Global Warming and Its Impact on Environment and Economy

Running head: Culture and environment
Culture and environment

Culture and environment
Table of Contents
Summary of the project...............................................................................................................................3
Background.................................................................................................................................................3
Aims of the research....................................................................................................................................5
Research methodology................................................................................................................................6
Data analysis...............................................................................................................................................7
Significance of the research.........................................................................................................................8
References:..................................................................................................................................................9
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Summary of the project
The primary aim of this research is to outline and analyze the environmental issues. There are
ample of environmental issues that could affect the environment and economy of the country.
One of the significant environment issues is global warming that may influence the animals,
human and plants in many ways. The scientific consensus is that global warming is real and has
already begun; additionally it is the result of the greenhouse gas emissions. Here is the discussion
about the global warming and further it also discusses whether how it affects the economy and
environment of the various countries. The research analyzes and explains the effects of the
global warming. Along with this, it depicts that how climate change or global warming could
have direct impact on the habits and behavior of the people. It has been analyzes that global
warming creates various issues in the environment. Global warming is very serious and critical
serious issue facing by the people in the world in the 21st century (Paterson, 2013). Due to global
warming many changes are occurred in the earth and environment. It also explains and analyzes
the proposed solutions to handle and reduce the global warming issue. Global warming may
cause mass flooding in the near future if no steps are taken to reduce and handle the greenhouse
gases. The research paper helps the researchers to understand the greenhouse impacts and helped
the researchers learn more on the future effects.
Background
From the past few years, Australia witnessed all types of extreme climate changes such as heat
waves, droughts, and flooding rains, and because of this it can be said that Australia is a land of
extreme changes. This section discusses the global warming background in context of Australia
because currently this issue is the biggest environmental issue which attracts number of debates.
Global warming is defined as an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures
and this mainly occur because of the increase in the green-house effect resulting from the
pollution (The conversation, 2017).
Australia stands on the position of the world’s highest per capita emissions rates of the global
warming, and also the large number of coal reserves stands this country on the position of the
world’s largest coal exporters. Global warming impacts already impose number of effects on the
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Australia such as water stress, shrinking glaciers, increasing sea level, disturbances in patterns of
the rainfall, and increased consistency and intensity of the fires and heat waves. It must be noted
that, effects of the global warming number of hazardous take place and cause severe damages to
the natural resources of the world. The biggest reason the global warming is the green-house gas
pollution and it cause immediate and direct effect on the planet and result in number of changes.
Some of these effects of global warming are stated below (DEE, n.d.):
 Temperature of the earth is already warmed by 1°C in comparison of the pre-industrial
levels. Rise in the earth’s temperature may appear small, but it is necessary to understand
that little rise in the temperature results in the big changes in the climate across the globe.
Because of this cost in context of extra energy is required for the purpose of increasing
the temperature of the world. The concept of the extra energy can be considered as the
force feeding to the climate system of the globe (Crutzen et al, 2016).
 In Australia, 2015 is considered as hottest year and the previous record of heat was
broken down in 2014. On the basis of the past few records, it can be said that there are
longest heatwaves and purple and magenta is added by the Bureau of Meteorology to the
forecast map for temperatures up to 54°C (WWF, 2016).
 Increase in sea levels is another big issue which is resulted because of the global
warming, and in context of this increase in the temperature of the oceans result in melting
of the glaciers and ice caps across the globe. More heat also leads to the expansion of the
water mass which ultimately results in the rise of sea levels and threats to the low-lying
islands and coastal cities.
 Other extreme events related to the weather are also there such as bushfires, cyclones,
droughts and floods, as frequency of these events increased because of the global
warming.
 Generally, extra heat and carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans, and absorption of
these components more than the oxygen leads the ocean both warmer and acidic.
Warming waters of the ocean bleach the coral reefs and also leads to stronger storms, and
more acidic water of the oceans causes threat to the shellfish, and it also threatens the tiny
crustaceans and in case crustaceans disappear than it would lead the collapse of the food
chains of the marine.
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