CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the Earth’s climate patterns, primarily attributed to human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and fluorinated gases, trap heat within the Earth’s […]
COURTESY : www.bbc.com CLIMATE CHANGE Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. Climate change is a shift in those average conditions. The rapid climate change we are now seeing is caused by humans using oil, gas and coal for their homes, factories and transport. When these fossil fuels burn, they release […]
Courtesy : ec.europa.eu Climate change Humans are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth’s temperature by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests and farming livestock. This adds enormous amounts of greenhouse gases to those naturally occurring in the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect and global warming. Greenhouse gases The main driver of climate change is […]