Climate change??? Is it really happening??

Ok……. let’s talk about climate change. What it is? how it is happening? Is it because of humans? Does with have anything to do in this????. let’s know………

First of all…what is climate change???

Climate change is nothing but the change in climate. Ummmm…….sounds a bit odd and confusing but let’s see. “The change in climate means whatever we are seeing daily or sensing or experiencing is changing gradually”.

There maybe many reasons for this change in climatic conditions.

We started breaking CO2 records in 1950, and we haven’t stopped since. So, what maybe the reason????????

Well Scientists say there is a 95% chance that human activity is the cause. We have been burning more and more fossil fuels like oil and coal which release CO2, to power our homes, factories, airplanes and cars. Not only this, there is a lot more of us i.e., the global population has tripled in the past 70years and we are consuming more products from animals that release another pollutant called Methane.

All these gases are released into the air, and when sunlight get’s into the Earth’s atmosphere, some of the heat gets trapped and the planet gets warmer. This is called as “Greenhouse Effect“.

The concern is not about the Earth getting warmer. It’s actually the warmest temperature on Earth since the last ice age, since 10,000years ago.

The UN says that right now our World is about 1 degree hotter than the Pre-Industrial times i.e., around 1800’s. It’s ok if the heat increases by 1.5 to 2 within a century or so. But, the problem is the “SPEED”. The change is heat is happening so fast that the temperature is increasing rapidly within 10-15 years which is not ok. And if we don’t slow down the heat/warming-this would mean CATASTROPHE within our life time and we are already experiencing it.

Some of the effects we can see because of global warming are

• Global rise in temperature
• Ocean warming
• Melting of Glaciers and ice sheets.
• Decrease on snow cover
• Sea level rise.

So, to overcome or reduce all this, back in 2016, world leaders signed “PARIS AGREEMENT”. The big pledge they took is to cap temperatures rising by 1.5 degrees or maximum 2, before the year 2100.So, countries set their own targets on how much CO2 they should emit. But the problem is, even after the agreement, the level of CO2 is increasing rapidly.

But, one thing to be proud of is some countries like, India, Morocco, Gambia have massive renewable energy projects.

The advice is….. It’s our turn to change all the things that’s happening because of us, to change our ways and shake things up…..or else, climate change is going to do it for us