Global warming on the planet is a serious problem that affects the entire globe. This widespread warming consists of a progressive increase in the average temperature of the planet earth, which brings disastrous consequences.
From the appearance of the melting of the polar ice caps (which causes the rise in sea level), to the appearance of tropical diseases in typically cold places, through the extinction of species accustomed to a colder temperature than usual. All of these are causes of climate change, and that’s not counting some consequences produced by the consequences of global warming, such as the fact that the polar bear is almost extinct because it doesn’t have ice to live in its natural habitat.
Knowing the causes of this climate change is essential, since this way we can do our bit and prevent the planet from heating up even more. It will also allow you to gain some awareness with some actions that produce it.
What do you need:
- Become aware
Instructions
- Pollution: The main cause of global warming and climate change in general is pollution. We live in a world moved by consumerism and speed, for which it has been necessary to sacrifice our planet to favor greater progress. The truth is that we pollute a lot in all forms. In the first place we have to take into account the vehicles, which emit a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which favors the greenhouse effect and which favors global warming. Secondly, we have the polluting emissions from companies and thermal power plants, which emit a large amount of gases into the atmosphere that also favors global warming.
- Deforestation: Cities did not exist in the world before, therefore, a large amount of natural resources have been sacrificed to build the current infrastructures. One of the resources that have been sacrificed the most has been trees, which are characterized by absorbing the large amount of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to carry out photosynthesis. In the world there is not even half the forest mass that there was before, therefore there are not so many trees to absorb all the carbon dioxide that we emit in excess.
- Intensive farming: In this modern world, we consume more and more. Obesity is a frequent problem and is caused by excess consumption of, among others, meat. Cows and other ruminants emit a large amount of polluting gases such as methane, the problem with this is that to satisfy the large amount of food that the population needs, a large number of cattle must be raised, which pollutes our atmosphere.
- Garbage: All this consumption generates a large amount of waste, which leads to a lot of garbage that is thrown away and cannot always be recycled. Many times this garbage is directly burned, and since there are large amounts of plastics and chemical products, all of this goes into the atmosphere in the form of polluting gases.
- Terrestrial cycles of temperature increase: Let’s say that the planet was going to warm up yes or yes, since the earth goes through several cycles, in which the temperature varies a lot from cold to hot and from hot to cold. The problem is that Normally this process is somewhat slower and let’s say that the action of the human being is increasing the speed with which this fact is taking place. Let’s say that the temperature that has increased in these last 70 years should have increased about 100 years slower.
Tips
- What can we do to avoid it?: It is worth noting that we cannot prevent companies from stopping production, nor can we go to live in a cave without the advances of science so as not to contaminate. However, we can take small actions that can make the difference between polluting or not.
- Recycle: Make sure to correctly separate the waste in the different types of containers, since if you recycle the waste can be reused to make new compounds again, which will avoid spending more resources.
- Eating just: Try to avoid obesity and eat only the calories you have to eat. Also avoid throwing away food, especially if it is meat, if you see that you will not be able to eat it, do not buy it.
- Use the bicycle and public transport: To pollute less, you must use means of transport that pollute less. Use public transport instead of your car and enjoy walking or cycling.