Climate Change Needs External Pushes
Studies have shown that temperatures around the Earth will stay constant unless they are tampered with from external pushes. These external forces encompass human interactions, such as increased concentration of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. The study was done by analyzing climate models with the amount of energy changes at Earth’s atmosphere. The data from the study allowed scientists to clearly identify what the Earth’s natural processes are for changes in energy and how they relate to temperature. From the past, scientists have evaluated that through a theory called Planck Response, the Earth can maintain its temperature through releasing infrared energy as the Earth becomes warmer. In recent studies, this theory is not enough to explain Earth’s processes. Although Plank Response takes part in the overall temperatures constant, there are different effects that impact local temperatures. But, these processes that maintain temperatures on Earth are in lack of forces that change the atmosphere. If there are forces that are acted upon the atmosphere, the processes in which the Earth undergoes may change, and thus; the processes that keep temperatures at equilibrium may not work the same way. This study’s conclusions are important because it is clear evidence that Climate Change is not a natural process. This will provide evidence to those who believe that Climate Change is a naturally occurring process that the Earth needs to undergo. By providing more evidence to support Climate Change, more people and political leaders will become more active in fighting Climate Change. This could start more of a movement across the globe to address Climate Change by reducing carbon emissions and other pollutants that are changing the composition of our atmosphere.
Sources:
"Study: Long-term Global Warming Needs External Drivers." Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. NASA, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.
"CK-12 Foundation." CK-12 Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.
