ENO activity: Climate Change

KENYA
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate is one of the factors that control the life of human being i.e. how he lives and carry out his economic activities especially agriculture. Due to the change in climate all the living organisms have suffered most because of the new environment that they were not used. This change in climate has led to many effect/ impacts of it to the surrounding.

First it has led to the low production of crops. Crops need adequate rainfall for them to do well, but this has been hindered by very little rainfall in same areas. The low amount of rain received also leads to desertification i.e. the desert increase in its geographical area. How production of crops also leads to decrease in population. This is because some individuals lost their lives due to hunger, and low reproduction rate cause by luck of energy in the body.

Climate change has also led to frequent flooding in other areas or parts of the world. The flooding leads to lost of life, and spreading of some water borne diseases which interfears with our body functioning and some times caused death. Skin cancer has also been caused by hot climate. This is due to the strong ultra violet rays of the sun. skin cancer is uncurable disease and there. Fore it make many people to perish, and this leads to reduction in economic development.

Climate change has also led to the migration of people to other areas with condiusive climate which is good for human settlement. It has also led to the change of dressing ways as in some places it is very cold and need heavy clothes to provide warmth to the body while in some hot areas very light clothes are needed to protect the body.

The main causes of climate change are human being, who has caused desertification to a great extent by cutting down trees. Therefore to control this we should plant more trees instead of cutting them. Another cause which can be said to be greatest is the nature act of God e.g. low amount of rain in the other parts of the world, hunger, temperature, flooding etc. this ones can only be controlled by praying to God to have mercy on as, and also to provide us with more effective ways controlling the change in climate.

Causes of climate change
„X During the earth revolution of the sun, the change in sun¡¦s position lead to either increase a decreases the surface temperature.
„X The burning of fuels lads to ozone layer diplation hence global worming.
„X Manufacturing of certain toxic chemicals may lead to global warming and hence climate change.
„X The amount of solar intensity also causes climatic change.
„X The change in polarity of the earths magnetic field may influence the upper atmosphere which in turn changes the whole.
„X The change in polarity of the earth¡¦s magnetic field.
„X Clearing of forest leads to low rates of carbon dioxide for absorption hence global warming.
„X Volcanic activities which provide huge amount of particles heat water vapour as well as emission of gases which absorbs radiant heat.


Impacts of climate change.
„X There is wide spread changes in the natural echo system with grassland and desert areas expanding but forested areas are reducing.
„X Thermal expansion of oceans and lakes leads to sea level rise hence causing flooding of low land areas.
„X High global temperature leads to evaporation and may in turn cause a lot of rain in some areas.
„X Global warming leads to mass destruction of property like plants wilting and animals die due to luck of enough pasture hence lads to drought and famine therefore claim many lives.
„X Climatic change may affect the hydrological cycle.
„X Wetter and warmer temperature may increase the rate of pest and diseases, which destroy plants and claim livestock lives.


Pledges to climatic change
„X Planting more trees to attract rain and maintain the hydrological circle.
„X Inventing the alternative source of fuels that cannot cause global worming.
„X Educating people on how importance the forest are.
„X Stop burning of charcoals in forested areas and even cutting down trees.
„X Determining the systematic way of cutting the trees where by the only mature trees are the ones to be cut and in paddocks and after cutting them. Ones are also planted.