Population and Global Warming
Global Warming is a phenomenon that affects the climate of the Earth by increasing its atmospheric temperature because of the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other activities that causes the emission of greenhouse gases. These gases act as a trap thereby absorbing the radiation that is about to leave the earth leading to a more enhanced greenhouse effect and a warmer living condition. The fast-rising global temperature is expected to bring about changes in the circulation of the air and the ocean, and this in turn will trigger the climate changes in different places all over the globe (Microsoft Corporation, 2009).
Thus, global warming is regarded as the biggest environmental problem that the world is facing today. It is now in an alarming state and is considered as a crisis at an international level. There are many factors that can be traced to its occurrence such as overpopulation and the industrial revolution of underdeveloped, developing and developed countries. However, it is a sad fact that even today, many people are continuously underestimating the impact that it brings to the environment. Hence, now would be the best time to combine all efforts in order to help heal the ailing planet and save it from the drastic effects brought about by global warming.
Who is Warming Our Globe
Climate change is a phenomenon that takes one hundred and fifty years in the making. The industrialized countries before such as Western Europe and America have been causing these climate changes for more than one century (George, 2010). Studies show that in the year 2000, United States was the number one country for greenhouse emission with a rate of 19, followed closely by China with 14 (Parker Blodgett, 2008). They bear most of the responsibility for what is happening in the environment today. However, they are not alone in this fight every citizen of the world is guilty of contributing to global warming one way or another.
Climate change is continuing to accelerate as fast as the occurrence of the developments in other countries such as China, Indonesia, and India. For instance, Indonesia has the worlds richest marine life and rain forest. As wonderful as this is, it also has a downside because Indonesia is one of the top contributors to global warming due to the large amount of greenhouse gases that it emits (USAID, 2009). Most of the developed economies consume the worlds resources more rapidly than they can regenerate them, and most developing countries are confronted with the pressure of improving their standards of living (Hinrichsen Robey, 2010).
It is understandable that the developing countries want to expand economically as fast as they can because telling them not to do so would be a great injustice. However, the bigger irony in the situation is that they have more to lose due to the fact that many of these developing countries do not have enough resources or the technology to defend themselves against the effects of global warming such as the increasing intensity of tropical storms and the emergence of new diseases. Developing countries create their economies by depending heavily on the manufacturing energy and costly industries and as such, they are exposed to a greater risk of being affected by the global climate changes. They are confronted with the dilemma of whether or not to sacrifice their economic gain in order to avoid a future ecological problem (Butler, 2005).
For every one of the approximately 5.8 billion people on the planet, about six tons of carbon dioxide are being emitted into the air every year. The concentration of the heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere rose by approximately more than 30 percent because of the human activities (World Overpopulation Awareness WOA, n.d.). Countries like New Zealand and Nicaragua have huge sectors devoted solely for agriculture, and because of that, they are deemed vulnerable to the impact of greenhouse gases (US Environment Protection Agency EPA, 2009). However, now is not the time to point fingers all the countries, regardless of their status of development, are guilty of contributing to the worsening crisis of global warming. These figures merely show that the climate change is an international problem that will take the effort of everybody to solve.
Population Growth Rate
Population growth refers to the change in the size of the population which can be positive or negative. The growth of the population can be determined by the excess of the number of birth rate over the number of death rate (Advameg, 2010). The United States Census Bureau estimated that the world population as of January 28, 2010 is 6,799,100,000 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). From the perspective of the environment, the population growth has taken a negative note. The rapid and uncontrollable rising of the population lessens the quality of life because it destroys the natural resources such as water and forests. Men cannot help but utilize such resources for their survival, and using too much of these resources has damaging consequences. Hence, the beginning of the new century is filled with the pressure and threat about the degradation and destruction of the environment (Hinrichsen Robey, 2010). Overpopulation brings about global warming, and in turn, global warming damages the atmosphere of the earth.
Effect of Population Growth Rate and Global Warming
The condition of the ecosystem has a connection not only with the population growth but also with what the people do. Today, the population has grown largely that it has generated some concerns and affected the balance in the ecosystem. One of the biggest concerns is the impact of overpopulation to global warming. The effect of the population to the environment can be estimated by measuring the population size in relation to the volume of carbon dioxide and other gases that they emit. The fact that the non-renewable resources of the earth are being quickly absorbed by the major industries is leading the world into a major disaster. Many have been asking if the world has exceeded its carrying capacity already.
The world is becoming overpopulated because people can now live longer due to the medical and technological advances, and many are bearing offspring at a very early age. These facts support the claim that global warming continues to exist because of overpopulation. Many believe that the changes in the atmosphere of the earth is but a by-product of industrial processes. Men started to utilize more fossil fuels after the industrial revolution. Global warming continues to increase because the larger the population is, the bigger the human production. The fossil fuels emitted by vehicles and factories alone increase the temperature. Out of all the living creatures on the planet, men have the major role to play in the global warming and any other environmental crisis that the world faces, as humans are the only ones guilty of burning fossil fuels, deforestation, cattle raising, and reproducing (Sierra Club, 2008). The consistently growing population demands more land and fossil fuels, and it is because of this great demand that men are contributing.
Many people have wasted so much of their time and energy at the expense of the environment. Climate change is something that every citizen of the world must worry about. It poses a real threat as much as anything else and it is getting a lot worse everyday. However, the world is not without hope because it is not yet too late to do what needs to be done to heal the dying planet. There are a number of things that people can do to help the earth. For instance, electricity can be switched to clean energy sources. The energy consumption of the earth is greatly connected with the green house emissions.
One of the ways to decrease this consumption is for businesses to convince their consumers to ask for products and services that are not high in carbon (Greenwise Staff, 2009). Climate change can be slowed down with the help of economic and technological techniques. Scientists have observed that the developing countries must learn how to introduce renewable resources in their energy systems. There needs to be a drastic transformation in the production and consumption of energy in order to combat this crisis (Lacey, 2006). Global warming is a worldwide dilemma that can only be solved if everybody works together.
Global Warming is a phenomenon that affects the climate of the Earth by increasing its atmospheric temperature because of the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other activities that causes the emission of greenhouse gases. These gases act as a trap thereby absorbing the radiation that is about to leave the earth leading to a more enhanced greenhouse effect and a warmer living condition. The fast-rising global temperature is expected to bring about changes in the circulation of the air and the ocean, and this in turn will trigger the climate changes in different places all over the globe (Microsoft Corporation, 2009).
Thus, global warming is regarded as the biggest environmental problem that the world is facing today. It is now in an alarming state and is considered as a crisis at an international level. There are many factors that can be traced to its occurrence such as overpopulation and the industrial revolution of underdeveloped, developing and developed countries. However, it is a sad fact that even today, many people are continuously underestimating the impact that it brings to the environment. Hence, now would be the best time to combine all efforts in order to help heal the ailing planet and save it from the drastic effects brought about by global warming.
Who is Warming Our Globe
Climate change is a phenomenon that takes one hundred and fifty years in the making. The industrialized countries before such as Western Europe and America have been causing these climate changes for more than one century (George, 2010). Studies show that in the year 2000, United States was the number one country for greenhouse emission with a rate of 19, followed closely by China with 14 (Parker Blodgett, 2008). They bear most of the responsibility for what is happening in the environment today. However, they are not alone in this fight every citizen of the world is guilty of contributing to global warming one way or another.
Climate change is continuing to accelerate as fast as the occurrence of the developments in other countries such as China, Indonesia, and India. For instance, Indonesia has the worlds richest marine life and rain forest. As wonderful as this is, it also has a downside because Indonesia is one of the top contributors to global warming due to the large amount of greenhouse gases that it emits (USAID, 2009). Most of the developed economies consume the worlds resources more rapidly than they can regenerate them, and most developing countries are confronted with the pressure of improving their standards of living (Hinrichsen Robey, 2010).
It is understandable that the developing countries want to expand economically as fast as they can because telling them not to do so would be a great injustice. However, the bigger irony in the situation is that they have more to lose due to the fact that many of these developing countries do not have enough resources or the technology to defend themselves against the effects of global warming such as the increasing intensity of tropical storms and the emergence of new diseases. Developing countries create their economies by depending heavily on the manufacturing energy and costly industries and as such, they are exposed to a greater risk of being affected by the global climate changes. They are confronted with the dilemma of whether or not to sacrifice their economic gain in order to avoid a future ecological problem (Butler, 2005).
For every one of the approximately 5.8 billion people on the planet, about six tons of carbon dioxide are being emitted into the air every year. The concentration of the heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere rose by approximately more than 30 percent because of the human activities (World Overpopulation Awareness WOA, n.d.). Countries like New Zealand and Nicaragua have huge sectors devoted solely for agriculture, and because of that, they are deemed vulnerable to the impact of greenhouse gases (US Environment Protection Agency EPA, 2009). However, now is not the time to point fingers all the countries, regardless of their status of development, are guilty of contributing to the worsening crisis of global warming. These figures merely show that the climate change is an international problem that will take the effort of everybody to solve.
Population Growth Rate
Population growth refers to the change in the size of the population which can be positive or negative. The growth of the population can be determined by the excess of the number of birth rate over the number of death rate (Advameg, 2010). The United States Census Bureau estimated that the world population as of January 28, 2010 is 6,799,100,000 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). From the perspective of the environment, the population growth has taken a negative note. The rapid and uncontrollable rising of the population lessens the quality of life because it destroys the natural resources such as water and forests. Men cannot help but utilize such resources for their survival, and using too much of these resources has damaging consequences. Hence, the beginning of the new century is filled with the pressure and threat about the degradation and destruction of the environment (Hinrichsen Robey, 2010). Overpopulation brings about global warming, and in turn, global warming damages the atmosphere of the earth.
Effect of Population Growth Rate and Global Warming
The condition of the ecosystem has a connection not only with the population growth but also with what the people do. Today, the population has grown largely that it has generated some concerns and affected the balance in the ecosystem. One of the biggest concerns is the impact of overpopulation to global warming. The effect of the population to the environment can be estimated by measuring the population size in relation to the volume of carbon dioxide and other gases that they emit. The fact that the non-renewable resources of the earth are being quickly absorbed by the major industries is leading the world into a major disaster. Many have been asking if the world has exceeded its carrying capacity already.
The world is becoming overpopulated because people can now live longer due to the medical and technological advances, and many are bearing offspring at a very early age. These facts support the claim that global warming continues to exist because of overpopulation. Many believe that the changes in the atmosphere of the earth is but a by-product of industrial processes. Men started to utilize more fossil fuels after the industrial revolution. Global warming continues to increase because the larger the population is, the bigger the human production. The fossil fuels emitted by vehicles and factories alone increase the temperature. Out of all the living creatures on the planet, men have the major role to play in the global warming and any other environmental crisis that the world faces, as humans are the only ones guilty of burning fossil fuels, deforestation, cattle raising, and reproducing (Sierra Club, 2008). The consistently growing population demands more land and fossil fuels, and it is because of this great demand that men are contributing.
Many people have wasted so much of their time and energy at the expense of the environment. Climate change is something that every citizen of the world must worry about. It poses a real threat as much as anything else and it is getting a lot worse everyday. However, the world is not without hope because it is not yet too late to do what needs to be done to heal the dying planet. There are a number of things that people can do to help the earth. For instance, electricity can be switched to clean energy sources. The energy consumption of the earth is greatly connected with the green house emissions.
One of the ways to decrease this consumption is for businesses to convince their consumers to ask for products and services that are not high in carbon (Greenwise Staff, 2009). Climate change can be slowed down with the help of economic and technological techniques. Scientists have observed that the developing countries must learn how to introduce renewable resources in their energy systems. There needs to be a drastic transformation in the production and consumption of energy in order to combat this crisis (Lacey, 2006). Global warming is a worldwide dilemma that can only be solved if everybody works together.
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