Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Climate Change: A short essay

          Most scientists believe that Climate Change is real. Climate Change is caused by changes in the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere caused by carbon gas emissions. There is a lot of evidence that climate change is real, and could endanger the existence of life on earth in the next 10-20 years for several reasons.

          First of all, what is the evidence? More frequent and stronger hurricanes.  The earth is gradually getting warmer. This can be measured by scientists. This is causing the polar ice caps and glaciers to melt. As a result, the sea level is rising slowly each year. The warmer temperatures and changes in rainfall (that's why some scientists call in Global Warming) are going to impact agriculture and food supplies, causing large areas of famine.

         Some politicians, like Mr. Trump, and Big Business,  believe that Climate Change is Fake News. They don't care what happens to future generations, in my opinion. They want to build bigger cars and trucks that use more and more gas to pollute the environment. More coal to power outmoded trains. We need to make changes now to slow down or stop Climate Change.

          So what can we do to save our planet?  We can use alternative sources of energy, like wind and solar power, electric power and maybe even nuclear power, to avoid releasing more carbons into the atmosphere, such as gasoline, oil, coal, and wood power. My scientists and politicians think these are solutions.

        In conclusion: Do we still have time to stop Climate Change? Maybe, but we need to act now. We can't afford to wait any longer. What do you think?  Do you think that Climate Change is real and we can change, or at least slow it down, to avoid disasters in the future? Or do you think it is just more Fake News.

Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rica in September 2017 - Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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