Climate Change - The environment for Kids (Updated Version)

[Music] smile and learn have you ever heard of global warming did you know that over the past decades sea level has risen all these news are related to climate change to understand better what climate change is we should define what climate is the climate is the combination of atmospheric conditions that occur in place for a prolonged period of time over the past centuries the climate everywhere around the earth has changed altering the usual conditions of a place regarding precipitation and temperature this way water shortage desertification the disappearance of lakes or even sea level rise are

becoming more and more common in addition the number of natural disasters like droughts floods or huge storms has increased all these situations are a consequence of global warming meaning the increase in temperature happening on the planet owing mainly to human activity but why has the planet's temperature risen the earth is surrounded by the atmosphere a thin layer of gas which allows part of the solar radiation to penetrate for that this layer consists of gases called greenhouse effect gases whose mission is to absorb part of the energy received and maintain the planet's temperature one of the

main greenhouse effect gases is co2 with the industrial revolution co2 emissions started to increase owing to the use of fossil fuels like coal or petrol over the past years the presence of gases like co2 in the atmosphere increased and for this reason its capacity to retain solar radiation has been enhanced resulting in an increase of the average temperature of the planet climate change affects every country in the world causing a negative impact on their economy people's lives and all living beings here are some facts over the past 150 years the average global temperature increased almost

2 degrees fahrenheit would you say it's not much if the earth's temperature keeps rising thousands of animal and plant species may disappear forever oceans got warmer and for this reason the amounts of ice have decreased causing sea levels to rise did you know that between 1901 and 2010 the sea level has risen 7.5 inches this may cause some places to disappear beneath the water's surface worse consequences are predicted in the future if we don't take measures urgently currently there are some viable solutions at hand would you like to learn about them it is necessary to

turn to renewable energies to reduce co2 emissions cars are responsible for 10 percent of co2 emissions use public transport bicycle or walk reduce your plastic use use less plastic producing plastic involves high co2 emissions in the atmosphere plant a tree taking into account the ecological characteristics of your area did you know that five trees can absorb up to one metric ton of co2 during their life cycle always recycle an interesting fact is that we would need less energy to make paper from old newspapers than if we made it using directly the wood from trees turn

off the lights whenever they are not needed if we save electricity we also reduce the energy waste required to produce it remember it's in your hands to look after the planet wanna join us in our mission [Music] did you like the video we have so many more subscribe by clicking on the seal ah and if you want to keep watching more videos click on the boxes you