The Inconvenient Truth

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The Inconvenient Truth

Introduction

Global warming is an international concern, which has had a tremendous effect on health, economy and change in communities in diverse ways. It is the rise in century-scale observation of the earth’s average temperature and climatic system. This is due to human activities that have continuously led to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases. The gases are responsible for the increase in temperatures, energy stored in the oceans and earth’s surface. The consequences have been observed in rising sea levels, change in precipitation patterns and expansion in deserts of subtropical origins. Global warming should be mitigated with urgency as it has the potential to strain human existence and negatively affect all life forms on earth.

Discussion

The increased concentration in emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, are the chief contributors to ninety percent of global warming effects. Human activities like combustion of fossil fuels, production of cement, changes in land uses through deforestation and conversion of arable land into settlement areas have all increased the carbon dioxide emissions. Some of the effects from global warming have been witnessed with disasters like increased number of typhoons, flooding, and increased desertification, severe droughts in certain regions, extreme heat waves and acidification in the oceans. Consequently, lives have been lost, families displaced, severe damages on the economies and infrastructure.

Conclusion

Over the last century, scientists have recorded increased temperatures in the atmosphere, oceans and earth’s surface due to global warming. Several cases of deaths, damages, flooding, change in precipitation patterns and desertification have all been documented because of global warming. It is an international concern that requires urgency in addressing reduction of emissions, policy formulation on adaptation effects, building of resilient systems and climate engineering. All these should be geared towards preservation of all life forms, natural resources and the environment.