The international scientific community is warning that a warming of the planet's global temperature is taking place.
CAUSES:
This climate change has its origin in human activity.
- At the
end of the 18th century, with
the industrial revolution, societies have been increasing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
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20th century: the increase in emissions has been faster.
The planetary
population has grown exponentially.
Fossil fuels generate more CO2 and break the global climate balance. With this, a greenhouse effect has been generated on
the planet, with which its average temperature
is increasing and the glacial ice
that existed is gradually disappearing.
IMPACT:
/ Alpine glaciers are seriously retreating and disappearing.
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/ Rise in sea level as a result of the melting of glacial ice accumulated at the poles. Today's mainland coastlines would disappear and many islands too.
https://globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/dangerous_climate/sea-level-rise.png
/ Changes in the marine currents that regulate the global climate, which would produce regional climate changes, with the consequent dysfunction in the ecosystems.
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https://chinadialogueocean.net/content/uploads/2020/09/20200924_Ocean-currents_Eng.png
/ Migration of species, including humans, who would have to migrate from
islands and coastal areas to areas further away from the sea.
This situation of climate change may be irreversible if CO2 emissions are
not reduced and its consequences could be devastating for the planet and
especially for the living beings that live there.
Glaciers are very important for the
maintenance of the global climate and the survival of humanity.
https://www2.usgs.gov/landresources/lcs/glacierstudies/images/mbEglacierLoss.png
