Global Climate Change And Its Effects On The Biome System

Global climate change is the term used to describe altered global weather patterns, including a worldwide increase in temperature, due largely to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. (OpenStack, 2013). It is the biggest environmental challenge facing us today as we strive to control its damaging effects on the biome system. While some groups blame human behavior for this devastating problem the effects of nature also have its fair share. The beginning of climate change science can be traced to Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist who concluded in his 1896 study that changes in of carbon dioxide or CO2 could produce effects on the climate. Later, in 1938, Guy Stewart. Callendar, an English engineer, asserted that the increased CO2 levels

The sun is one of the major sources of energy on the earth and without it life will be at virtual standstill let alone the sun provide most of the heat to keep us warm in contrast when the heat from the sun decreases the earth become cooler setting of a chain reaction. In fact, temperature reading in the 19th Century shows that the average temperature of the Earth's surface has increased by about 0.8C (1.4F) in the last 100 years. About 0.6C (1.0F) of this warming occurred in the last three decades (BBC, 2017). A volcanic eruption is another natural cause of global climate change. When volcanoes erupt they spew different particles and gases high into the atmosphere building a barrier thereby reducing the effect of the sun heat which creates a cooling effect on the earth. For example, when Krakatoa (Indonesia) in 1883 and Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) in 1991, can be seen as the two largest downward spikes in temperatures leading to cold

For instances during a hurricane and flooding natural vegetation get destroyed, and it serves as food. By digesting this debris, they are adding uncontrollable levels of carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere affecting the nature of balance greenhouse gases effect. The greenhouse effect is another natural factor affecting global climate change it responsible for absorbing infrared radiation, thereby trapping and holding heat in the atmosphere at a steady temperature any increase cause increase heat in the atmosphere.Since the industrial revolution global climate change has been on the increase thou the natural factors mention above aided certain aspect of this change by contrast human beings are adding to this change as well. For instance, studies have confirmed that human beings are the main contributors of increases in the greenhouse gases effect through the burning of fossil fuels and gasoline, coal, natural gas, and other common fuels to make electricity or drive cars, they release a substantial amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. From the time the Industrial Revolution began to the year 2009, atmospheric CO2 levels have increased almost 38 percent and methane levels have increased a whopping 148 percent, according to NASA, and most of that increase has been in the past 50 years. Because of