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Sustainability In Climate Change (Ian Lang)

Climate Change is when the world's environment gets affected by changing temperatures that are either too hot or too cold that lead to negative repercussions in our daily lives. When we have an increase in temperature we can see that one of the biggest global issues we have is the melting of the polar ice caps in Antarctica. Because when these glaciers melt, they then flood into the ocean which increases the oceans sea levels. When you see climate change through heat, you see forest being too dry which then leads to forest fires which then destroys the crop. It is perennial in these issues of climate change that everything is usually a cycle, so in order to fix the issue, you have to look at what initially created the issue in the first place. When it comes down to climate change and getting too cold, it’s not as big of an issue that the heat has caused. The biggest thing that climate change has done to the cold has been awkwardly spaced out winters. Climate change has the long-lasting effects that can ruin things from the animal population all the way to the way our government is run and that’s why it is important to learn more about this topic. Climate change can affect everyone in both good and bad ways depending on how you look at it, and it is important to learn why researchers are trying so hard to avoid going deeper in the bad problems of it.

Sustainability is the process of being able to control a certain environment based on multiple factors. The point of trying to be sustainable is by using the right tools and resources in order to be sustainable. So as a nation we have tried to be as innovative as we can in order to reach the most sustainable environment that is possible. So climate change is one of the biggest topics that can be discussed in sustainability because in the end one of the biggest things that is stopping the earth from being sustainable is the topic of climate change. Sustainability has different pillars to it that affects every type of problem that it endures. There will always be the economic, social, and environmental side of how sustainability is measured. A lot of different scientists and politician have their opinions on how sustainability should be treated and that is very important to consider, because those two groups will always have the final word on what they want to do with our nation. Sustainability, in the end, is an investment, so we use the people with the greatest knowledge in it to make decisions for us as a whole. That being said it is always helpful for people to get involved in the community.

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Content
 * Opening Paragraph
 * Definitions
 * History
 * Heat
 * Cold
 * Effect on humans
 * Social
 * Economics

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Climate change is one of the biggest determining factors that influence what the effects of what sustainability will be and, this is a vital topic because every single living thing on this earth is being affected by the climate change. Climate change has become a huge epidemic in our modern day because the scientist has found new research that can deeply destroy all living things that our earth has to offer. The reason why these scientists continue these researches is that they are worried about the progress the world has made in achieving sustainable environments. There are a lot of factors that every person has to consider when they want to achieve sustainability through climate change. Climate change has multiple factors that affect the way the economy works, people’s social status, and the obvious big one, the environment. Climate change can affect everyone no matter if it’s hot or cold and you will see later why that happens. NASA scientist has predicted that situations will only be greater when it comes to climate change due to unpredictable climates that have not been matched before. Greenhouse gases also affect what our climate will be like in the future due to human activity. Greenhouse emissions have been a very hot topic in our time now because everyone has their own opinion on it. These opinions on these greenhouse issues are usually politically, so that’s why it is important to understand the social side between sustainability and climate change because everyone should understand each person’s concern towards our world issues. People also wonder why is it getting hotter? And there can be a lot of different reasons why it is hotter. NASA has done extended research and they have not ruled out anything from the sun being way overpowered that it is heating our earth, or the idea of water vapor and methane ruining our atmosphere so that it is easier for the sun to creep in on the earth. NASA is one of the biggest contributors to learning more about what makes the earth tick and why we have good and bad problems with current earth debates.

Definitions

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Climate change is the nature of when the climate gets too warm or too cold which causes problems that include sea level rise, melted ice caps, and forest fires.


 * Sea level rise
 * Forrest fires
 * Melted ice caps
 * Cost of being stable
 * Damage to animals in the environment
 * Random winter periods

Sea level rise happens when glaciers melt and the melted ice is then released into the open oceans. This is not good because this makes the chances of hurricanes more dangerous. The cost of being stable all depends on the economy and if we want to have an elite sustainable nation we have to make an investment to acquire green sustainable machines

History

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NASA has made the Inference that the ice age ended about 7,000 years ago. So because of that, it is known that the environment will never be like it was 7,000 years ago because we never got to experience an ice age as they did back in. Human activity is one of the reasons why we have climate change. It is known back then that they didn’t necessarily have cars that could drive you for miles on miles and those cars pump a lot of pollution into the car. Now that almost human being drives it leads out to the uproar of pollution that goes into the air that destroys the ozone layer. NASA can conclude that the first part of the human activity to spark these problems were in the mid-20th century and that could have happened due to all the machines that were used back then. That’s why creating more sustainable machines has been a hot topic in recent years.

Heat

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The days are getting hotter, and those hotter days are becoming more frequent. “By mid-century, if greenhouse gas emissions are not significantly curtailed scientists expect 20 record highs for every record low”. This trend seems to happen more on the western side of America. Not only is that happening but that almost means that record temperatures will happen more than record lows in the double amount of time. The heat will destroy the forest due to having no rain in the area which leads to wood being easily caught on fire. Plus, the heat is not good for human beings due to heat stroke because it is hard for the body to cool itself down when in time of need. The heat also will destroy crops if not properly handled or properly planted at the right time of year. The heat will overwork air conditioners, overheat cars in the middle of driving, and it will even ruin electricity sockets around the house if it is not taken care of well of.

Cold

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The cold is less of an issue than heat when it comes to climate change. One of the biggest concern that environmentalist have when it comes down to being cold is the inconsistent times that the cold has on us. Winters have come way later in then its normal times and this is more of a problem on the west side of the United States. This, in fact, might not seem like a big deal but it’s a big deal for farmers with crops because they will not be sure when to plant their crops in fear of the crops being damaged by the frost.

Effects on animals

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Climate change will keep on continuing to affect animals if sustainable principles will not be met. Deforestation is the idea of a forest being under attack by big amounts of carbon dioxide, which leads to homes of animals being destroyed. Not only has the heat of climate change affected the forest, but it has also affected the water. The coral reef has been through a lot and that is because of coral bleaching, this is causing everything under the water to die which is then leading to waste in the ocean. To expand on this issue, the heat is also causing some animals a hard time to have safe nesting places. When sea turtle’s use the shore to store their eggs, they rely on the sand to be at a perfect temperature for them, but when the heat drapes down on the sand it affects their nest by overheating it which then interferes with the sex of hatchlings of the babies.

Social Issues

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Climate change may just, in fact, affect everyone in our society. Some people have different thoughts on climate change because they are not directly shown it or for other political reasons. It might be harder for someone on the east coast to understand what someone goes through on the west coast and vice versa. Because it is more cold back east and they have to be used to things that some people in the west have to worry about. It is all about geographic location, for instance, a person in Phoenix, Arizona couldn’t make a claim on what it’s like to live in multiple inches of snow every year like a person in Minnesota could. People learn what it is like around them at most likely a pretty young age and if they believe that there is nothing different about their overall surroundings, then they most likely won’t have to worry about why people want more sustainable machines

Economics

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The economics behind the idea of sustainability in climate change might be the biggest issue of them all. According to Stern, he says that the terrible impacts of climate change can be as much as 1% of global GDP per year. This may not seem like a lot but this a lot if you think about it because this is just accounting for climate change. According to the EPA, it has made tradable permits that set a cap on the amount of pollution that is sent in the air. Stern later then says that he actually wants to remove barriers in the economic system that will help create more of a sustainable system that will not only help the environment but one that will educate people on what the current state of our life is like. Stern wants to help the world by making sure that national and international policies are moving toward a low-carbon and high efficient economy.

See Also

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 * Deforestation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation
 * Ice Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age
 * Coral Bleaching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_bleaching

References

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1. “Effects of Climate Change.” WWF, World Wildlife Fund,www.worldwildlife.org/threats/effects-of-climate-change

2. “Global Climate Change: Effects.” NASA, NASA, 16 July 2018, climate.nasa.gov/effects/.

3. “Heat Waves and Climate Change.” Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, 7 Nov. 2017, 	www.c2es.org/content/heat-waves-and-climate-change/.

4. “Impacts of Climate Change.” Sustainability for All, www.activesustainability.com/climate-	change/impacts-climate-change/.

5. Stern, N. Stern review: the economics of climate change. United Kingdom: N. p.,  	2006. Web.

Further Readings

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 * Tol, Richard S.J. CLIMATE CHANGE. Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2011, www.jstor.org/stable/resrep16376.


 * DiMento, Joseph F., and Pamela Doughman. Climate Change : What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren. Vol. Second edition, The MIT Press, 2014. EBSCOhost, ezproxy.library.arizona.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=748948&site=ehost-live.

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Department of Environment and Energy http://www.environment.gov.au/climate-change