How Serious is Climate Change?

By Bryan Bjerregaard

Political history of the subject of climate change

                                I found this article thought it was very interesting to hear about what scientists think and Bernie Saunders thinks in the democratic national debate with Bernie Saunders, Hillary Clinton, and Governor of Maryland. In summary of what happened at this debate is that Hillary Clinton, and the Governor of Maryland agreed the biggest threat to the US was ISIS, But Bernie Saunders believes that there is a bigger threat and it is climate change, and pollution. Bernie Saunders believes that if we do not listen to the scientists we will have a major threat that will destroy ourselves without even knowing it. Bernie Saunders also says that if we do not handle climate change we will struggle to grow crops, make and use healthy water, and you will also see all kinds of international conflict from other countries.

                Climate change has been a serious problem sense the mid 1930’s with World War 2 beginning and automobiles being made constantly, and nuclear compounds being identified, and figuring out how to control nuclear waste that contains a lot of radiation. Even in the 1800s we started burning fossil fuels which is very bad for the environment CO2 can absorb the heat from fossil fuels and can cause very serious issues to plants killing them or stopping the growth of many plants.

Purpose of this article

                I want the readers to get an understanding on how serious climate change is. The effects of climate and change and air pollution can be catastrophic cause lung disease, shut down of major organs, wrinkly skin, skin cancer, shorter life span. We need to all learn the seriousness of climate change and air pollution if we do this we can be ready when major dangerous catastrophe’s. Many scientists greatest fear is climate change because 10,000 years ago an ice age so powerful killed millions of life forms and was very catastrophic to the environment raised the water level dramatically it was very powerful.

Evidence for and against climate change

Many studies published in peer-review scientific journals show that 97 percent or more of actively climate scientists agree. Many leading scientific organizations worldwide have issued public statements endorsing this position that is a huge number of scientists believing that climate change is a threat to the world. Many scientists believe the main cause of climate change is not from the sun they believe is from human activities emitting greenhouse gases, some of the few human activities that are causing this is pipelines, canals, fossil fuels, nuclear waste programs. Big scientific associations who support climate change as a threat includes, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Medical Association. Huge companies like these who specifically research climate change, greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change impacts society in many ways. Climate change can alter rainfall, influence crop yields, affect human health, cause changes to forests and other ecosystems, and even impact our energy supply. States Like Utah and Colorado has changed big these states have warmed three degrees in Fahrenheit in the last century. In Western United States heat waves are increasing, which means snow is melting earlier in spring. In the next few decades’ scientists believe that the flow of water in Western United States will decrease, which means it will increase the intensity of wildfires in our forests. The productivity in Utah with farms and ranches will decrease also because of the decrease in water flow. Our Climate is changing because earth is getting warmer. Greenhouse gases are also changing the worlds ice cover and ocean level. Carbon Dioxide reacts with water forming an acid called Carbonic acid, causing the oceans to become more acidic.

                The Human Health is affected greatly from weather if it gets too cold it can stop our organs, if it gets to hot it can be unhealthy and kill some people also. High air temperatures can cause heat strokes, quicker dehydration, hot weather can also cause cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous systems not to function right and shut down. Rising temperatures can also increase the formation of ground-level ozone, a huge component of smog. Ozone has lots of effects on humans, it can aggravate asthma, increase the risk of premature death from lung, and heart disease. The EPA have been working really hard to reduce our ground ozone. As the climate change increases the more difficult it is controlling it. 

Little Boy wondering where to go.

The Democratic Donkey

       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Conclusion                                                                                        Climate change is the problem I agree fully what Bernie Saunders says “The number one threat to the United States is Climate Change.” The effects it has on life is devistating. You see rapid increase of wildfires all over just from this decade just in 2007 Utah had its most devistating wildfire in history!! Many of peoples lives and property is getting destroyed. California is going through one of its biggest droughts in history they have to find new ways to provide water. People in america are turning there yards into bark and rocks because grass cant stay alive they need lots of water with the increase in temperature. We need to figure out climatechange quick because the hotter it gets the more difficult it is going to control climate change. I really believe what Bernie Saunders is a fact not fiction.

Links websites used http://2016.presidential-candidates.org/national-security/#national-security-background, peer- reviewed http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/, https://www.epa.gov/climate-change-science/causes-climate-change, https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-ut.pdf https://www.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-midwest