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    Climate Change 9-St - Dominic Science

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    Climate change is caused primarily by human activities like the burning of fossil fuels which produces heat-trapping gases. The main causes of climate change are generating power by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, and using transportation like cars and planes that run on fossil fuels. The effects of climate change include hotter temperatures, more severe storms, increased drought, and a warming rising ocean.

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    Climate change is caused primarily by human activities like the burning of fossil fuels which produces heat-trapping gases. The main causes of climate change are generating power by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, and using transportation like cars and planes that run on fossil fuels. The effects of climate change include hotter temperatures, more severe storms, increased drought, and a warming rising ocean.

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    Climate change is caused primarily by human activities like the burning of fossil fuels which produces heat-trapping gases. The main causes of climate change are generating power by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, and using transportation like cars and planes that run on fossil fuels. The effects of climate change include hotter temperatures, more severe storms, increased drought, and a warming rising ocean.

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    Climate Change

    9-St.Dominic
    Science
    Climate Change
    Climate change refers to long-term
    shifts in temperatures and weather
    patterns. These shifts may be
    natural, but since the 1800s,
    human activities have been the
    main driver of climate change,
    primarily due to the burning of
    fossil fuels (like coal, oil and gas),
    which produces heat-trapping
    gases.
    Today We Will Show What Are The
    Causes and Effects of Climate achange
    The Following
    Are the causes of
    Climate Change
    Generating power
    Generating electricity and heat by burning
    fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas
    causes a large chunk of global emissions.
    Most electricity is still produced from fossil
    fuels; only about a quarter comes from
    wind, solar and other renewable sources.
    Cutting down forests
    Cutting down forests to create farms or pastures, or
    for other reasons, causes emissions, since trees,
    when they are cut, release the carbon they have
    been storing. Since forests absorb carbon dioxide,
    destroying them also limits nature’s ability to keep
    emissions out of the atmosphere.
    Using transportation
    Most cars, lorries, ships and planes run on
    fossil fuels. That makes transportation a
    major contributor of greenhouse gases,
    especially carbon-dioxide emissions. Road
    vehicles account for the largest part, but
    emissions from ships and planes continue to
    grow.
    Powering buildings
    Globally, residential and commercial
    buildings consume over half of all
    electricity. As they continue to draw on
    coal, oil and natural gas for heating and
    cooling, they emit significant quantities
    of greenhouse gas emissions.
    The Following are the
    Effects of
    Climate Change
    Hotter temperatures
    Nearly all land areas are seeing more hot days and
    heat waves; 2020 was one of the hottest years on
    record. Higher temperatures increase heat-related
    illnesses and can make it more difficult to work
    and move around. Wildfires start more easily and
    spread more rapidly when conditions are hotter.

    More Severe Storms


    Changes in temperature cause changes
    in rainfall. This results in more severe
    and frequent storms. They cause
    flooding and landslides, destroying
    homes and communities, and costing
    billions of pounds.
    Increased drought
    Water is becoming scarcer in more regions. Droughts
    can stir destructive sand and dust storms that can move
    billions of tons of sand across continents. Deserts are
    expanding, reducing land for growing food. Many
    people now face the threat of not having enough water
    on a regular basis.
    A warming, rising ocean
    • The ocean soaks up most of the heat from global warming.
    This melts ice sheets and raises sea levels, threatening
    coastal and island communities. The ocean also absorbs
    carbon dioxide, keeping it from the atmosphere. More
    carbon dioxide makes the ocean more acidic, which
    endangers marine life.
    And those are some of the causes and
    effects of climate change. We hope
    you learned a thng or two.

    Let's all avoid Climate Change to better


    T
    our World!

    Thank you for Listening!

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