Friday, 5 July 2019

The Known Effects Of Climate On Vegetation And Wildlife

By Eric Brown


Oceans have started becoming warmer as the sea levels continue to rise across the world. Droughts have become more intense, and longer, a fact that is threatening freshwater supplies, wildlife, and crops. From marine turtle spread out across the African coasts to the polar bears found in the Arctic Circle, the effects of climate on vegetation and wildlife are becoming more apparent with each passing day.

A changing climate poses a serious threat to livelihoods, species, and places that environmentalists have for long always tried to protect. To be able to address this looming crisis, there is a need to reduce the effects associated with carbon pollution as well as prepare for the consequences that will come with continued global warming. Some of these consequences have already started being felt in different places across the globe.

The main reason for increased temperature changes is due to an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases already present in the sky. Even though these are gases that have been in existence for thousands of years, it is some of the activities being carried out by human beings that have made the situation worse. Clearing forests, for instance, has not helped to reduce the amount of gases in ether.

The greenhouse gases start to pose a problem when they are in the ether. Here, they start to form layers, which results in a thick blanket of carbon IV oxide gas. The blanket begins to trap heat causing a temperature rise. Additionally, the lakes and the seas start to absorb this heat, which makes them acidic. This is an environment that is not suitable for any sea life.

As a result, weather changes can solely be blamed on the ever rising global temperatures. These temperatures are making the weather to become unpredictable, and in some areas more extreme than it was a few years ago. A critical look at the recent heat waves experienced across the country last year and early this year provides a good demonstration of weather patterns that are no longer predictable.

At the moment, scientists are in agreement that humans are to blame for the changes in climatic conditions. They have been able to reach a consensus that human activity is to blame for temperature change and that global warming is, in fact, quite real. Respected environmental bodies across the globe have all identified weather change as a serious threat that ought to be addressed sooner rather than later.

The burning of fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal as a way of generating energy seems to have the biggest impact on the temperatures. Power generation across the world accounts for about twenty-three billion tons of carbon IV oxide emissions each year. What this means is that with every passing second, about seven tons of this harmful gases are released into the atmosphere.

Taking all this into account, it is clear that wild animals, plant species, and humans are increasingly facing new survival challenges due to weather changes. Intense droughts, warming oceans, storms, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and heat waves can all harm animals. This is in addition to wreaking havoc on communities, destroying the environment, and getting rid of animal habitats. Temperate changes are causing dangerous weather events to become severe and more frequent.




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