Climate change
To Start, Climate change is a global problem because of rising sea levels, extreme heat and even the melting of polar ice caps. The consequences of these problems are horrible, like if the polar ice caps melt anymore the sea levels will rise and we will be forced to higher ground, and that's not even the worst part there are a lot of bad things that could happen if we don't stop climate change.
Firstly, Climate change is affecting the world around us with rising sea levels, In the past twenty five years the sea levels have risen up about sixteen inches higher which is about forty centimetres. Now forty centimetres might not seem like a lot but that amount of water covering the whole ocean is a lot. Forty centimeters is two thirds of a meter, So imagine adding two thirds of a meter to water at a beach. That would be a normal day until a flood happens then the roads and beach side houses will be in water.
Secondly, the weather has been heating up, reaching max highs of 50 degrees in Australia in the past 25 years. The weather is so hot that it is melting polar ice caps all around the world, destroying habitats for polar bears, seals, sea lions, walrus and penguins. The extremely high temperatures have reached a high of eighteen degrees celsius in Antarctica, for someone who lives in a warm spot that gets temperatures similar to that Antarctica is made of ice and snow which can melt unlike dirt and rock.
Thirdly, climate change is destroying earth's protection from the sun, the ozone layer. The ozone layer has been depleted in many spots up to seventeen percent. The ozone layer is able to regenerate but only if we stop the production of factories and find a new way to make steel and metal. If we deplete the ozone layer to low the world or earth will turn into a fireball.
In conclusion, you should know how climate change is a global problem, the consequences that climate change makes, what causes climate change and how we can fix it.
By Brodie
