WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
When little understood people talk about climate change; and you have to understand how difficult it is to be an expert on this subject since even experts need to use computer simulations to understand in detail the causes and effects of climate change
Talking about Climate Change feels like talking about a cliche topic that is fashionable. A theme that leaves the feeling that we really need to do something. But can we really solve a problem we don't understand?. But can we really solve a problem we don't understand?
- What is a greenhouse effect?
- What does it mean to reduce the carbon footprint?
- Why should we reduce meat consumption to prevent glaciers from disappearing?
- Why does the use of fossil fuels alter the climate?
- What technologies solve the problem?
These are questions whose answers are difficult to understand. And it is only the tip of the iceberg of a subject as complex as climate change. But if we begin to understand the problem, our answers will be better and more efficient.
I will present two examples to understand what a climate change means
1.- MARS
Although there is much that we can say, much that we do not know and much that we continue to investigate and learn about the Planet Mars. The idea of this post is to show what the planet looked like, what the Mars plant looks like after a climate change
We know that more than 2000 million years ago the planet Mars can look like this
Now the Planet Mars looks like this
From what we understand, the climate on Mars changed because its core cooled, its magnetosphere weakened, and its atmosphere changed along with other geological processes that we continue to investigate.
2.- VENUS
Using the data obtained from the studies carried out on the planet Venus and using computer simulations, models have been obtained that suggest that Venus could have looked like this billions of years ago.
However now the planet Venus looks like this
Despite being a planet very similar to Earth in size, and being in the habitable zone. Its dense and toxic atmosphere generates a greenhouse effect with temperatures of 864 degrees Fahrenheit. Although we do not know exactly what could have caused the climate change on Venus, we hypothesize that geological effects such as volcanic activity released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, thus generating the current characteristics of the morning star.
Something in common that the planet Mars and the planet Venus have is that on neither of the two planets have we found signs of life, unlike our exuberant planet full of life.
The problem is that if we allow or cause our climate to change in an unsustainable direction, life on earth is once again in danger; The planet earth has also suffered drastic climatic changes in its history, hosting 5 mass extinctions. And if we don't pay due attention to this matter we will be closer to being the 6th extinction.
There are several factors that cause the climate of a planet to change. Studying the causes and effects of these changes allows us to have a better understanding of the problem. If we understand its causes and effects, it will be easier and faster to find viable and efficient solutions.
