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Temperatures Will Continue to Rise by Jyot

Climate change has many effects on the earth such as ice on rivers have been breaking up or melting up, glaciers have shrunk, droughts and heat waves.

Temperature continues to rise is one of the effects of climate change. The average temperature of the Earth is rising at nearly twice the rate it was 50 years ago (Susan Callary). Increase in green house gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide causes the increase in temperature. As per scientists, the temperature of the earth will be rising more and more day by day due to the green house gases produced by human beings (Susan Callary,2019). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes more than 1,300 scientists from the United States and other countries, forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century(Susan Callary, 2019). This can vary from time to time.

How does the gases effect the temperature of the earth:

The Earth’s atmosphere contains more green house gas molecules, the infrared energy emitted by the surface will be absorbed by the atmosphere. Some of the energy from a warmer atmosphere radiates back down to earth’s surface. Thus, the temperature of the earth’s surface rises.(Robert Levy,2010)

Effects of rising temperatures:

Humans:

The risk to public health increases when high temperature mix with other weather conditions to cause what is known as ‘excessive heat event’.(Public Health, 2019)

High temperature can cause serious illness such as heat cramps, heat stroke, or even death.

Heat stroke: Heat stroke can be explained as excessive sweating and rapid heartbeat. Due to heat stroke, an individual can also get unconscious. Heat stroke can also affect heart, brain, kidney and muscles.(Public Health,2019)

Cardiovascular disease: Extreme heat can cause cardiovascular disease such as strokes and dysrhythmia. As per reports in United states, strokes are listed as the country’s third leading cause of death.(Public Health,2019)

Kidney disease: A very long exposure in heat can cause kidney disease such as rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is caused by damaged tissues which causes long term renel disease. (Public Health, 2019)

As per a report “Killer summer heat” discusses a heat wave that struck California in 2006. In just two weeks 655 people lost their lives and more than 16,000 individuals went to emergency rooms to see a doctor.(Public Health,2019)

Animals:

Not only on humans but animals and plants and our ecosystem also does get affected by rising temperature:

If the temperature rises the plants and animals that needs to live in a cold place cannot find a suitable place to live and it might effect the species to an extinction.(Jyot,2019)*
*(Jyot, 2019) as it is a concluding sentence.

Forests:

In forests, excessive heat can lead to wildfires in forests damaging the greenery in the forest as well as endangering the species and animals living in forests. (Jyot,2019)

References

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Public Health. (2019, November 19). Climate Change – Rising Temperature. Retrieved from https://www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/climate-change/.

Levy, R. (2010, June 3). Global Warming. Retrieved from https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GlobalWarming/page2.php.

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Hanna, L. (2019, November 5). How rising temperatures affect our health. Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/how-rising-temperatures-affect-our-health-123016.