JawaPos.com – The Earth is warming due to climate change. Climate change and global warming impact the earth, including rising global temperatures, sea level rise and extreme weather events. Aside from that, the emergence of viruses from within the ice is another indicator. More recently, polar bears are forced to eat garbage. Why?
Following the recent United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP 15) 2022 which was held from 7 to 19 December 2022, world leaders concluded important agreements to protect nature and prevent biodiversity loss. The threat of climate change starts from greenhouse gas emissions, burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and others.
Live science compiling signals that planet earth is approaching the threat of climate disaster. Here are some of them:
1. Zombie viruses
In November 2022, scientists reportedly rediscovered a 48,000-year-old zombie virus buried under a frozen lake in Siberia, Russia. There are concerns about the Pandora virus which could lead to the next pandemic or even worse.
2. Global sea level rise
Scientists use climate models to show that global sea level rise from global warming could affect US coastlines by 2050. Specifically, cities along the East Coast and the Lowlands, in 2021, these levels have set a new record of 3.8 inches by 2021, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
3. The glaciers are melting
The United Nations this year reported that half of the planet’s ice cover could be lost by 2100 unless the world does something about climate-damaging emissions. The report is in line with the Paris Agreement to limit global temperatures to at least 1.5 degrees Celsius to combat climate change.
4. Polar bears eat garbage
The loss of sea ice due to climate change and global warming has forced some polar bears to eat trash and dirty diapers. In Hudson Bay, the public has seen Arctic bears consume plastic bags and even human diapers in human-populated areas, according to Canada’s CBC News.
The animals’ habitat loss has reportedly left them with no choice but to migrate from their original sanctuary in the Arctic, where they feed on seals, fish and other prey.
Publisher: Edy Pramana
Reporter: Marieska Harya Virdhani
