Climate change is already beginning to affect plants, animals and their role in the ecosystem. Ecosystems are very important as provides habitable conditions. Ecosystems are sensitive to the changes placed upon them whether it is natural or human related. According to Fletcher, “Studies shows that natural decreases in biodiversity are as potentially damaging as the negative impacts resulting from climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress. Because natural stressors are ever present, the growth of negative impacts related to climate change and human population growth could cause increasing damage to ecosystems that are already stressed as a natural condition.” This suggests that natural stressors to global biodiversity will be greater than before as climate change grows. Many unique and sensitive ecosystems can be threatened with extinction. According to Fletcher, “Climate change can affect species in relation to their role in an ecosystem. Species in rich, bio diverse ecosystems are exposed to heightened threats by the consequences of global warming, specifically extreme weather events.” As extreme weather becomes more frequent, it could lead to the extinction of many species. If the primary sources of food being to go extinct, it could result in the depletion of food sources for species such as herbivores as they rely on primary producers. This will affect predators on top of the food chain. Thus, the way the human population uses land, oceans and other natural resources such as fossil fuels affect the quality of the habitats of the plants and animals.
Freshwater resources are important for both the society and the ecosystems. All life on this planet relies on freshwater. It is not just crucial for d...
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In recent decades, the contentious issues surrounding climate change and the corresponding effects it likely exerts upon contemporary civilization has developed to become one of the most pressing areas of concern afflicting humanity (Armstrong, 1). Currently, climate change has started to demonstrate its potentially calamitous consequences upon human subsistence practices, and has even begun to alter the very environments that entire societies reside in, theoretically endangering them in both instances (Armstrong, 1). Though the hindrances inherent in climate change are potentially devastating to the preservation of modern society, the problem of climate change itself is not one that is exclusive to the contemporary era. Rather, the harmful
With global warming on the increase and species habitats on the decrease, the chances for various ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Many studies have pointed out that the rates of extinction of animal and plant species and the temperature changes around the world since the industrial revolution have been significantly different to normal expectations.
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Climate change has been a controversial topic in the last century. When the debate has been raised about the climate change it was not certain that it is going to be serious threat to our world. In this essay the concept of climate change will be defined and how did it change during the last century. In addition, the causes and impacts of climate change will be pointed out briefly to understand the issue. This essay will be focused more in introducing some measures, which have been taken place so far on global level for example the Kyoto Protocol and on local levels as the case in United Kingdom and China, and how accurate are these solutions. Also alternative measures and actions that can help stop the climate change are going to be discussed.
Nearly two hundred well-known scientific corporations, including NASA, the American Medical Association, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are all in agreement that recent changes in the earth’s climate are due largely to human activities. An estimated ninety-seven percent of climate scientists are also in consensus that those changes are a result of human activity.
In this essay, the effects of climate change on agriculture and how to manage it shall be discussed. Climate change has and will greatly affect agriculture. As time progresses, the effects of climate change will worsen and become detrimental. Mendelsohn and Dinar (2009:1) state,” if future climate scenarios lead to a widespread reduction in food supply, there could be massive problems with hunger and starvation”. Climate change is a change in global climate patterns which is mainly caused by the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuels. The writer chose this topic because climate change is a global problem that will pose a threat to people’s lives around the world and must be dealt with sooner than later.
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Climate change is currently one of the greatest challenges facing our species. This case study report will examine issues related to food production in relation to climate change. In this regard, the focus will be on the Peace River Country, which is a parkland region that spans from northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia and around the Peace River. As part of its examination, this report will explore the local environment conditions, and offer predictions of what lies ahead in areas of economic development, the food practices including how climate changes may affect the local food production, as well as other future and predicted changes in the area.
Thousands of species have become extinct over the last four decades as a result of changes in land use and as a result of global warming. Whether or not the millions of species can adapt and evolve to climate changes is debatable. As this brief overview will report, the human species is not adapting well to the changes. It must be remembered that increases in the levels of carbon dioxide are certainly responsible for the risk many species face, but so is the way land is used, e.g., rain forest destruction. There is a feedback loop wherein plant life and the climate are interdependent. Each affects the other. When forests are cut down, temperatures in that area will rise. Rising temperatures cause other plant life requiring cooler temperatures To die off.
Most people do not think about global temperatures, but local ones. Therefore, climate change affects ecosystems, not just through increases in the mean, but also through changes in the extremes. Earth is already showing many signs of worldwide climate change. Even more, scientists are now able to say that climate change increases the risk of a particular weather pattern by a measurable amount and, in any case, that a particular episode is almost impossible to imagine without global warming.
The following essays reviews three different scholarly articles on climate change adaptation and mitigation: “Case studies in co-benefits approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation”, “Co-benefits of integrating climate change adaptation
...an others, and many species may become extinct. Pests, diseases and invasive species may also increase due to the climate change that occurs. Climate change may bring population growth to the area due to the warmer climate and more livable conditions, which may become problematic to maintain and these growing outside influences will also effect the culture of the people currently living in the area.
Agriculture is considered to be one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. Although at present, the overall impact of climate change on global scale agricultural productivity is not reliably estimated (Gornall et al., 2010). Many studies show serious implications on agricultural productivity for instance IFPRI(2009) projects that in South Asia by 2050 climate change will reduce production of rice, wheat and maize by 14%, 44% to 49% and 9%-19% respectively relative to no climate change situation. Historical temperature yield relationship indicates that at the global scale warming from 1981-2002 very likely offset some of the yield gains from technology advances, rising CO2 and other non climatic factors (Lobell and Field, 2007).
Climate change has serious effects on both living and nonliving things which can destroy their nature, habitat or way of living.
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