Climate change is already affecting the planet and society and will continue to do so for
generations to come. In some parts of the world the climate is becoming much hotter, in other
parts much colder. The arctic poles are melting, glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is
breaking up earlier and many animals are becoming endangered. The ocean's levels are rising. The
sun's rays are getting much more harmful, as a result many more people are getting skin cancer.
Trees are flowering sooner. There are more intense heat waves.
Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades because
of greenhouse gasses produced by human activities.
The changes are not the same everywhere. Differences in how regions are affected by global
warming, precipitation, and changes of animal and plant species will probably get even
more extreme as climate change continues. Some areas may get a bit cooler for a while. The
same for rainfall, some parts of the planet will get drier, while others will get more rain.
The poles have already seen the greatest warming, and will continue to warm more quickly than
other areas. As sea level continues to rise, floods and storms will threaten freshwater
sources, as well as houses and buildings near the coast. Coastal facilities and islands in
many parts of the world are gradually submerging, and some low-lying islands have already
had to be evacuated.
Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is also changing ocean chemistry. Warmer ocean water
also contains less oxygen. These changes harm marine ecosystems, destroying coral reefs
that shelter much of the ocean’s biodiversity, and harming many other species. Climate
change and changing oceanic chemistry affect the plankton in the ocean which produces
much of the oxygen in our air.
As climate change causes plants and animals to relocate, disease will also move, exposing human
populations, crop plants, livestock, and wildlife to new diseases. Climate change also affects
human health and mortality due to rising temperatures, degraded air quality, and greater
risks from diseases, viruses and other diseases carried by insects and animals.
The effects of climate change will affect the security of nations as there might be conflicts over
water, food, and land. Large groups of climate refugees crossing borders are a concern for
governments as well as for NGOs.
Governments must act urgently to avoid climate change. However, everybody can play a major
role in slowing climate change by the choices we make in our daily life, how we get around, what
we eat, how we live. We must be energy efficient, choose renewable power, we must recycle and
reuse everything we can.
José Antonio Gómez Escribano 1ºBACH A
generations to come. In some parts of the world the climate is becoming much hotter, in other
parts much colder. The arctic poles are melting, glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is
breaking up earlier and many animals are becoming endangered. The ocean's levels are rising. The
sun's rays are getting much more harmful, as a result many more people are getting skin cancer.
Trees are flowering sooner. There are more intense heat waves.
Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades because
of greenhouse gasses produced by human activities.
The changes are not the same everywhere. Differences in how regions are affected by global
warming, precipitation, and changes of animal and plant species will probably get even
more extreme as climate change continues. Some areas may get a bit cooler for a while. The
same for rainfall, some parts of the planet will get drier, while others will get more rain.
The poles have already seen the greatest warming, and will continue to warm more quickly than
other areas. As sea level continues to rise, floods and storms will threaten freshwater
sources, as well as houses and buildings near the coast. Coastal facilities and islands in
many parts of the world are gradually submerging, and some low-lying islands have already
had to be evacuated.
Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is also changing ocean chemistry. Warmer ocean water
also contains less oxygen. These changes harm marine ecosystems, destroying coral reefs
that shelter much of the ocean’s biodiversity, and harming many other species. Climate
change and changing oceanic chemistry affect the plankton in the ocean which produces
much of the oxygen in our air.
As climate change causes plants and animals to relocate, disease will also move, exposing human
populations, crop plants, livestock, and wildlife to new diseases. Climate change also affects
human health and mortality due to rising temperatures, degraded air quality, and greater
risks from diseases, viruses and other diseases carried by insects and animals.
The effects of climate change will affect the security of nations as there might be conflicts over
water, food, and land. Large groups of climate refugees crossing borders are a concern for
governments as well as for NGOs.
Governments must act urgently to avoid climate change. However, everybody can play a major
role in slowing climate change by the choices we make in our daily life, how we get around, what
we eat, how we live. We must be energy efficient, choose renewable power, we must recycle and
reuse everything we can.
José Antonio Gómez Escribano 1ºBACH A