you can't invest in an electric car, you should at least switch to a hybrid.
The natural causes of climate change are volcanic eruptions, ocean currents, the Earth's orbital changes, solar variations and internal variability. All of these aspects will determine how much sun is able to enter our ozone and wether or not the heat produced will stay in the ozone. Volcanic eruptions causes sunshades which decreases the global temperature.
There is nothing we can do to prevent these natural causes. That is just the earth doing its thing. We have to accept what the earth is doing and do our best to reduce climate change in ways we can control.
Oil drilling is the process of extracting fossil fuels from the ground in order to give humans energy. As you can recall, the main reason for the increase in greenhouse gases is because of the burning of fossil fuels. During the drilling process, other harmful gases are also released into the air. Research shows that oil drilling is responsible for 30% of the methane population and around 8% carbon dioxide pollution.
Although it is harder to reduce the impacts of oil drilling on the environment, the best we can do is to encourage against the idea of oil drilling. If we propose a plan to the government which opposes oil drilling, we can convince them to put restriction on oil drilling which will help the environment immensely and its impact on climate change.
The earth's population is currently growing, meaning the demand for certain products is going up, and these demands need to be met. Industrialization is growing due to the increase in demand, leading to a higher level of greenhouse gases. Countries such as China are the biggest culprates of industrialization because they produce and create many of the products that are in high demand.
Source control is crucial for a cleaner environment. This can help us with the disposal of waste and the carbon emissions from this waste. As well, recycling is also crucial because if we recycle, the industrial pollution levels are also reduced, in result helping with the climate change effect. .
Trees absorb and store carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and release oxygen. When trees are cut down, they are not only unable to absorb the carbon in the air, they will also release the carbon dioxide they have stored inside them. The carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere leading to higher levels of greenhouse gases and therefore climate change. It is estimated that more than 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide are released to the atmosphere due to deforestation, mainly the cutting and burning of forests, every year. Research shows that deforestation accounts for a staggering 15% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions.
Similar to industrialization, recycling is also very important when dealing with deforestation. Trees produce paper and in order to create that paper, the trees need to get cut down. If the demand for paper is lower, then fewer trees will be cut down and the trees can be used for absorbing carbon instead. So in conclusion, you should attempt to use as little paper as possible when working at school and your everyday life.
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Natural Causes
Deforestation
Oil Drilling
Industrialization
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