Introduction - Balram Sharma (#7)

The world has faced drastic changes in the years since the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries occurred. Perhaps one of the changes that will affect us the most in the near future is climate change, or in particular, global warming. Global warming has lasting impacts on the planet's environment, and is, therefore, one of the most widely-discussed topics in this day and age. It is caused by various factors, including human activity. Many scientists, having conducted extensive research pertaining to the phenomenon, are of the opinion that human activity is the predominant cause of climate change, however, many other people firmly believe that global warming is a natural process, and that certain scientific discoveries are inaccurate. As I see it, man is, in fact, responsible for climate change, to a major extent, but cannot be blamed fully for climate change.