Climate change includes global warming, which is the gradual increase in the earth's temperature.
In simple words, global warming is an abnormal heating of the Earth's surface. Let's recall the greenhouse
effect that we have learned. The greenhouse effect is a process where the heat from the sun is trapped by
the greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and nitrous oxide. When the
presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increases, particularly carbon dioxide, it traps more heat
from the sun. Thus, the Earth's temperature becomes warmer than usual. The increase in carbon dioxide
is mostly because of human activities like farming and the burning of fossil fuels.
Weather patterns are shifting because of warming temperatures, which is also upsetting the
natural order. This puts both us and all other kinds of life on Earth in grave danger. Rainfall fluctuates in
response to temperature changes. Storms become more intense and frequent as a result. They cost billions
of pounds and damage homes and communities by causing flooding and landslides. More hot days and
heat waves are occurring almost everywhere on land, and 2020 was one of the warmest years ever
recorded. Higher temperatures can make it harder to work and move around, as well as raise the risk of
heat-related diseases. When the weather is hotter, wildfires start more readily and spread more quickly.
In increasing places, water is becoming scarcer. Devastating sand and dust storms that carry billions of tons
of sand over continents can be sparked by droughts. As deserts spread, there is less space for agriculture.
The fear of regularly not having enough water affects a lot of people nowadays. In addition, the gradual
rising of the sea level is also alarming. Some places all around the world will submerge in water if it
continues.
The effects of global warming brought risk and disaster to all of us, and it is frightening. However,
we can still do our share of preventing it to happen. The future of the Earth is in our hands. Let's start
doing and making a little difference. A small step at a time will make a big difference if we do it together.
We can do this and we will do it together.