Experts in climatology and other sc

Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extremely concerned about the changes to our climate which are taking place. Admittedly, climate changes have occurred on our planet before. For example, there have been several ice ages or glacial periods.
These climatic changes, however, were different from the modern ones in that they occurred gradually and, as far as we know, naturally. The changes currently being monitored are said to be the result not of natural causes, but of human activity. Furthermore, the rate of change is becoming alarmingly rapid.
The major problem is that the planet appears to be warming up. According to some experts, this warming process, known as , is occurring at a rate unprecedented in the last 10,000 years. The for the planet are very serious. Rising global temperatures could give rise to such
as extremely high increases in the incidence of flooding and of . These in turn could have a harmful effect on agriculture.
It is thought that this unusual warming of the Earth has been caused by so-called , such as carbon dioxide, being emitted into the by car engines and modern industrial processes, for example. Such gases not only add to the pollution of the atmosphere, but also create a greenhouse effect, by which the heat of the sun in trapped. This leads to the
warming up of the planet.
Politicians are also concerned about climate change and there are now regular summits on the subject, attended by representatives from around 180 of the world’s industrialized countries. Of these summits, the most important took place in Kyoto in Japan in 1997. There it was agreed that the most industrialized countries would try to reduce the volume of greenhouse gas emissions and were given targets for this reduction of emissions.
It was also suggested that more forests should be planted to create so-called sinks to absorb greenhouse gases. At least part of the problem of rapid climate change has been caused by too .
Sadly, the targets are not being met. Even more sadly, global warnings about climate changes are often still being regarded as scaremongering.