Climate Change

Introduction

To learn more about climate change, you have to first know what climate change or global warming is. There are several greenhouse gases that are emitted by humans and enter the atmosphere to cause global warming, the term “climate change” is a change in the climate of a place, climate change is a process in which greenhouse gases from humans enter the atmosphere and cause Earth to be warmer than usual.

Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere to cause global warming. There are some greenhouse gases that are natural. For example, water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas and it increases earth’s temperature and clouds and rain. Additionally, some gases can be produced by humans and nature. Such as, carbon dioxide is released by respiration, volcanic eruptions, and human activities like burning fossil fuels, and methane from natural sources and human activities including the decomposition of wastes in landfills, agriculture, as well as manure from livestock. Last, there are some greenhouse gases that are completely made by humans. In fact, nitrous oxide is another powerful greenhouse gas is produced by soil cultivation practices, fossil fuel combustion, nitric acid production and biomass burning and chlorofluorocarbons, completely from industrial origins and is regulated by an international agreement. To conclude, different gases are from different sources and be made by humans, nature, or even both (A Blanket Around The Earth).

Definition of "Climate Change"

The Cycle of Climate change

Most often when you use the term “climate change” you’re talking about how greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere is causing earth to be warmer than usual. However Climate change has a slightly different meaning. Climate change is a change in the usual weather of a place. Climate change could be an increase or decrease in the temperature or amount of rain of a place. Additionally, there is Earth’s climate. Earth’s climate is all the climates over the whole world combined. Earth’s climate is always changing, sometimes it is colder, sometimes it is warmer, and changes can last thousands or millions of years. Finally, there are other terms that are similar to climate change. For example, climate is the usual weather of a certain place, climate is usually different for every season a place could be dry and warm in the summer but wet and cool in the winter, also climate can change on where the place is. Additionally, weather is the everyday changes that you can see and feel, like if it’s raining one day but sunny and warm the next day. To conclude, there are many terms related to climate change (What Is Climate Change).

Climate change is when gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide enter the atmosphere and warm the earth or make a change in Earth’s climate. First, greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere. They are from the burning of fossil fuels, cars, trucks, trains, planes, deforestation (forests have large amounts of CO2). Second, the greenhouse effect takes place. The greenhouse effect is when greenhouse gases gather in Earth’s atmosphere, Greenhouse gases let the sun shine onto Earth but trap heat that wants enter the atmosphere. A greenhouse keeps in heat and so the gases are called greenhouse gases. Furthermore, the amount of greenhouse gases has kept on rising for a long time. For example, since the Industrial Revolution from the 1700s and 1800s people have been releasing large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so greenhouse gas emissions increased 70 percent between 1970 and 2004. Last, but not least, even before the 1970’s CO2 emissions rose by 80% from the 1700s to the 1800’s. Today the amount of CO2 exceeds the amount of greenhouse gases in the last 650,000 years. In summary, when everyone keeps producing greenhouse gases (especially CO^2), everyone keeps causing climate change (Greenhouse Effect).

Summary

The term climate change means a change in climate of a place. When greenhouse gases caused by the burning of fossil fuels and other activities releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere it reflects heat into the atmosphere and keeps heat in, causing global warming. Last, but not least, there are several gases that are released into the atmosphere and the most common one is carbon dioxide.

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