Climate Change: A Global Challenge, a Global Concern

Climate change is currently one of the most talked about issues of modern times. One can read about it almost everywhere. Climate change can be considered synonymous with global warming as it can be defined as a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.

Most people couldn’t care less about climate change because they think it is just a simple change of sometimes the weather’s too hot and sometime the weather’s too cold than usual. But climate change isn’t as simple as this, for climate change has the potential to alter the very ways we live our lives. Unusually hot temperatures, mostly caused by the thinning of the ozone layer and the green house effect has caused rapid melting of the polar ice caps resulting in continuous rising of sea levels. The sea levels have risen so high they have begun to devour islands, and even entire countries. Right now, a huge part of the country of Maldives has already been swallowed by the ocean, and experts believe that Indonesia might be next. If things go as they are now, time will come that the entire earth will be submerged under water.

Not only does climate change threaten to deprive us of our land, it also ends lives of living beings that cannot adapt to the chaotic weather the world is experiencing. Many species of plants and animals have already gone extinct because the abrupt alterations in weather patterns have made it impossible for them to survive. 100 to 1000 times higher than the average, or background rate, making our current period the 6th major mass extinction in the planet’s history! If we don’t act now, it won’t be long before we will be facing our won extinction.

We must act now while we still stand a chance. Each and every one of us, in our own little way, can help. Planting trees and conserving fuel and energy is the best way to stop our dreaded enemy. If you have vacant parts in your lot, grow plants and trees in it, conserve gasoline and electricity whenever possible. The less fuel and energy we burn, the less we contribute to the green house effect. One more thing we can do is spread the word to our friends and relatives. If we combat climate change together, we will prevail.

Let us patronage green energy and lessen the burdens we have brought to Mother Nature. Let us support the revolutionary Biosphere Technology – the newest process of getting sustainable energy which turns waste into green electricity.

We all live in the same planet; it is our obligation to preserve it. So let us do our part now, and save Mother Earth. Climate change is something that concerns us all, it is a challenge that we must all overcome.