Climate Change: A Comprehensive Overview of Causes and Effects

This essay examines the multifaceted causes of climate change, differentiating between natural phenomena and human activities. It explores how events like volcanic eruptions and solar variations, alongside industrialization and fossil fuel usage, contribute to shifts in the Earth's climate. The essay highlights the role of greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide, in trapping heat and causing global warming. It also references key scientific literature, including works by Field and Barros, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and others, to support its analysis of climate change impacts and the need for understanding its complex origins.

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Climate change
Climate change is widely seen as the shift in the weather that has worldwide impact and might
last for several decades, centuries and in some instances possibly longer (Field and Barros,
2014). Climate change is something which people hear all the time in reports along with the term
of Global Warming. According to experts they believe global warming was developed through
pollution and not all the climate changes were a result of mankind.
The most typical cause of the climate change previously was light in the sun being blocked
which caused an age of ice as planet freezes over (Field and Barros, 2014). The years that were
considered the Ice Age was one instance of what happened whenever the sun was unable to
penetrate to the ambiance and the warmth exhibited on the earth (Urry, 2015). The phenomenon
which was created from such impact included; eruption of the super volcano for example
Yellowstone, big asteroid crashing on the earth, and this created enough dust which filled on the
atmosphere (Urry, 2015). It is important to note that not all the climate change brings about the
cooling effects of the planet. One thing which is believed to be caused by climate change is the
Global warming.
There are wide range causes of climate change which are classified into two which are the
natural causes and the human activities (Urry, 2015). The natural causes they have impacted the
earth’s climate for example through volcanic eruptions, ocean currents, solar variations as well
as orbital volcano (Urry, 2015). The eruption of the volcanoes usually causes cooling impact to
the earth. When the volcano erupts it might throw large volumes of the sulphur dioxide, dust, the
water vapor into atmosphere (Urry, 2015). The eruption of the volcano could affect the climatic
patterns for numerous of years although the eruptions might occur in few days.

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The human activity are currently generating an excess of the long lived greenhouse gasses unlike
the water vapor which does not dissipate in response to the increase in the temperature, resulting
to continued buildup of the heat (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2015). From the
19th century, the industrial revolution has seen large scale usage of the fossil fuels for the purpose
of industrial activities (Urry, 2015). Thus, they have created numerous jobs for individuals. The
humans are generating industries factories and he houses. The natural resources are utilized for
the construction, transport and consumptions (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
2015). All these have played part in the rise of the greenhouse gases for example methane and
nitrous oxide to the atmosphere (Schuur, McGuire, Schädel, Grosse, Harden, Hayes, Hugelius,
Koven, Kuhry, Lawrence and Natali, 2015). People are working in factories as well as operating
vehicles which used fossil fuel such as oil and natural gases. The usage of the fossil fuel has lead
to the climate changes (Urry, 2015). The global climate change has been caused by fertilize
which are used for the purpose of agriculture. Moreover, the emission of the methane and the
carbon dioxide would also affect the climate change.

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References
Field, C.B. and Barros, V.R. eds., 2014. Climate change 2014: impacts, adaptation, and
vulnerability (Vol. 1). Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2015. Climate change 2014: mitigation of climate
change (Vol. 3). Cambridge University Press.
Schuur, E.A.G., McGuire, A.D., Schädel, C., Grosse, G., Harden, J.W., Hayes, D.J., Hugelius,
G., Koven, C.D., Kuhry, P., Lawrence, D.M. and Natali, S.M., 2015. Climate change and the
permafrost carbon feedback. Nature, 520(7546), pp.171-179.
Urry, J., 2015. Climate change and society. In Why the social sciences matter (pp. 45-59).
Palgrave Macmillan, London.