P.G. Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University, Srinagar, 190001, India.
Center of Research for Development CORD, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, India.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 May;28(20):24872-24888. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-13139-7. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
Even though climate change involves much more than warming, it is the name given to a set of physical phenomena. It is a long-term change in weather patterns that characterises different regions of the world. The warming effect in the earth's atmosphere has dramatically increased through the influence of some heat-taping gases emitted by various human activities, especially fossil fuel burning. The more the input of such gases, the more will be the warming effect in the coming times. Global climate change is already visible in various parts of the larger ecosystems like forests, fisheries, biodiversity, and agriculture; however, it is now also influencing the supply of freshwater, human health, and well-being. This paper reviews climate change drivers, its global scenario, major global events, and assessing climate change impacts. The most daunting problem of economic and ecological risks, along with the threats to humanity, is also discussed. The paper further reviews the species' vulnerability to climate change and the heat waves and human migration vis-à-vis climate change. Climate change politics and coverage of climate change episodes in mass media is the special focus of this review that concludes with a few mitigation measures.
尽管气候变化涉及的不仅仅是变暖，但它是一组物理现象的名称。它是世界不同地区天气模式的长期变化。地球大气层的变暖效应通过各种人类活动排放的一些吸热气体的影响而急剧增加，尤其是化石燃料的燃烧。这种气体的输入越多，未来的变暖效应就越大。气候变化已经在更大的生态系统的各个部分显现出来，如森林、渔业、生物多样性和农业；然而，它现在也在影响淡水供应、人类健康和福祉。本文综述了气候变化的驱动因素、全球状况、主要全球事件以及对气候变化影响的评估。还讨论了经济和生态风险以及对人类的威胁这一最严峻的问题。本文还进一步审查了物种对气候变化的脆弱性以及气候变化与热浪和人类迁移的关系。气候变化政治和大众媒体对气候变化事件的报道是这篇综述的特别关注点，最后提出了一些缓解措施。
