To what extent is Climate Change a result of human activities

To what extent is climate
change a result of human
activities?

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Climate change is the long term shift of weather patterns and temperature. Minor shifts in
temperature is natural however since the 1800s, this shift of temperature and weather has been
tremendous which is driven mostly by human activities. The change in climates threatens all
living beings as there is a high chance of food and water scarcity, increased floods, extreme
heating of the atmosphere of the earth along with significant economic loss. Dangerous weather
conditions arise when climate conditions worsens (Ruiz, Faria and Neumann, 2020). Burning of
fossil fuels have produces tremendous amount of smoke which contributes to climate change
more than any other human activity. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the
greatest threat to human and global heath is climate change. This essay highlights the causes of
climate changes that are unnatural to humans at a great extent. The discussion also revolves
around the human induced activities that are responsible for climate change.
MAIN BODY
According to a research conducted on the probability of climate change in the year 2016,
it is predicted that all the parts of southern oceans and the north Atlantic ocean will be
submerged in the ocean to due to heating of the Earth's atmosphere. The intensity of climate
change directly depends on the intensity of human activities. Human induced activities have
known to produce increased concentrations of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The
concentrations of greenhouse such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are rising in the
atmosphere. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased from 280 parts per
million to 396 ppm in the year 2003 (Huynh and Xia, 2021). Greenhouse gases have also known
to negatively impact the livelihood of organisms in polar ice caps. The exchange of CO2
between the land, marine and aerial life have known to cause disturbances in the ecosystem
(Kellogg and Schware, 2019). The induction of human based activities such as combustion of
fossil fuels, manufacturing of cement and cutting of trees are some factors that contribute to the
concentration of CO2. Similarly, volcanic emissions have a direct impact on increasing the
concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere. The replacement of dark dense forest into croplands that
are pale is a driving factor for climatic change or climate warming. The heat is trapped inside the
earth's atmosphere, this heat is lost into the space.
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