Our Time is Running Out: Save the Earth for our Future Generations!
Recall: What is EARTH?
According to NASA, Earth is our home
planet. Earth is the fifth-largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is
about 8,000 miles. And Earth is the third closest planet to the sun. Its
average distance from the sun is about 93 million miles. Only Mercury and Venus
are closer.
Earth is the only planet known to have large amounts of liquid water.
Liquid water is essential for life. Eart is the only planet where life is known
to exist.
WHAT WAS THE EARTH LIKE A
DECADE AGO? VS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE EARTH
https://www.activesustainability.com/media/733599/10yearschallenge-planeta-tierra.jpgAccording to activesustainability.com, comparing the Earth's condition over the past 10 years takes courage as what we will see is not promising. "It would be foolish not to take the outcome very seriously because it is another warning from the planet about the devastating effects climate change is having on it. Let us take a look."
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere #10yearschallenge
https://www.activesustainability.com/media/733605/10yearschallenge-dioxido-de-carbono-2.jpgOver the last 26 years, the percentage
of global carbon dioxide emissions has increased by almost 50%, and in
the decade from 2000 to 2010 they increased more than in the three previous
decades. Carbon Dioxide is one of the gases that are responsible for air
pollution putting citizens' health at risk and is one of the major causes
of global warming and climate change.
CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
We must be all aware that these past few years, we are experiencing an
incredible rise in temperature here in the Philippines which is incredibly hot!
We also experience high magnitude earthquakes and a series of typhoons. There
has also been a report that the whole of Japan was almost flooded because of
Typhoon Hagibis this recent October 4, 2019, to October 20, 2019.
We also received news on the Amazon Rainforest which produces 20% Oxygen
of in the whole world was on fire.
According to CNN, "Most large fires in
the Amazon are started by humans on recently cleared land. And
deforestation for logging, mining, and farming fragments the forest, experts
say, making it more susceptible to catching fire on its edges. Burnt areas near
Moraes Almeida in Brazil's Pará state are shown in September 2019."
10 COUNTRIES THAT ARE MOST AT RISK FROM THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
1. Japan
2. The Philippines
3. Germany
4. Madagascar
5. India
6. Sri Lanka
7. Kenya
8. Rwanda
9. Canada
10. Fiji
ANIMALS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE
An increase in temperature due to global warming
it’s not only about a heat increase that can be felt by humans or glacial ice
melting it also has the potential to affect the planet’s entire ecosystem.
According to Linda Givetash, Polar bears could
disappear by 2100 due to melting ice, climate change, study says. Polar bears
have long been the poster child of the consequences of climate change. A new
study now suggests the Arctic species is at risk of being starved into
extinction by the end of the century.
As sea ice continues to vanish due to warming temperatures, polar bears are increasingly struggling to find the food they need to survive. Polar bears rely on sea ice for hunting seals, their primary food source, according to the new study. But as the climate rapidly rises in temperature, it keeps them staying on the land where it's hard to find some food.
A stray polar bear walks on a road on the outskirts of the Russian industrial city of Norilsk in June 2019.Irina Yarinskaya / AFP - Getty Images file
WHAT CAN WE DO?
At this point we can't stop the rapid melting of ice, it will take years for it to recover. The recent fire spread in Amazon Rainforest, and the increase of Carbon Dioxide on the Earth However, our time is running out. If we start to lessen the production of carbon dioxide and do small things to help nature.
Climate scientists are also getting desperate: “We’re crying, begging, and getting arrested”, Peter Kalmus
“Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals, but the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels.” – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
"Earth breakdown is much worse than most people realize. The
science indicates that as fossil fuels continue to heat our planet, everything
we love is at risk. For me, one of the most horrific aspects of all this is the
juxtaposition of present-day and near-future climate disasters with the
“business as usual” occurring all around me. It’s so surreal that I often find
myself reviewing the science to make sure it’s really happening, a sort of
scientific nightmare arm-pinch. Yes, it’s really happening.
If everyone could see what I see coming, society would switch into climate emergency mode and end
fossil fuels in just a few years."
"Nothing has worked. It’s now the eleventh hour and I feel
terrified for my kids and terrified for humanity. I feel deep grief over the
loss of forests and corals and diminishing biodiversity. But I’ll keep fighting
as hard as I can for this Earth, no matter how bad it gets, because it can always
get worse. And it will continue to get worse until we end the fossil fuel
industry and the exponential quest for ever more profit at the expense of
everything else. There is no way to fool physics."
It is truly devastating that why these people were getting arrested when
they only care for the earth's condition and for the future generation? We all
need to wake up! We need to think about our Next Generation's Future! What we
are currently experiencing will worsen even more in the
future! There are numerous reports
based on scientific research that talk about the long-term impacts of climate
change such as rising levels of greenhouse gases, temperatures, and sea levels
by the year 2100.
The recently published United Nations assessment of Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs) warns that current promises from
governments set us up for a very dangerous 2.7 degrees Celsius warming by 2100:
this means unprecedented fires, storms, droughts, floods and heat, and profound
land and aquatic ecosystem change.
Aren’t you concerned? The Earth’s Future, Your Children’s Future? Be
alarmed about the changes in our environment. What we're currently experiencing
will be even worse in the future which will lead to the Earth's extinction.
We're running out of time, we need to make a move; we need to unify and work
together in order to save the Earth instead of looking for a different Planet
to live in.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
Here are small things you can do in taking a step toward recovering the
Earth and a better place for Every Living Thing.
References:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/polar-bears-could-disappear-2100-due-melting-ice-climate-change-n1234439
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-earth-58.html
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