There are so many climate problems that plagued the Earth today. This might not affect us very drastically in the near future. But in a few centuries time, we may very well destroy our one and only home, Planet Earth. Here in this documentary, Sir David Attenborough discusses about several climate issues.
Green house gases(mainly carbon dioxide) - Every year we add 25 billion tons of green house gases to the atmosphere, that might not seem much but in numerical form it's 25, 000, 000, 000, 000 kg . One thing that astounded me is that a single car releases 10 tons of Carbon Dioxide ever year with regular usage.
Rising Temperature - Forest fires are common in Australia, but what has changed today is that the fire are larger and much more agitated as compared in the past. These forest fires become harder to control and are very unpredictable.
The rising temperature also poses another problem, melting of the Ice on our poles. This in effect, rises the sea level to a new high. In fact, some cities that are close to sea levels have resorted to building walls specially meant to block water from coming in.
These are just some of the climate impact that we human are contributing. With the rising population, it is really inevitable that more damage will be done to our Earth.
The final segment discusses several ways that we can reduce our carbon emission from simple solutions such as making some small changes in our household. And also producing alternative energies that releases no carbon dioxide. It's quite shocking to know that all our appliances on 'Standby' Mode accounts for 1/10th of the energy that our household consume.
ps. I've immediately switch my tv's power source off after the segment on reducing carbon dioxide emission!
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