Climate Change

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Climate change has been considered by several scientists to be the most earnest threat facing the world today. To begin with, a basic definition of climate change is that it is the long -term shift in weather conditions and that a change in climate would be due to either natural processes or human activity. Climate change can be studied through drilling into glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica. From there, scientists are able to gather significant information about past climate changes, and future climate changes. For example, for around the past 12,000 years, we have been lucky enough to live in an interglacial period, in which we are able to live in a warmer climate. From the data collected, scientists estimate that this interglacial period will last for another 15,000 years. However, this may not be the case if human activities gravely alter the Earth's climate. The impact humans have caused towards the Earth can be deadly for all aspects of the environment. It is important to find a solution.
Human activities are the number one cause of climate change. In the past, climate chan...

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