Stop Global Warming

Climate change occurs gradually over a period long enough, between 50-100 years. Although slowly, the impact on the bulk of the earth’s surface is becomes hot. Here is the data from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) which describes the conditions of climate change that happening right now;

• There has been a temperature increase in average of 0.76 degrees Celsius between the periods 1850 to 2005.
• 11 of the last 12 years (1995-2006) are the years with an average temperature of the warmest temperatures measured since the first time in 1850.
• There has been an increase in global sea levels by an average of 1.8 mm per year between the periods 1961 to 2003.
• There have been more intense droughts in the wider areas since the 1970s, particularly in the tropics and sub-tropics.

Regarding those data, climate change impacts will felt by humans, such as;
Escalation in Sea Surface Water
Due to the earth’s rising temperatures could melt the ice in the Polar Regions. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), in the last 100 years has been an increased in sea water 10-25 cm tall. Meanwhile, according to Greenpeace report, expected in the coming year 2100 will be an increase in sea water as high as 19-95 cm. Increased water 1 meter sea level will result in the loss of the island or the mainland of the world;

• The loss of mainland Egypt 1%, Netherlands 6%, Bangladesh 17.5% and 80% atoll in the Marshall Islands.
• Sinking of the islands, Fiji, Samoa, Vanutu, Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia. This means tens of millions of people who live in coastal areas must evacuate to higher ground.

Sea

Rising sea levels will result in a lack of endurance, so the coast vulnerable to erosion. This will also cause damage to infrastructure and housing on the beach. This phenomenon can lead to exile.

Climate change also resulted in a shift of the season because of a change in pressure and temperature. The implication dry season those will last long and disastrous drought and desertification. Countries that are expected to experience drought is Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. While on the other hand, the rainy season will take place in a short time with the intensity of higher rainfall causing floods and landslides.

Disaster occurrence of Humanitarian Crisis
Because of the lack of food supplies due to the high potential for crop failure and temperature changes is uncertain, caused lower agricultural productivity. Agricultural productivity in the tropics will decrease if the temperature of the global average rise 1-2 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, the melting of polar ice will cause thermal expansion of ocean water mass and an increase in sea water, so this will decrease the production of fish and shrimp ponds. The accumulative effect of this situation is the widespread famine and widespread malnutrition.

Clean Water Crisis
This water crisis caused by prolonged drought. Under these conditions, due to change of seasons is not stable, so the water rarely threatened the water crisis. Source of fresh water will dry one-third of the world population in 2100. And in the middle of this century, subtropical and tropical regions of the dry will experience water shortages as much as 10-30 per cent so that threatened drought.

The spread of Human Diseases

This is caused by rising temperatures that cause the shorter incubation period of mosquitoes. Impact, transmitted disease by mosquito will reply breed faster. Spread disease, especially in tropical areas. Such as: dengue fever, diarrhea and malaria. due to increased populations of insects (mosquitoes) as vectors of disease. Heat wave that struck Europe in 2005 increased the number “heat stroke” (a strong heat stroke) is lethal, salmonella infection, and “hay fever” (fever due to dry grass allergy).

Loss of Various Biodiversity

Uncertainty global temperature changes resulting in a loss of species of flora and fauna which can not adapt, and approximately 20-30 percent of plant and animal species will become extinct if the temperature of the global average rise 1.5-2.5 degrees Celsius. In addition, rising water temperatures will increase the acidity of the ocean. Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is estimated to bring a negative impact on marine organisms such as coral reefs (coral bleaching) and the extinction of other species that depend on these organisms. Thus estimated at about 80% of species of plants and animals will become extinct in the next century.
Temperature increasing resulted in easy burning dry twigs or leaves due to friction which increases the chance of forest fires.

Material and Non-Material Lost.
Global warming due to catastrophic hurricanes, floods and storms, more than 150,000 people died in each year. In 2003, the heat wave in Europe took 25,482 lives in 20 years (source WHO, UNEP, and World Meteorology Council). In addition, in the year 2080 is expected to have millions of people affected by floods every year due to rising sea levels. The greatest risk occurs in the densely populated lowlands, especially deltas of Asia and Africa and small islands. Meanwhile estimates of material losses from climate change reach around EUR 11 billion or about 110 billion annually.

Melt of Ice in the Arctic.
Climate change caused by rising surface temperatures can cause melting of ice and glaciers around the world, especially in the North Pole and the South poles. Since the 1960s, the ice in the polar world has decreased 10%, while the thickness of ice at the North Pole has been reduced 42% in the last 40 years (Prench, 2001). Other data mentioned 10-20% loss of glaciers in the Alps is also marked by global warming. The impact of the melting of the North Pole and South Pole will lead to expansion of ocean water mass and an increase in sea water.

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