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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, July 29). Drought and Your Health. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/features/drought/index.html.

More droughts and heatwaves by Janvi

Global climate change has many harmful effects on the environment of our planet. By human activities many gases are produced in the environment that will directly affect the temperature of the earth, many scientists have proved that it will continue rice the temperature in upcoming decades. “According to the IPCC, the extent of climate change effects on individual regions will vary over time and with the ability of different societal and environmental systems to mitigate or adapt to change” (IPCC,2007). According to NASA research, we found many reasons that affect the earth’s climate. There are many reasons which affect the climate of the world, one of them is human activities. There are 95 percent probability that human activities over the past 50 years have warmed the earth (Jackson R., 2019). Another reason that provides by NASA is – energy power of the sun, the sun is the major source of energy and its important for earth. As observe we can see that energy coming from the sun is increased in the past few years.

When we talk about the drought, the first thing comes in mind is the dry and cracked surface of the earth. If we relate drought and climate, it is important to make a difference in weather and climate. Farmers are most concerned about the agriculture drought when available water supplies are not provided to them, but now the situation is quite different. If we consider Indian climate, in India monsoon season starts in June and ends in September, compared to the past few years its been 30 percent less rain in the normal month of June. So, we can imagine the situation throughout the year how they suffer this situation.

The temperature of the oceans is going higher and higher by the time. In the past 30 years marine heatwave days have increased by just over 54%, a trend the study found consistency with declines in ocean life. Since the 1980s, the changing climate conditions have driven an uptick in the disaster risk in the region, the report says, which will ramp up in the future. When ocean temperature extremely warm for an extended period, that consequence in the ecosystem and industries. Heatwaves not only affect the environment, but it also has a significant effect on the human body, when a wave of heat occurs and the body is not ready to accept the heat, such as the beginning of the season of a sudden change in the temperature after cool season. People suffering from chronic illness and several mental problems.” Heatstroke is the most serious effect of heat. It can occur suddenly and quickly lead to death if not treated” (The Effects of Heat, n.d.). Even minor changes in seasonal normal temperature relate to raised illness and death. Heat exhaustion is a major problem caused by the loss of water in the body and sault through the heat effect of sweating. Vomiting, weakness heavy sweating are the symptoms of heat exhaustion.

References

IPCC 2007, Summary for Policymakers, in Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, p. 17.

Jackson, R. (2019). The Effects of Climate Change. [online] Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. Available at: https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

The Effects of heat.(n.d.)Retrieved from https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/health-an /the-effects-of-oppressive-and-extreme-heat/