6
CAUSES OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
1. is believed to be the main cause of climate change is
human expansion of the greenhouse effect, it is when the
atmosphere keeps heat emitting from Earth to space. This
causes that some of the gases in the atmosphere prevent
heat from escaping.
2. Pollution is another really important cause of climate
change. Pollution happens when gasses, or garbage or
smoke are introduced to the Earth’s atmosphere. It is a
dangerous cause because when this happens, it becomes
something harmful for humans, animals and plants. Things
that cause pollution in the planet are called pollutants.
Some examples of this pollutants are nitrogen oxides,
carbon monoxides, hydrocarbons and other oxides that
can come from factories of cars, this things can
evaporate the atmosphere and enter it.
3. Another cause of climate change are atmospheric
aerosols. They can alter the climate in two different ways:
they absorb infrared and solar radiation and they may
change the different properties of clouds and also their
lifetime and extent. This can affect because aerosols make
the air warm instantly instead of letting sunlight being
absorbed by the Earth’s surface, and humans also
contribute in this problem.