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Climate change is caused by both natural phenomena, such as volcanic eruptions and orbital changes, and human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. Its effects on society include declining crop yields, increased malnutrition, and heightened vulnerability of ecosystems. Additionally, climate change poses risks such as rising sea levels and increased flooding, impacting water supplies and food security.

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STS - Climate Change

Climate change is caused by both natural phenomena, such as volcanic eruptions and orbital changes, and human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. Its effects on society include declining crop yields, increased malnutrition, and heightened vulnerability of ecosystems. Additionally, climate change poses risks such as rising sea levels and increased flooding, impacting water supplies and food security.

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

Climate Change

CLIMATE CHANGE plants;

Causes of Climate Change b. High methane emission is


related to agriculture,
The causes of climate change could be natural or by natural gas distribution,
human activities. and landfills.

Volcanic When volcanoes erupt, it emits c. High nitrous oxide is also


different natural aerosols like emitted by human
Eruptions
carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, salt activities such as fertilizer
crystals, volcanic ashes or dust, use and fossil fuel
and even microorganisms like burning.
bacteria and viruses.
d. Halocarbons released by
Can cause a cooling effect to the human activities destroy
lithosphere because its emitted ozone in the stratosphere
aerosol can block a certain and have caused the ozone
percentage of solar radiation. hole over Antarctica.

Volcanoes located near the Effects of Climate Change on Society


equator are more likely to cause
global cooling because of the It directly affects the basic elements of people’s lives
wind pattern. like water, food, health, use of land, and the
environment.
Volcanoes located near to north or
south poles are less likely to cause Declining crop yields due to drought, especially in
cooling. Africa, are likely to leave hundreds of millions without
the ability to produce or purchase sufficient food.
Orbital Changes Earth’s orbit can also cause
climate change—proposed by the
It will increase worldwide deaths from malnutrition and
Milankovitch Theory.
heat stress.
As the Earth travels through space
around the Sun, cyclical variations Ecosystems will be particularly vulnerable to climate
in three elements of Earth-Sun change.
geometry combine to produce
variations in the amount of solar Ocean edification will have major effects on marine
energy that reaches earth. ecosystems, with possible adverse consequences on fish
stocks.
The three elements that have
cyclic variations are: Melting or collapse of ice sheets would raise sea levels.
a. Eccentricity: a term used
It will increase flood risks during the wet season and it
to describe the shape of
Earth’s orbit around the will strongly reduce dry-season water supplies.
sun.

b. Obliquity: the variation


of the tilt of Earth’s axis
away from the orbital
plane.

c. Precession: the change in


orientation of Earth’s
rotational axis.

Human Activities The largest known contribution


comes from the burning of fossil
fuels, which releases carbon
dioxide gas to the atmosphere.

Human activities result in


emissions of four principal
greenhouse gases:

a. Deforestation releases
carbon dioxide and
reduces its uptake by

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