The Assignment on Climatic Change And Impacts

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CLIMATIC CHANGE AND IMPACTS
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Evidence towards Climatic Change...........................................................................................2
Impacts.......................................................................................................................................4
Solutions.....................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Global warming along with that of climate change particularly refers to the increase in
the average temperature of the planet. Naturally occurring events as well as the activities
carried out by the human beings have been considerably believed to be contributing towards
the increase in the global temperature (Boko et al., 2018). This has been considered to be
caused by the increase in the greenhouse gases such as the likes of CO2 as well as CFC. The
change that has been visibly identified in almost all the regions belonging to the entire world.
It has been visible that the polar icebergs have been melting as a primary cause of this
climatic change. On other regions of the world, events related to weather as well as occurring
rainfall have become a natural event while in the other existing regions, residents have been
experiencing extreme conditions of temperature (Crate and Nuttall, 2016). Changes that have
been identified in the climate of the world has projected a number of effects upon the largely
existing water bodies as well. Most common effects of this happening refers to the fact of
visible rise in the level of oceans due to the thermal expansion as well as melting of all the
glaciers.
Evidence towards Climatic Change
Temperature of the planet earth entirely is dependent upon the balance that is
maintained between the energy that enters the earth and the one that escapes from the same.
Situations when the energy enter the climate of the earth from the sun is directly absorbed by
the planet and makes itself warm (Edenhofer, 2015). However, reflection of the same energy
back into the space saves the earth from getting warmed up. This results in a huge change
within the climate that can be for a number of reasons that have been mentioned below.
 Variations that occur due to the energy that is given out from the sun, which reaches
the planet Earth.

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 Changes that may occur within the process of reflectivity from the atmosphere that
belongs to the planet.
 Changes that can occur within the greenhouse effect that can efficiently have an effect
upon the amount of heat that is specifically retained by the atmosphere belonging to
the earth.
These potential factors have led to the changes that have been visibly identified within
the climate belonging to the planet Earth (Urry, 2015). Researchers all around the globe have
collectively recorded the climate of the planet travelling back to millions or hundreds of years
before with the help of data that is present at their disposal. They have carried out analysis of
multiple indirect measures related to the existing climate such as the likes of ice cores, glacier
lengths, tree rings as well as sediments found within the ocean. They have carried out specific
studies regarding the changes that have occurred within the orbit of the sun around the planet
Earth.
All of these records have placed forward data that typically show a variable change in
the climate belonging to the earth that had been occurring for a long time (Huang et al., 2016)
Generally, the changes occurred within the climate way before the industrial revolution took
place in 1700s can be typically explained by the naturally occurring causes such as the
changes in energy from the sun, volcanoes as well as naturally occurring changes within the
greenhouse gases and the related concentrations.
Climactic changes that recently occurred cannot be potentially explained by the
naturally existing causes only. Researches carried out have placed forward indications that
the natural causes do not give explanation regarding the warming that is particularly observed
since the period of 20th century (Seinfeld and Pandis, 2016). On the contrary, it has been
explained that the activities carried out by the humans have been considered to be dominantly