Featured Article- Climate Change

Climate Change

Target audience: general audience

Purpose: To educate people on climate change and what they can do to help

Do you ever feel that the weather nowadays is becoming warmer and warmer? I felt it and one of the factors is climate change. Climate has been a part of the lives of people and it is very important such that if the climate changes too much for a place, it may result in the extinction of some species. There are a few factors that cause the change of the climate and one of the key factors is global warming.

Global warming refers to the increase of the world's temperature. This is caused by the excessive greenhouse gasses trapped in the earth's atmosphere, resulting in the increase of the earth's temperature. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and many more which are produced in great numbers. The warming of the earth may not necessarily be a bad thing since the warmth helps to keep the people on earth warm but too much of it causes the ice caps to melt and result in rising sea levels. Thus places, which are below sea level, may experience flooding. If the climate continues to change, some places will experience extreme weather or natural disasters. This will then bring harm and danger to the occupants of earth. The earth does not belong to human beings only but to all the living things. They have a right to live and we should not be controlling what their outcome should be like.

The effects of climate change may seem to be affecting us slowly but in the long term, the results will be felt and it may be too late. Fortunately, countries from all around the world have sat down together to discuss about what they can do to reduce global warming.

The cows reared by farmers for beef produce methane, which is one of the greenhouse gases. By reducing the consumption of the beef, there will be less cows and less methane produced. The reduction of the use of CFCs, which is found in refrigerator coolants, aerosol spray cans, will also benefit the earth since CFCs destroy the ozone layer, something that protects the earthlings from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. Instead of using our own private cars, taking the public transport will help to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide produced.

If we do not save the earth now, all the living things on earth may become history and result in the suffering of the future generations because of our actions. Every living thing has their right to live and we should all stand together and save the earth from further damage and ensure that the future generations will be able to lead lives of comfort and not hardship.