History

Global warming is a result of various modern day human activities. Our planet had been kept safe all these centuries as people were closer to the nature and enjoyed a simple life. While the advancement in technology has made life comfortable for men on one hand, it has had numerous negative repercussions on the environment. Global warming is one such negative impact of technology on our beautiful planet.

In the late 19^th century, it was observed that the Earth’s temperature may rise in the coming years and the reason for the same would be the increasing amount of carbon emission in the atmosphere. However, there was no strong proof about the same. It was in around 1938 that the theory was backed by data collected over the last 50 years. This data clearly showed that the temperature of our planet had gone up during these years. The curiosity about the subject rose and many scientists and researchers became involved in its study.

A rise in the temperature was observed through the 1970s and 1980s and the term global warming was coined around the same time. Since then, the temperature of Earth is rising.

Research shows that the climate of our planet has undergone a major change in the last century. As per a research conducted by NASA, the Earth’s temperature has gone up by around 1.4 degree Fahrenheit since 1880.

It has increased substantially since the beginning of the twenty first century owing to the increase in the emission of greenhouse gases. This increase is alarming and it is anticipated that the condition is likely to worsen further in the times to come if the human activities resulting in global warming are not controlled.

A number of climatic changes have been observed in the last two decades. Global warming has led to the melting of glaciers which in turn has resulted in increase in the temperature of the Polar Regions. Warmer areas have been impacted as badly. Our planet never experienced such strong heat waves as it is observing in the current times. There has also been a change in the timings of the seasons and that too has been attributed to global warming.

Our planet is getting warmer owing to global warming which is a result of various human activities. The causes of global warming have already been identified. We need to work on the solution now.