Climate Change is Real

For years now the state of our planet has only gotten worse. From massive forest fires to major oil spills. We’re not doing much to protect our environment and that needs to change. There are many environmental problems and an article labeled, Environmental Problems, names 15 current major problems we should be concerned about. The two problems that I find the most concerning, maybe because people think it’s a hoax, is climate change and global warming.

The main cause of climate change is a rise in the temperature in the atmosphere. The temperature of the air rises because of the burning of fossil fuels which releases harmful gases into the air. These harmful gases can cause glaciers to melt, dramatic changes in seasons, massive floods, and even can cause dramatic weather patterns.

People don’t believe that climate change is real because they can’t see these changes happening. The temperature of the planet is increasing, but since people can’t see the temperature rising significantly or see the impacts of it directly, they don’t believe climate change is real. CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, in case you were wondering.

One of the disasters that is happening because of climate change is a glacier the size of Florida in Antartica is found to have warm water underneath it causing the glacier to melt. The glacier melting is also causing the sea levels to rise. The article titled, Temperatures at a Florida-Size Glacier in Antarctica Alarm Scientists, should have everyone alarmed. The glacier was forecasted to completely collapse in a little over a century, but because of the temperature rising of the water the glacier could be collapsing sooner than expected.

Glaciers are disappearing, snow is melting faster, the oceans are heating up, sea levels are rising, and even ocean acidification are all caused because of the amount of carbon dioxide being put into the atmosphere and of course absorbed into the ocean.

People are definitely seeing these signs and are still just avoiding the fact that these disasters are happening because of climate change. Getting rid of these big factories that are emitting these carbon dioxide fumes into the atmosphere will help slow these effects of climate change down.

If we want to keep the planet alive and thriving then we need to make big strides to ending carbon dioxide emissions into the air. We need to quit dumping garbage into the oceans. We need to stop using one time plastics and start using reusable items like garbage bags and Q-tips. As a whole we need to be aware of the damage we are doing to the environment and make changes. We need to be aware of the problems our planet is going through.

Hopefully, this post added some insight to people that we need to make some drastic changes. Always remember reduce, reuse, and recycle.