Climate Change

The concept of climate change is controversial.

Both sides of the climate change debate, however, agree that Earth's climate has changed throughout its history. The difference in interpretation is that people who believe in climate change state that the temperature is changing at a speed not previously seen. The opponents of climate change feel that the temperature being recorded now is normal, and is nothing to be alarmed about.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stated that the global seas have risen 8 inches in the past century. The rate of the rise in sea level is double in the past two decades over what it was in the last century.

The main reason for the climate change is the human. There has been a steady increase in the carbon dioxide levels since the last century due to industrialization byproducts.

The increased carbon dioxide causes elevated heat which is then absorbed by our oceans. This has led to decreasing ice sheets, which in turn, has led to the rise in sea level. The increased heat has also led to decreasing Arctic ice and melting glaciers compounding the problem of the rising sea level.

The increased increased heat from the elevated carbon dioxide levels has also led to extreme weather patterns which has led to drought in some parts of the world and flooding in others.

The Paris Agreement is not perfect, but it is an attempt to address climate change. Hopefully, the world's nations will put their politics aside and cooperate on this pressing issue.