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The Change In Our Climate

By Jakob Culver

With the current perturbing weather fluctuations, intensive research is going on to find out the reasons of why is this climate changing? Below are listed some of the important factors that govern the changing climate.

Understanding Climate Change
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n today’s word list of scientists a new word has recently been added “global climate change” as it is now very much evident that if we maneuver with the environment it will increase the temperature in many locations on the planet, but will also cool a few places climate modification isn’t really a term of use anymore. The cumulative effect is however, the world is definitely warming.

The main cause of this change is “greenhouse effect” wherein the greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane capture the incoming heat and trap it inside which has direct effect on the earth’s climate. Though this sounds like a simple definition, there are a couple of key things to realize.

Why climate changes?

The climate change is both a normal occurrence and one created by man. Greenhouse gases are a natural part of the biosphere and would exist if man did not. These gases are a critical component to the existence of life on this planet, so much so that if greenhouse gases didn’t exist, the temperature on planet earth would average zero degrees! Naturally occurring gases, however, keep the temperature at a much more livable 59 degrees.

What’s the alarm?

The main concern for all the environmentalists all over the world is the increasing volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases act as thermal blankets for the atmosphere. The more gas in the atmosphere, the thicker the blanket and the less heat escapes. Over the last 80 years, we have been ejecting huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the sky. At the same time, we have been reducing green belt around the planet, that helps in maintaining a perfect balance by sucking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.

So al this is resulting to the increased heating of our world.

What are the after effects?

As we all know that the water level is rising at an alarming rate as glaciers are melting all over the world. Glacier National Park, for instance, is going to have to be renamed since it has already lost 65 percent of all of its glaciers!