By Vivaan Naik
CLIMATE CHANGE
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Table of Contents- What are Climate Change, Global Warming, and CO2 Emissions? - pg4
- How do Climate Change and Global Warming Affect Humans and Animals? pg5
- How Can Climate Change/Global Warming Be Stopped? - pg6
- Why Do People Think Climate Change and Global Warming Aren’t Things? - pg7
- How does Climate Change/Global Warming Affect The Polar Regions? - pg8
- How Does Climate Change/Global Warming Affect National Parks? - pg9
How Does Climate Change Have An Effect On The Doomsday Clock? - pg10
- How Are Carbon Emissions Good and Bad For Us, And How Can They Be Solved? - pg11
- Ocean Pollution, and How All Pollution Contributes to Climate Change - pg12
- Factories and Their Humongous Impact on the World - pg13
- Cryptocurrencies - pg14-15
-Droughts - pg16
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Climate Change, Global Warming, and How They Are Slowly Eating Away at the Earth
What are Climate Change, Global Warming, and CO2 Emissions?
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts are usually and may be natural, but since the 1800s, primarily human activities have been the main driver of climate change, mostly due to the burning of fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) which produces heat-trapping gasses, causing climate change, and also causing the heating of the Earth, which leads to animals having to adapt quickly to the rapidly changing climate. Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities strengthen the greenhouse effect, causing climate change. Most is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas). The largest emitters of CO2 include coal in China, and large oil and gas companies, primarily owned by Ukraine, Russia, and the US.
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts are usually and may be natural, but since the 1800s, primarily human activities have been the main driver of climate change, mostly due to the burning of fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) which produces heat-trapping gasses, causing climate change, and also causing the heating of the Earth, which leads to animals having to adapt quickly to the rapidly changing climate. Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities strengthen the greenhouse effect, causing climate change. Most is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas). The largest emitters of CO2 include coal in China, and large oil and gas companies, primarily owned by Ukraine, Russia, and the US.
A pie chart of what is part of our annual carbon emissions
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How do Climate Change and Global Warming Affect Humans and Animals?
Climate change is bad because it causes unnecessary ecosystem change, and global warming is bad because it melts polar ice, and overheats the ecosystem. Climate change can cause more or less rain, causing either a drought, or a flood. Flooding can drown or destroy things, also causing the ocean to overflow. A severe drought means you have to rely on your annual reservoir water. Once-in-a-lifetime storms such as EF5 tornadoes, or 9.0 earthquakes are happening more often due to climate change. Plus, when a major climate event happens, the animals don’t have much time to adapt before it changes to another climate, which means they have to adapt quickly to environments they aren’t used to, which could make them die, which is extremely risky, because the ecosystem is already really bad because of mass hunting and extinction of animals that play a huge role in the food chain. If more animals die, then the extinction of even MORE animals would take place, and once there aren’t enough animals for the people who hunted them down to eat, the humans will start going extinct. This is why switching to vegan or vegetarian temporarily can help solve this problem. In Antarctica, climate change has affected it by melting glaciers, giving oceanic creatures more space, but causing primary land animals to have to rely on small pieces of ice. Then, they can drown.
Climate change is bad because it causes unnecessary ecosystem change, and global warming is bad because it melts polar ice, and overheats the ecosystem. Climate change can cause more or less rain, causing either a drought, or a flood. Flooding can drown or destroy things, also causing the ocean to overflow. A severe drought means you have to rely on your annual reservoir water. Once-in-a-lifetime storms such as EF5 tornadoes, or 9.0 earthquakes are happening more often due to climate change. Plus, when a major climate event happens, the animals don’t have much time to adapt before it changes to another climate, which means they have to adapt quickly to environments they aren’t used to, which could make them die, which is extremely risky, because the ecosystem is already really bad because of mass hunting and extinction of animals that play a huge role in the food chain. If more animals die, then the extinction of even MORE animals would take place, and once there aren’t enough animals for the people who hunted them down to eat, the humans will start going extinct. This is why switching to vegan or vegetarian temporarily can help solve this problem. In Antarctica, climate change has affected it by melting glaciers, giving oceanic creatures more space, but causing primary land animals to have to rely on small pieces of ice. Then, they can drown.
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How Can Climate Change/Global Warming Be Stopped?
Climate change/global warming can be stopped by just following some unused simple practices. They don’t even require things like MrBeast to keep picking up trash and planting trees. Even though that is extremely helpful towards a better planet, we don’t need 7.9 billion MrBeasts planting trees and picking up trash for every dollar donated. Just so you know, MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) is an extremely famous American YouTuber who is known for giving away large amounts of money for fun, reaching big achievements, and planting trees, and picking up trash. Some examples of how to solve climate change is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Fossil fuels, such as coal, gas, need to be extracted from the ground. The more you burn, the worse it gets. You can also switch to low-mileage gas cars, or electric cars which can travel far without running out of battery. People can also switch to sustainable energy, such as solar, tidal, wave, or geothermal energy. Improve farming and vegetarian/vegan diets. One of the best ways for small families to commit to stopping climate change is to start eating more vegetables and vegetarian food, so that the animals can change the problem a bit. Plant more trees to absorb about 1.5x as much carbon, and make 1.5x more oxygen.
Climate change/global warming can be stopped by just following some unused simple practices. They don’t even require things like MrBeast to keep picking up trash and planting trees. Even though that is extremely helpful towards a better planet, we don’t need 7.9 billion MrBeasts planting trees and picking up trash for every dollar donated. Just so you know, MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) is an extremely famous American YouTuber who is known for giving away large amounts of money for fun, reaching big achievements, and planting trees, and picking up trash. Some examples of how to solve climate change is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Fossil fuels, such as coal, gas, need to be extracted from the ground. The more you burn, the worse it gets. You can also switch to low-mileage gas cars, or electric cars which can travel far without running out of battery. People can also switch to sustainable energy, such as solar, tidal, wave, or geothermal energy. Improve farming and vegetarian/vegan diets. One of the best ways for small families to commit to stopping climate change is to start eating more vegetables and vegetarian food, so that the animals can change the problem a bit. Plant more trees to absorb about 1.5x as much carbon, and make 1.5x more oxygen.
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Some scientists have discovered that a certain boiling liquid metal can return dense gasses into a solid state. For example, with carbon dioxide, you mix boiling gallium with a surface temperature of 1,000° F with it, and within five minutes the carbon dioxide will reform into distorted black clumps of condensed gasses. This is a way to turn any fossil fuel into a reusable substance/energy.
Most of the world’s pollution is from the ocean. If you protect it from plastic straws, bottles, e.t.c, then that wouldn’t happen. Reduce the amount of plastic. Plastic is made out of oil, which is most of the time, a fossil fuel. Then they burn it, and process it. If you REUSE those bottles, and then condense all the burnt gas into a container that turns carbon dioxide and other gasses into diamond or something more useful, then you can reuse it as fabric, for sewing, or making clothes. If more people just believed that climate change wasn’t a myth, then we would be able to stop it quickly.
Most of the world’s pollution is from the ocean. If you protect it from plastic straws, bottles, e.t.c, then that wouldn’t happen. Reduce the amount of plastic. Plastic is made out of oil, which is most of the time, a fossil fuel. Then they burn it, and process it. If you REUSE those bottles, and then condense all the burnt gas into a container that turns carbon dioxide and other gasses into diamond or something more useful, then you can reuse it as fabric, for sewing, or making clothes. If more people just believed that climate change wasn’t a myth, then we would be able to stop it quickly.
This is a pie chart of what is part of air pollutants. Most of it is from factories that use gas instead of electricity or steam.
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Why Do People Think Climate Change and Global Warming Aren’t Things?
Majority of people who don’t believe in climate change are republicans. Some republicans think Climate change is beneficial to the planet, and lets us have better weather to go outside, and we get more rain for greener plants, but it could overrain, and cause flooding. Some people think climate change has a few benefits, which is true, but some people, if they know that climate change is a thing, they think those tiny benefits are major. Some people don’t take climate change seriously, some people think it’s just plain rubbish made by the government to waste people’s money on donations.
A few benefits are that farmers in some regions may benefit from the earlier onset of spring and from a longer warm season that is suitable for growing crops. Also, studies show that, up to a certain point, crops and other plants grow better in the presence of higher carbon dioxide levels and seem to be more durable when droughts happen. But this benefit is like a two-edged sword: weeds, many invasive plant species, and insect pests will also thrive in a warmer world, which means they will start eating the plants, and then farmers would have to spray pesticides, which are bad for the consumers of the food from those farms which use pesticides. Water availability will be impacted in drier agricultural areas that need irrigation. At some point, the benefits to crops of increased carbon dioxide will likely be overwhelmed by the negative impacts of heat stress and drought. Now, people think these benefits are extremely important, but they are actually minor.
There is no proven reason why people think climate change is a fake thing, however. Most scientists think it’s just because those people live in denial of most things.
Majority of people who don’t believe in climate change are republicans. Some republicans think Climate change is beneficial to the planet, and lets us have better weather to go outside, and we get more rain for greener plants, but it could overrain, and cause flooding. Some people think climate change has a few benefits, which is true, but some people, if they know that climate change is a thing, they think those tiny benefits are major. Some people don’t take climate change seriously, some people think it’s just plain rubbish made by the government to waste people’s money on donations.
A few benefits are that farmers in some regions may benefit from the earlier onset of spring and from a longer warm season that is suitable for growing crops. Also, studies show that, up to a certain point, crops and other plants grow better in the presence of higher carbon dioxide levels and seem to be more durable when droughts happen. But this benefit is like a two-edged sword: weeds, many invasive plant species, and insect pests will also thrive in a warmer world, which means they will start eating the plants, and then farmers would have to spray pesticides, which are bad for the consumers of the food from those farms which use pesticides. Water availability will be impacted in drier agricultural areas that need irrigation. At some point, the benefits to crops of increased carbon dioxide will likely be overwhelmed by the negative impacts of heat stress and drought. Now, people think these benefits are extremely important, but they are actually minor.
There is no proven reason why people think climate change is a fake thing, however. Most scientists think it’s just because those people live in denial of most things.
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