Climate Change

Climate Change 

 

What is Climate Change:

Climate change effects the rising of Earth's temperature and the fluctuation of the weathers pattern.

Climate Change Impacts:

- Negative impacts on the health of individuals

- Makes it difficult for agricultural communities to grow crops

- Sea level rise and flood many rural places 

Why it matters:

    Climate change effects matter because many individuals living in rural places are the most effected by this issue. Climate change has cause many health problems and has also contributed with creating diseases. For example, individuals with respiratory issues have been effected by the  climate change making it difficult for them to properly breath. A common illness in rural countries in the recent years has been the parasitic disease. Parasitic disease has been shown to affect a lot of children making them the most vulnerable to this illness.  Another, issue that has been created by climate change is leaving families without employment. Many families leaving in rural places make their living by agriculture, and such changes in the weather has made it difficult for crops to flourish.

 

This issue matters to me because I have several family members and including myself that have respiratory issues and this has made it very difficult for us. Also, being a candidate of suffering from depression i've noticed that the drastic changes in the weather can also affect my mood. There is times when the sky is nice and clear I feel energetic and happy but when the sky is filled with pollution and it's gray my mood does good down. I chose to write about this topic to bring awareness in taking care of the climate change. After all we one have one Earth to call home and if we destroy it we have nowhere else to go to.  

Causes of climate change: 

• Chemical fertilizers • Deforestation • Increase vehicles • Emissions of GHG • Industries • Emission of CO2 • Sunspot and solar cycle • Ocean currents • Forest fire • Volcanic eruptions • Meterorites • Methane emission from animals

Changes in the recent years:

Reference 

Perkison, W., Kearney, G., Saberi, P., Guidotti, T., McCarthy, R., Cook-Shimanek, M., Pensa, M. and Nabeel, I., 2018. 
    Responsibilities of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Provider in the Treatment and Prevention of Climate Change 
    Related Health Problems. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(2), pp.e76-e81.

Hamilton-Webb, A., Manning, L., Naylor, R., & Conway, J. (2016). The relationship between risk experience and risk response: a         
    study of farmers and climate change. Journal of Risk Research, 20(11), 1379-1393. https://doi.org/10.         
    1080/13669877.2016.1153506