There are still many, many people in the world who do not believe in climate change (such as the President of the United States, Donald Trump). However, climate change is real and it's becoming increasingly important to stop it, since its effects are devastating for humans and biodiversity.
Do you want to know the clearest evidence that climate change exists?
Global climate change
On our planet everything is related and everything interacts with the rest of the elements. Living beings need certain conditions of life in order to live well. Climate change is causing many species of animals, plants, bacteria, etc. They are running out of their habitat where they can develop and live well. For example, in early October, some 35.000 walruses reached the coast of Alaska due to lack of ice in the Arctic. They need ice to rest and rest, and it's their natural habitat. To better understand how biodiversity is affected, you can consult other cases such as the case of the Australian green turtles.
This event is not the first time it has happened, but it did give a lot to talk about. A news item was published commenting on this episode of the walruses describing that climate change is something real and that it is affecting us all. A year before what happened, too About 10.000 walruses were recorded on Alaska Beach for the same reason: There is less and less ice in the Arctic sea, so they have nowhere to rest and live in peace.
The worrying thing about climate change is that its effects are manifesting in unexpected ways that we are not prepared to combat or reduce. This has meant that, for some, this phenomenon is not as real as others and its threats are not as visible. For more information on how change manifests itself, it is interesting to read about the effects experienced in Germany, a clear example of how climate change is altering local conditions.
10 reasons why climate change is real
To avoid confusing people as to whether climate change is real or not, I am going to give you 10 reasons that show that it does exist, and that its effects are becoming greater and more devastating.
- Between 1982 and 2010, 108 academic books were published that deny the existence of climate change. Only 90 percent of that number was peer-reviewed.
- Just 0,01% of all scientists in the world do not believe in climate change.
- In 1985, Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish physicist and chemist, first presented a paper describing the impacts of increasing carbon dioxide on Earth and the greenhouse effect, a concept that remains relevant today.
- According to the scientific community and experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), if the planet's temperature rises two degrees above average, it will have very serious and irreparable consequences for humans, similar to what will happen in some threatened cities.
- The men we can emit 800.000.000.000 tons metrics of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere before reaching that 2 ° C rise in the planet's temperature.
- Although climate change may not seem real to many, it is estimated that nearly 400.000 people die each year from climate-related causes. This impact can be seen in the following ways: future floods, which will be much more devastating.
- It has been between 800.000 and 15.000.000 years since the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were as high as they are now.
- Since the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 142 percent, contributing significantly to climate change.
- 25% of the increase in CO2 occurred only between 1959 and 2013. This increase has altered global ecosystems in ways we do not yet fully understand.
- In 2010, global GDP losses primarily caused by climate change amounted to $696.000.000.000 billion, an economic impact that cannot be ignored.
As you can see, there are quite reliable reasons to say that climate change exists and is real. Each time its effects are increasing more and the consequences are devastating. Climate change affects in an unequal way all the countries of the world, But the most vulnerable are the poorest and those who have the least to be able to alleviate and combat it. In addition, climate change also influences health, as has been seen in pregnant women; therefore, it is essential to address this problem from various perspectives, including those that deal with the adaptation of plants to climate change.
