Science Behind Climate Change

People have always formed their own opinions on climate change. It's not an unheard of issue. While most of the science points to the idea that climate change is man-made, there are still a plethora of people that either deny its existence, or deny its connection to humans.

Climate Change As Being Man-made
Most of the science points to climate change being man-made. CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels stay in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. With the constant stream of CO2 being emitted, there is not enough dissipating at a constant rate. The build up of CO2 leads to higher temperatures.

Over the course of a century, the average world wide temperature has only gone up 1-2 degrees Fahrenheit, but each year we are seeing increasingly more extreme weather conditions. Tropical storms are getting larger, tornadoes and thunderstorms are more frequent, tsunamis are more devastating, summers are hotter, and winters have more snowfall.

Climate Change As A Natural Cycle
While much of science points to climate change being man-made, there are still those that believe it to be a natural cycle. The earth has gone through many temperature changes since its start all those billions of years ago. It went from a molten ball of lava and fire to a frozen wasteland, then back again and again until we get to where we are now: a livable planet with the perfect conditions for life. There are those people that believe that the earth is just going through another warm spell, and that it's unavoidable.



Climate Change As Nonexistence
There is also evidence that there is an increase in polar ice caps, which leads to the assumption that climate change is neither man-made nor a natural cycle -- it's nonexistent. Many people that advocate against the existence of climate change