Climate_Change

Climate Change Climate Change Over the past years most individuals have become acutely aware that the intensity of human and economic development enjoyed over the 20th century cannot be sustained. Material consumption and ever increasing populations are already stressing the earth’s ecosystems. How much more the earth can take remains a very heated issue. Here a look at the facts sheds some very dark light. In 1950, there were 2.5 billion people, while today there are 5.8 billion. There may well be 10 billion people on earth before the middle of the next century. Even more significant, on an ecological level, is the rise in per capita energy and material consumption which, in the last 40 years, has soared faster than the human population. “An irresistible economy seems to be on a collision course with an immovable ecosphere.” Based on these facts alone, there is grave reason for concern. Taken further, it is even more frightening to note that, while man has affected the environment throughout his stay on earth, the impact has been most intense in the relatively short industrial era. change, been, climatic, earth, climate, human, man, global, changes, ice, however, even, environmental, very, temperature, over, one, increased, years, study, solar, past, much, indeed, impact, between, warming, likely, world, while, relationship, quite, new, effects, earth’s, century, affected, surface, regional, people, particular, natural, might, made, heat, greenhouse, environment, economic, another, way