This document discusses climate change, defining it as long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns that have been mainly driven by human activities like burning fossil fuels since 1800. It outlines six major effects of climate change like more frequent droughts and storms, and heat waves. Five causes of climate change are then given as increased fossil fuel use, deforestation, and cutting down forests. Examples of climate change impacts like rising temperatures and more severe tropical storms are provided. The document concludes with some solutions to climate change like saving energy, using less carbon intensive transportation, and eating more plants.
3. DEFINITION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
โข CLIMATE CHANGE REFERS TO LONG-TERM SHIFTS IN
TEMPERATURES AND WEATHER PATTERNS.
โข THESE SHIFTS MAY BE NATURAL, SUCH AS THROUGH
VARIATIONS IN THE SOLAR CYCLE.
โข BUT SINCE THE 1800S, HUMAN ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN
THE MAIN DRIVER OF CLIMATE CHANGE, PRIMARILY DUE
TO BURNING FOSSIL FUELS LIKE COAL, OIL AND GAS.
4. 6 MAJOR EFFECTS DUE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE
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โข MORE FREQUENT AND INTENSE DROUGHT
โข STORMS
โข HEAT WAVES
โข RISING SEA LEVELS
โข MELTING GLACIERS AND
โข WARMING OCEANS CAN DIRECTLY HARM ANIMALS, DESTROY THE PLACES THEY LIVE,
AND WREAK HAVOC ON PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
โข AS CLIMATE CHANGE WORSENS, DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENTS ARE BECOMING MORE
FREQUENT OR SEVERE.
5. 5 CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
โข THE MAIN CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE:
โข HUMANITY'S INCREASED USE OF FOSSIL FUELS โ SUCH AS COAL,
OIL AND GAS TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY, RUN CARS AND OTHER
FORMS OF TRANSPORT, AND POWER MANUFACTURING AND
INDUSTRY.
โข DEFORESTATION โ BECAUSE LIVING TREES ABSORB AND STORE
CARBON DIOXIDE.
6. EXAMPLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
โข TEMPERATURES ARE RISING WORLD-WIDE DUE TO GREENHOUSE
GASES TRAPPING MORE HEAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
โข DROUGHTS ARE BECOMING LONGER AND MORE EXTREME AROUND
THE WORLD.
โข TROPICAL STORMS BECOMING MORE SEVERE DUE TO WARMER
OCEAN WATER TEMPERATURES.
7. CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
โข CUTTING DOWN FORESTSCUTTING DOWN FORESTS TO CREATE
FARMS OR PASTURES, OR FOR OTHER REASONS, CAUSES
EMISSIONS BECAUSE WHEN TREES ARE CUT, THEY RELEASE THE
CARBON THEY HAVE BEEN STORING.
โข SINCE FORESTS ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE, DESTROYING THEM
ALSO LIMITS NATUREโS ABILITY TO KEEP EMISSIONS OUT OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
8. SOLUTIONS (ACTION)
โข SAVE ENERGY AT HOME
โข WALK
โข CYCLE
โข TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT
โข EAT MORE VAGATABLES EXT.
