Climate Change is a consequence of the rapid industrialisation of the world and human neglect/unawareness of pollution. The industrial revolution, while an important event in modern history, also kickstarted industrial pollution and as a consequence caused climate change. Are there any real ways to prevent it, or does the current political landscape not allow any such preventive actions to be put in effect due to the favoritism showed to corporations, industrialists and how they see these preventive actions as 'non-beneficial'?

this makes a lot of sense and i understand what you mean by "are there any real ways to prevent it..." i do think there are at least a couple but they might not be possible at this point in climate change.

climate change has always been a problem but It is not caused purely by humans but they help it increase. all things that produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses can increase the effect of climate change. like: cows, chickens, and all other mammals. they exhale carbon dioxide as a byproduct of cellular respiration. so climate change is not purely human-caused but mostly human-caused.some ways to reduce it would be to:
1) reduce home energy use-Switch to energy-efficient appliances and LED light bulbs.
2) Rethink your transportation-Walk, bike, or use public transportation instead of driving.
3) Change your diet-Eat less meat, especially red meat, and more plant-based foods, as livestock farming is a major source of greenhouse gases.
4) Consume less and reduce waste-Buy less overall and avoid impulse purchases.
5) Support renewable energy Switch to a renewable energy provider for your home if possible.

Fossil fuels are the main cause of rising temperature and climate change. Burning them for energy releases large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Since we use fossil fuels for many different purposes, like industrial processing, energy production, and transportation, we can't immediately stop using fossil fuels. But if people will slowly change, at first, energy production, then use this energy for industrial processing, and change all cars, and other transport to electric ones. Then this will help our planet a lot.

I think that this is an issue that needs to be addressed. However, I think this problem would be better handled regionally, not globally. I live in an area that produces almost three times as much carbon per year than average. I think that we would need to bring the carbon emissions average down by drastic changes in smaller regions. This is because it is very hard to accurately judge progress on a global scale. This could lead to inaccurate data.

I agree, Makar! Turning over to renewable resources from fossil fuels will definitely mitigate climate change and balance the carbon cycle again. However, achieving this is extremely challenging - society and our global economy is heavily reliant on fossil fuels to power transportation, industrial production, and energy generation. To cease use of fossil fuels would facilitate economic collapse worldwide; corporations and stakeholders with financial interest in fossil fuels will actively deny and refuse the transition to renewable energy, sowing doubt among the people. Our daily lives are deeply intertwined with fossil fuel consumption, with many people unwilling to give up this resource. A very slow change initially will definitely be the best approach, and hopefully the accumulative effort will lead the planet to a better future.

In my opinion, we should not stop using fossil fuels completely. We should definitely use them less, but I don’t think it would be possible to stop using them completely .

Fuels are burned to make energy. They release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which hurts the planets environment by increasing the temperature. We need to stop burning fossil fuels and switch to a different energy source like solar power.

I totally agree with you. Fossil fuels and sedimentary rocks were not made to be burnt and used the way us humans are using them. Nature has a way of dealing with things and that is how it use to deal with carbon dioxide. The rocks absorb and store carbon dioxide. This process took millions of years of work and humans have been burning these fossils for daily use (as an energy source), destroying so much irreversible work. I also agree that we should switch to a different energy source like solar energy or windmill energy, however the way these things are priced is unrealistic. Solar panels have a high price rate as well as a high maintenance consumption. This causes some annoyance for some people and for others it may cause financial instability. Even though some have both the patience and money, they may not have the time to clean and set up the solar panels. This issue is not widely discussed, but I believe that if the government or solar panel companies could lower the price or/and be available to set up and come clean the panels every so often more people would be willing to switch their main energy source to try to help slow down climate change.

People believe that climate change is fake because they argue that it's still -10 degrees outside. That's the weather. Weather and climate are two very similar, but different things. Weather is the temperature of the current day. Climate is the temperature, precipitation rates, storm possibilities, and more. Climate tells us what the average weather will be for a certain time period. Over the years, we have seen the climate increase and more and more carbon dioxide gets released into the atmosphere.

If climate change is fake, then are the ice caps melting? Why are coral reefs going extinct? You may think that increasing the sea levels by 2 meters is nothing, but the effects are catastrophic. Many parts of the world including Florida, Miami, Bangkok, and more will be underwater. So what? Who cares about these cities? It's not about the cities. It's about the people. Who will pay for all the damage caused by these floods? Where will all the people populating the cities go? If we do not do something now, it will become much harder later to fix these problems.

Exactly, People really need to open their eyes nowadays, we are heading into a dark future. I hope to live in a future where my future grandkids will be able to see snow. I have a half-sister that dreams of seeing snow someday. As our carbon emissions go higher than ever recorded, I don't think it will be possible in the future unless we act now. Can you believe that after the industrial period, we have produced over 1,800 GtCO₂ which is 37.8 billion metric tons. How will we ever recover from this. As sea levels rise, i feel like more people are covering their eyes and ears as they don't believe this is really happening. 99% of scientists believe that climate change is real, but why don't the people believe? I'll tell you why; they are too scared to realize that us humans will go extinct in a matter of a few decades if we keep up our carbon emissions. There are ways we can reduce carbon, A bunch actually, but people live too lavish to care. If we can't do something about this right here and right now, our species is done. Mother nature can live without us. But we can't live without her.

Yeah, I strongly agree with what you guys are saying. We need to wake up to what climate change is doing to our planet,and not just in small places, like the pacific islands or the Maldives that don't really affect a large number of places, but everywhere. People have ignored the problem for so long, only because it didn't DIRECTLY impact their daily lives.And only now are people realising that this is real and they suddenly have to do something about it. But what about the people who have already been suffering for years, who had to move because rising sea levels made their country go extinct. These people have been trying to tell us for years that climate change is real, we are the problem, but we haven't listened until now. We all have to do something now to stop climate change before it's too late.

Climate change is real and also primarily caused by human activities. Scientific evidence from many sources, like ice cores and satellite data, can show that the Earth is warming at a faster rate due to human activity and the expansion of the greenhouse effect. The main factor of this would be the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil, which has significantly increased the amount of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.

I agree climate change is a problem we can no longer side line. Although there are scientists working on this issue right now there is not nearly enough. Climate change as a problem is being completely underestimated. Human activity and expansion has caused more harm than good for the very environment we live in. The greenhouse gas problem has gotten completely out of hand. Even though, there are solar panels and some sources of green energy it is not nearly enough. I am confident that with enough attention and resources we could effectively find a better source of green energy or refine the things we have already.

I would agree with you on the point that climate change is real and human accelerated. Also, I think that it is very frightening that many people don't believe this. Finally, I would like to applaud you for your use of citing the scientific evidence of ice cores and satellite data.

I agree with this. Climate change is very real, and very much human accelerated. The earth's temperature is about 1.42 Celsius warmer than it was before the industrial revolution, when we started burning fossil fuels. Human actions are the reason that the earths surface is warming and for many animals going extinct. By 2050 it is estimated that during the summer, we will be able to sail across the arctic.

To reduce emissions, my family has switched to a car that is capable of running on E80 instead of an electric vehicle. Electricity is still mainly produced using coal and other fossil fuels which are less efficient than burning it directly in a gas powered car or a hybrid vehicle. Even more, these fuels such as coal and oil are non renewable whereas E80 produces less CO2 than pure gasoline and is mostly made of ethanol which is renewable.

Climate Change is real, it is occurring at a fast rate. The planet's average surface temperature has risen by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 19th century. Ice has been melting in Greenland and Antarctica are decreasing in mass. The royal society has an article about the basics of climate change, for example, greenhouse gases affect Earth's energy balance and climate. The sun is Earth's primary energy source, much of that solar energy is re-emitted into heat, this goes with the greenhouse effect because greenhouse gases are polluted gases in the atmosphere that absorb the heat energy and emit it, adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere enhances the effect, making the atmosphere even lower. If we put an end or even limit our greenhouse gas use, we can heavily impact a change.

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Yes, climate change is real, and the evidence shows that human activity is the main cause. Scientists have studied global temperature records, ice cores, ocean temperatures, and atmospheric greenhouse gas levels for decades. These studies show that the Earth is warming faster than it ever has in natural cycles, and this warming closely matches the increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released by humans through burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial activity. Other evidence includes shrinking glaciers and ice sheets, rising sea levels, more frequent and intense heatwaves, stronger storms, and changing weather patterns that are all consistent with what climate models predict for human-caused warming. While some people may question the science, the overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that climate change is happening and humans are largely responsible. Understanding this evidence is critical because it guides the actions we take to reduce emissions, protect ecosystems, and prepare communities for the impacts of a changing climate.

Climate change is a very real issue and people who deny its existence have not seen the effects or the data. There is undeniable proof that climate change is real however, the question lies on the idea of whether the entire thing is humans fault. Climate change in itself is not human caused it is a thing that would have occurred in nature over the course of millions and billions of years. Humanity as a society is rapidly increasing the rate at which this natural process takes place. We deforest and destroy numerous natural habitats that would have significantly slowed the process by cleansing the air. Not only that we release mass amounts of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds like methane into the air in large quantities every year. We pollute and destroy water ways and the aquatic life in them by using pesticides and dumping chemical waste which in the end does lead to a rapid increase in the pace that climate change accelerates by further destroying the environment around us. So to conclude climate change is real and although not human caused, is rapidly increasing the natural process where climate change takes place because of human intervention and destruction.

Yes, climate change is real, and is at minimum, 95% human caused; This is because of our man-made inventions like factories and vehicles/transportation that emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Our man-made inventions negatively impact many environments, for example, the most popular environment impacted being the arctic and its glaciers.

yes, I think humans are the cause of climate change. Before the industrial revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was low but during the industrial revolution the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose up a lot and the climate started to change and get warmer. Humans did actions such as burning fossil fuels, and deforestation which warmed the earth at a higher rate. Agriculture also creates a big impact on climate change. for every second that passes, about 1 football field of forest is cut down for agriculture. most of the crops are grown for animal feed. Animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change. The demand for animal products is high, they have to raise a lot of animals. The animals eat and drink a lot, and they produce a lot of methane which is 80x more harmful than carbon dioxide.

Hello, I would also like to add a few examples of humans negatively impacting the earth. One prime example of this that comes to mind is the Holocene, known as the current geological period on earth that had allowed for the Anthropocene to come (David Attenborough, A Life on our Planet). Although geologically we are still in the Holocene, the Holocene epoch was very different than it used to be 11,690 years ago due to us humans destroying habitats and killing various animals. A more specific example of this is how the California plains with many wild bison were killed because of humans making space for agriculture and homes. (David Attenborough, Planet Earth, Season 1, The Great Plains).

I agree with you Latiao_strips, that humans play a major role in climate change, and you explained the connection between fossil fuels, deforestation, and agriculture really clearly. The jump in carbon dioxide since the industrial revolution is especially strong evidence—scientists can see it in ice cores and direct measurements from places like Mauna Loa, and those increases line up with when we started burning coal, oil, and gas on a large scale. I also think it’s important that you mentioned methane from livestock, because a lot of people don’t realize how powerful that greenhouse gas is compared to CO₂. We can already see the effects you described in things like more intense heat waves, stronger storms, and melting ice. It makes me think that individual choices (like our diets or energy use) and bigger policy changes both need to work together if we want to slow this down.

You're absolutely right, humans are to blame for the rapid rise of climate change. The sudden rise after the industrial revolution is enough to clearly indicate that we have directly affected our atmosphere. Everything from the transportation to the food we eat and the products we buy, almost all of it negatively impacts the environment. I think nothing is done by a lot of people to slow down their emissions because it can feel futile to try and stop something that's going to happen regardless, and this feeding into nihility is going to kill our planet if nothing is actually done about it.

Climate change is defined as a long term shift in global climate caused by human activity.  This definition proves the fact that climate change is human caused. This still does not explain if it is real or not. A trend since the start of burning fossil fuels during the 1800s shows a drop in global temperatures. The drop in climate is directly related to human activity such as burning fossil fuels.  According to NASA, “The current warming trend is different because it is clearly the result of human activities since the mid-1800s, and is proceeding at a rate not seen over many recent millennia.” another quote that also proves the correlation between burning fossil fuels and climate change from clientearth.org, “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that emissions from fossil fuels are the dominant cause of global warming. In 2018, 89% of global CO2 emissions came from fossil fuels and industry.” This shows the correlation between climate change and burning of fossil fuels by proving that fossil fuels releases the most greenhouse gases. Those greenhouse gasses are what cause the change in the global climate.

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According to records, 100-200 years ago, the maximum high temperature for my city (Sacramento, CA) throughout the entire summer was around 100 F. Now, however, we regularly see temperatures in the hundreds each summer, sometimes even seeing temperatures above 110 F (115 degrees Fahrenheit a few years ago), which leads to drought and wildfires, among other things. One danger that this causes for humans is that when wildfires occur, the valley in which we live in traps the smoke like a bowl, causing risk for things like lung disease for the residents of this area.

It's more than obvious that the ozone layer is the most important thing that we have in the earth's atmosphere.But what's happening to it? Well, for beginners, climate change is rapidly increasing throughout the carbon footprints.Around the whole wide world, by the emissions of many greenhouse gasses all over the world. But the main cause of this is human population, but how does this contribute to climate change?At all, let's start with the basic over consumption and fast fashion. Fast fashion is clothing that is only popular for a short while, which means that half of the clothes that people buy that are fast fashion, end up going into wastelands, which then get led into the ocean leading up to more waste in the ocean. Which then admit more greenhouse gases By the heat coming for off the clothes, repelling from the sun's heat out into the atmosphere again. But fast fashion isn't the only thing caused by the human population.Another thing caused by the human population would be the increase of demand and food.Since many people are reproducing having more kids making a bigger family.The demand in food has been growing rapidly. The demanded food also contributes to the demand in farming supplies being need, this excludes non electric farming utilities and farming equipment, not powered by gas. The tractors that are being used to fertilize crops and collect crops. Admit tons of carbon out into the world, because they use gaps, which then forms smoke and is set out into the environment, which then thins our ozone layers. The protecting us from space, which means that the great a nation's population is the higher demand of food. Which then leads to a higher admission of greenhouse gasses, which in all contributes to climate change. Well, all these explanations muster up the question is climate change even real and how so? The way that we know that climate change is really because over the years of after the industrial revolution.When the rise of human population was increasing rapidly, the ozone layer began to thin out.Because of the carbon emissions created by the greenhouse gases, which caused the earth to get hotter by the ozone layer, trapping in all G.H.G which Caused our planet to heat up. This is how we can tell that not only is climate change. Real, but that it was increased rapidly by humans, meaning that climate change is real.Not just tyat but it is human caused this doesnt mean that it's only caused by humans, but that the main cause of climate change is mainly humans.

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I agree

Yes it is.

yes, all the pollution in the oceans and a lot of the CO2 in the air was caused by us.

I believe it is due to our large carbon and fossil fuel emissions, constantly warming the planet.

It is caused by us. Via big corporations polluting the atmosphere, and the average persons daily life impacts the C02 pollution as well.

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Yes. I fully believe that humans are the main cause of climate change. The reason for this is because most of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is caused by humans. Humans cause CO2 to be released by cutting down trees for various reasons (ex. clearing land for agriculture, paper production), breeding animals for meat consumption, burning fossil fuels (ex. transportation, heating), electricity use, and so much more. I feel that if we were to reduce some of the things we do to contribute to the CO2 in the environment, then the world would head towards a cleaner and safer future.

If you are a student, you may not think that you can do much to help out, but there are many things you can do including eat less meat, take shorter showers, turn off any electrical device when it is not being currently used, take public transportation, walk, or bike whenever possible, and throw your waste in the right bins. I'm not telling you to change your whole lifestyle, but if we all try to reduce even a little bit of the things we do to contribute to climate change, then we can make a huge impact to change the outcome of the future. Try to do whatever is possible for you.

you're right, we are causing far to much CO2 to enter the atmosphere and this needs to stop. while personal action will help there will always someone who doesn't care, which is why big corporations also need to play a role.

I agree as well, we are causing way to much pollution and C02 to enter our and atmosphere. And we need to do something about it. We need to get big groups of people to help the cause, while individual help and still impact it. Bigger groups get attention better than just one person.

I completely agree Humans have single handed raised the ppm of CO2 by almost 125 since 1960

climate change is human caused because we breathe out carbon no mater what so every breath you take adds on and on and on so even if you try your most to live a life trying to not "contribute" you still will

Climate change is somewhat human caused. Climate change itself was going to happen just from natural events that heat up the climate. However, humans have greatly sped up climate change with gas cars, factories, and fossil fueled powered things. So to answer your question climate change happens because of natural events, but humans have sped up the process of heating of the earth due to what we use as fuel.

I believe it is caused by humans because apart from necessary things we need in life, we’re creating/doing unnecessary things and hurting the environment more just for our entertainment that don’t even always last.

I agree I think that humans cause all of our earths problems. Things need to change before we could help stop climate change.

yeah lots of things we do need to change like factories and stuff that produce CO2.

I agree that climate change is human caused, but its mainly big corporations, not necessarily one person.

Yes, everyone has a carbon output which attributes to climate change, these carbon emissions contribute to climate change by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. We can all reduce our carbon emissions by using electric cars or things that don't put as much carbon into our air.

yes everyone contributes to co2 emissions and this warms our planet. we need to get group action involved to stop climate change from hurting earth permanently.

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Yes everyone contributes to climate change with their C02 emissions, but the largest contributors are major companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and major oil companies.

yeah its real cause everything with technology has some impact on the environment which makes the planet hotter. i saw this article that says phyto plankton that supplies 60% of the oxygen we breath will die if the planet keeps getting hotter

YES, it absolutely is. Humans are the main cause of climate change, but there may also be some natural causes too. So the answer is mostly.

I learned that I don't recycle as much as I thought and will try to do a better job at recycling

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Air travel is one of the most carbon-intensive activities an individual can engage in. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), commercial aviation accounts for about 2–3% of global CO₂ emissions, but its overall climate impact is higher due to the release of other gases at high altitudes, which amplify warming effects (Lee et al., 2021). Air travel has become an integral part of global connectivity, enabling economic development, cultural exchange, and personal freedom. However, its environmental cost—particularly in terms of carbon emissions, is significant and often underestimated.

Climate change is a very real and is mainly caused by humans, although many people are doubtful this is even occurring. Climate change is the long-term change in Earth’s temperature, weather patterns, and climate systems. According to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Earth’s average temperature has increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 1800s, and most of that increase has happened since 1975. This is due to the pollution from cars, factories and power plants. However, there have been natural factors that contribute to climate change such as volcanic eruptions or changes in the sun’s energy. While these might not be the main causes, they do speed up the process. Without humans, climate change may occur over many years, but nowhere near as quick or devastating as it is now.