Out Of The Borders sustainability
Alert, change is not always for good Climate Change, a real struggle becoming a challenge for the XXIst Century by Bérénice Chapon
Nowadays, climate change is a very accurate topic. Everyone knows about recycling and
consuming less. However, is knowing sufficient enough to change our behaviors? This article is trying to understand this by showing that changes do not always occur for good.
Climate change is a global transition that af- Take the example of sea and ocean pollution. fects us all. It is also a very present theme implying many consequences. Climate change is closely linked to human activity on Earth. These are long-term changes primarily created by human overconsumption of energy.
Some of these consequences are:
The oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface and alone contain phenomenal pollution. Much of the plastic waste ends up decomposing in the ocean. This kind of pollution is just the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, the tons of plastics dumped in the world’s oceans led to the involuntary creation of a 6th continent made entirely of plastic.
These different plastics take thousands of years to disintegrate and will, therefore affect the entire maritime ecosystem. Most of the fish we eat have first ingested the plastics that we reject. So, ironically, all this overconsumption has pushed us to swallow our waste and those against our sandstone. Men and their way of consuming are the only ones responsible for our current food poisoning. Another consequence of global warming is the ris-
And it affects all sectors...
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ing waters due to the melting of glaciers in the Arctic Ocean. This phenomenon, combined with the consequent release of CO2 into the atmosphere, is responsible for acidifying the oceans and its global warming. This result will have severe consequences for the future of flora and fauna of each ocean. The first will be the change of species in some environments, others will be forced to adapt, and a final category of species will disappear. This category broadly includes polar bears, which are already in great danger of extinction.
