Human activity, beyond greenhouse gas emissions, significantly impacts the climate through environmental degradation like deforestation, land-use changes, and agriculture. These activities destroy natural carbon sinks and alter the Earth's surface, contributing over 20% of global CO2 emissions. Studies highlight that soil degradation and deforestation aggravate wa

 Human activity, beyond greenhouse gas emissions, significantly impacts the climate through environmental degradation like deforestation, land-use changes, and agriculture. These activities destroy natural carbon sinks and alter the Earth's surface, contributing over 20% of global CO2 emissions. Studies highlight that soil degradation and deforestation aggravate warming. 

Key ways environmental degradation drives climate change include:

Deforestation and Land Use: -
Logging, fires, and changing land use release massive amounts of carbon, accounting for a significant portion of emissions.
Agricultural Impact:-
 Livestock production releases methane, and fertilizer use is a primary source of nitrous oxide.
Surface Reflectivity (Albedo): -
Urbanization and agriculture alter the Earth's surface reflectivity, leading to localized warming.
Degradation of Ecosystems: -
The destruction of forests and ecosystems reduces the planet's ability to absorb CO2. 
      These actions not only add to atmospheric carbon but also destroy vital, natural defenses against climate change. 
Greenhouse gas emissions -
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect which contributes to climate change. Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is burning issue.
 Climate Change is estimated that logging, clearcutting, fires, and other forms of forest degradation release an average of 8.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Causes of climate change :-
Burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests and farming livestock are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth's temperature. This adds enormous amount.
   The impact of short-lived climate pollutants on the human health.
 Methane is primarily produced by three sources: fossil fuel production, agriculture (including livestock and rice production), and waste. Reducing methane emissions.
Global Warming and Its Health Impact :-
Human activities have increased greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the Earth's atmosphere that rised
Causes and Effects of Climate Change | 
"We are losing the web of life": What the nature crisis means for you.So as climate change is degrading these ecosystems, it is degrading their ability to protect us against it.

MJF Lion ER YK Sharma 

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