Helga’s Introduction
Dear Readers…… I know this diagram is very complicated, but it is important to understand how Climate Change and Global Warming work and how they are Destroying the Planet. It starts with: Fossil fuel consumption, coal; and oil The effects of intensive agriculture and…
5. Disastrous Effects on Humans
Direct impacts on human health Climate change and Global warming have many effects on humans (as well as other creatures). In particular, the effects of smoke often created by forest fires and burning fossil fuels, creates a poisonous atmosphere, thus causing lung damage. Excess…
4. Pest Infestations
Changes in Climate, especially changing conditions of heat and wet, encourage the proliferation of animal and insect pests, which when they swarm cause huge damage to crops, foodstuffs and domestic animals
3. Intensification of extreme weather events
Extreme heat The effects of global warming on the climate has resulted in increasing incidents of extreme heat, such as the 119 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in California recently. Extreme heat and associated droughts have sparked wildfires in Australia, the USA and other countries. Human…
2. Negative Environmental Effects
Destruction of habitats Habitat destruction is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or die, thereby reducing biodiversity and species abundance. Wikipedia Species extinction. Human activity, the consumption of…
1. Root causes
It Starts with: Fossil Fuel Consumption Effects of Intensive agriculture Deforestation ALL OF WHICH LEADS TO THE CREATION OF: GREENHOUSE GASES A greenhouse gas is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range. Greenhouse gases cause the greenhouse effect…
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