Thursday, July 4, 2019

Amazing Effects Of Climate On Vegetation And Wildlife

By Eric Brown


Oceans have started becoming warmer as the sea levels continue to rise across the world. Droughts have become more intense, and longer, a fact that is threatening freshwater supplies, wildlife, and crops. From marine turtle spread out across the African coasts to the polar bears found in the Arctic Circle, the effects of climate on vegetation and wildlife are becoming more apparent with each passing day.

A changing climate poses a serious threat to livelihoods, species, and places that environmentalists have for long always tried to protect. To be able to address this looming crisis, there is a need to reduce the effects associated with carbon pollution as well as prepare for the consequences that will come with continued global warming. Some of these consequences have already started being felt in different places across the globe.

The main reason for increased temperature changes is due to an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases already present in the sky. Even though these are gases that have been in existence for thousands of years, it is some of the activities being carried out by human beings that have made the situation worse. Clearing forests, for instance, has not helped to reduce the amount of gases in ether.

Once released into the air, the greenhouses start to function like a blanket normally does. As you know, a thick blanket helps to produce more warmth. The same applies for these gases as they make the planet to become warmer. While this is taking place, the oceans around the earth are also increasingly starting to absorb the extra gases making them less hospitable for fish and other marine life due to their acidic nature.

Changes in weather patterns can be traced back to an increase in global temperatures. Rising temperatures are causing weather patterns to change. As a result, it has become harder for weathermen to predict rainfalls and oncoming droughts. It has also led to the increased occurrence of heat waves, especially here in the United States as was witnessed in last half of 2018.

Scientists in the United States and in other countries across the globe have all come to one conclusion; humans are solely responsible for what is happening right now. Human actions continue to make it impossible to regulate weather conditions. It is a scenario that needs to be addressed soon, or else there will be nothing left to save.

The burning of fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal as a way of generating energy seems to have the biggest impact on the temperatures. Power generation across the world accounts for about twenty-three billion tons of carbon IV oxide emissions each year. What this means is that with every passing second, about seven tons of this harmful gases are released into the atmosphere.

Taking all this into account, it is clear that wild animals, plant species, and humans are increasingly facing new survival challenges due to weather changes. Intense droughts, warming oceans, storms, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and heat waves can all harm animals. This is in addition to wreaking havoc on communities, destroying the environment, and getting rid of animal habitats. Temperate changes are causing dangerous weather events to become severe and more frequent.




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