Causes of Climate Change Climate change is a long-term shift in weather conditions identified by changes in temperature‚ precipitation‚ winds‚ and other indicators. Climate change can involve both changes in average conditions and changes in variability‚ including‚ for example‚ extreme events. The earth’s climate is naturally variable on all time scales. However‚ its long-term state and average temperature are regulated by the balance between incoming and outgoing energy‚ which determines the Earth’s
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Climate Change Paper Climate Change Paper Climate change has been a controversial topic over the last twenty years and its prevalence in today’s society has made it a household term. In fact‚ scientists are not only certain climate change is a fact and is currently taking place‚ but are 95% sure it is caused by human action (Bennett‚ 2012). Scientists theorize that human actions‚ like the burning of fossil fuels‚ have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere‚ and as a result‚ have
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Climate Change Awareness Between different Year Level and Gender Adalin‚ Edgar Jericho Almerol‚ Son Roy Decio‚ Louel Bernard Pascual‚ Ray Christopher Tonzo‚ Anjo John Abstract People are generally unaware of climate change. The government has put into action activities that will help raise awareness of this such as the “Earth Day”. This may provide information to most but‚ people in rural areas seem to be less educated on climate change than those in city areas who are most affected
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Climate Change and Poverty Over the past few decades‚ a major concern is the threat climate change possess for today’s economy. Millions of people are affected each and every day by climate change but this is just the beginning of the worst. One thing that seems to go unharmed by climate change is social status; how long will money last as a barrier to the effects of Mother Nature? How does poverty increase the risks associated the devastating powers of climate change? When speaking in terms
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Climate Change Politics – Notes Kyoto Protocol – * December 1997 * Signed by 168 countries * First internationally legal binding target for the reduction of green house gas emissions * Target – cut green house gases by 12.5% based on the 1990 levels by 2012 * Emphasis on developed countries- developing nations‚ ie China and India – exempt from cuts * This protocol not enforced until 2005 * Largest undermining factor – USA failed to ratify the protocol * KEY as
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source)<br><br>For the first time ever‚ the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change‚ the authoritative international body charged with studying this issue‚ concluded that the observed increase in global average temperature over the last century "is unlikely to be entirely natural in origin" and that "the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate."<br><br>The Earth ’s climate is the result of extremely complex interactions among the atmosphere‚ the
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“Climate change is one of the greatest threats of our time”(Government of Canada). Climate change is a shift in weather condition that is long-term. Human activities like burning fossil fuels release carbon into the atmosphere causing a buildup of greenhouse gases. The burning of fossil fuels currently accounts for about 70-90 % of human emissions that are greenhouse gases (Government of Canada). Greenhouse gas acts as a blanket surrounding the earth causing the earth to heat up and affect wind patterns
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The ‘best’ policies that respond to climate change are the ones that go beyond addressing global warming‚ they also need to take greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into account‚ since GHG’s pose a greater threat to society than that of global warming. Thus‚ the best policies will cut emissions and stabilize the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The best policies to address climate change revolve around four categories: economic action‚ innovation‚ performance standards‚ and innovation
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With Focus on the British Isles how in 50 years time will climate change effect plant productivity and biodiversity. http://www.pnas.org/content/104/50/19686.full Plant productivity is expected to be strongly affected by climate change within the next 50 years. Lobell et al. (2011) showed that climate trends since 1980 were large enough in many countries to offset a significant proportion of the potential increases in average crop yields due to technological advances‚ CO2 fertilization and other
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There are four major factors when it comes to nature causing climate changes; volcanic eruptions‚ ocean currents‚ earth orbital changes‚ and solar variations. There are three major factors when it comes to humans causing climate changes; transportation‚ deforestation‚ and fossil fuels to generate energy. Volcanic eruptions can cause the climate to change. When a volcano erupts tiny particles called aerosols shoot into the atmosphere. These tiny particles reflect solar energy into space and cool
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