Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Amazing Effects Of Climate On Vegetation And Wildlife

By Eric Brown


Sea levels are rising, glaciers are melting, and oceans around the globe continue to become warmer with each passing second. All this is due to the negative effects of climate on vegetation and wildlife. The reality today is that droughts are becoming frequent and more severe than in past years. Their increased occurrence poses a threat to crops, wildlife, and human beings.

A changing climate poses a serious threat to livelihoods, species, and places that environmentalists have for long always tried to protect. To be able to address this looming crisis, there is a need to reduce the effects associated with carbon pollution as well as prepare for the consequences that will come with continued global warming. Some of these consequences have already started being felt in different places across the globe.

The main reason for increased temperature changes is due to an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases already present in the sky. Even though these are gases that have been in existence for thousands of years, it is some of the activities being carried out by human beings that have made the situation worse. Clearing forests, for instance, has not helped to reduce the amount of gases in ether.

Once released into the air, the greenhouses start to function like a blanket normally does. As you know, a thick blanket helps to produce more warmth. The same applies for these gases as they make the planet to become warmer. While this is taking place, the oceans around the earth are also increasingly starting to absorb the extra gases making them less hospitable for fish and other marine life due to their acidic nature.

As a result, weather changes can solely be blamed on the ever rising global temperatures. These temperatures are making the weather to become unpredictable, and in some areas more extreme than it was a few years ago. A critical look at the recent heat waves experienced across the country last year and early this year provides a good demonstration of weather patterns that are no longer predictable.

The one thing that all scientists can today agree on is that human beings are the leading cause for these changes. Certain actions being carried out on the environment are the leading causes of global warming. Some of the renowned environmental bodies in the US and in other countries are calling for a rethink of how human beings go about certain activities.

The burning of fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal as a way of generating energy seems to have the biggest impact on the temperatures. Power generation across the world accounts for about twenty-three billion tons of carbon IV oxide emissions each year. What this means is that with every passing second, about seven tons of this harmful gases are released into the atmosphere.

The impact of weather changes on plant species and wildlife is clearly large. As the climatic conditions changes, oceans become warm, glaciers on mountain tops start to melt, and droughts become frequent and more severe. The result is that the environment will eventually become unable to sustain plant or animal life if corrective measures are not applied immediately.




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