By Alison Song
Now is the time to consider global warming seriously. Will it be possible to reduce Global Warming?
Global warming is a phenomenon where the average temperature of the Earth's surface increases. Usually, healthy Earth has a certain amount of greenhouse gases that maintain an average temperature of 15 degrees. The global average temperature will increase if greenhouse gas is produced more than necessary. The CNET reported that global warming has accelerated climate change, making the Earth's surface temperature the highest in the last five years.
Discontinuous incidence is happening in the Earth which is very unusual. So why has climate change gotten worse in recent years? Formerly, climate change was a natural cause. But after the Industrial Revolution, climatologists see this change as being caused by humans. The destruction and pollution of the earth's environment, including urbanization, industrialization, and deforestation, have a lot of effects on the climate. Korea also takes part in impacting global warming.
Korea is the world's ninth-largest in CO2 emissions. In addition, Korea is one of the world's top five plastic consumers which also has a huge impact on the increase in greenhouse gases. Due to this serious problem that Korea has, the Korean government announced a policy to achieve a 37% reduction rate of greenhouse gas by 2030. To reduce greenhouse gas production, all the Korean must make their personal efforts.
People should use lesser petroleum products such as plastics or plastic bags. Instead, they should use the reusable bag. Moreover, people need to reduce unnecessary energy use. For example, unplugging all the outlet while you’re not using in your home will reduce energy consumption significantly. The resources and energy that we consume recklessly to our convenience can come back to us as an inconvenience. Human’s small action will change the future.