21. Yüzyilin en Büyük Tehdi̇di̇: Küresel İkli̇m Deği̇şi̇kli̇ği̇

Abstract

With the intensive use of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal, which are the main factors of global climate change after industrialization, the amount of toxic greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased and respiratory diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, COPD have reached a significant rate in associate with the air pollution that has emerged. The projections on the effects of climate change are foreseen to be more severely affected by the Mediterranean Basin. The expected effects of climate change all over the world include increasing the number and severity of climate-related natural disasters such as floods, fires, storms and earthquakes; there are changes in precipitation pattern, emergence of invasive species due to excessive heat waves and global epidemics. In the last twenty years, climate disasters caused annual average 462 million of dollars’ economic damage. Therefore, it is really important in this struggle for everyone to take responsibility.

Changes That May Occur in Temperature, Rain, and Climate Types Due to Global Climate Change: The Example of Düzce

“…In order to prevent or at least mitigate the possible destructive effects of global climate change, the causes of climate change must first be eliminated. It is stated that the main reason for global climate change is human-induced changes in the structure of the atmosphere, especially industrial activities (Turkyilmaz et al, 2018a, b;Demirbaş and Aydın, 2020). Many studies emphasize that pollutants such as CO2, particulate matter, and heavy metals in the atmosphere have increased significantly in recent years (Aricak et al, 2019).…”

“…The increase in the concentration of CO2, greenhouse gases, and particulate matter in the atmosphere due to human and industrial activities and the use of fossil fuels destroyed the natural environment, and the depletion of the ozone layer causes an increase in global temperature (Demirbaş and Aydın, 2020;Gür and Palta, 2021;Ertugrul et al, 2021). The global climate change that emerged from this is seen as the most crucial threat today (Demirbaş and Aydın, 2020).…”

“…The increase in the concentration of CO2, greenhouse gases, and particulate matter in the atmosphere due to human and industrial activities and the use of fossil fuels destroyed the natural environment, and the depletion of the ozone layer causes an increase in global temperature (Demirbaş and Aydın, 2020;Gür and Palta, 2021;Ertugrul et al, 2021). The global climate change that emerged from this is seen as the most crucial threat today (Demirbaş and Aydın, 2020). This is because it is predicted that global climate change will affect almost all living things and ecosystems directly or indirectly and will have destructive and irreversible effects on ecosystems (Gustavsson et al, 2017;Meli et al, 2017;Varol et al, 2021).…”