Tech in Climate Change

By Zach May

Learn about climate change, why it’s important and how technology can stop it.

Information courtesy of Global Change.

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As time goes on, our problem of climate change keeps growing more and more, and with each passing day, the pollution in the sky keeps increasing. This pollution affects us and other animals around us. Ice caps are melting, animals are losing their habitats, our temperature is rising and natural disasters are increasing, and all of these problems are due to the actions of humans. If this problem keeps going, all animals on earth will die and soon, we will be unable to breathe in the air, due to it being too toxic and dangerous.

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The cause of climate change and all of the pollution is factories, generators, and mines. Carbon dioxide is the result of burning fossil fuels, which contributes to climate change. Factories use fuel and steam to run machines and electricity. We get electricity from burning fossil fuels and nuclear energy, which generate steam to power steam turbines that can spin fast enough to generate electricity. However, those power plants generate a lot of pollution, which also contributes to climate change.

In modern days, we can produce electricity by using nature to our advantage. That energy is called reusable energy, which comes from solar panels, wind mills, hydropower, biomass and geothermal power plants. They work by using nature and advanced electronics to convert it into electricity. Solar panels work by collecting heat from the sun to generate electricity. Wind mills use wind to spin large propeller blades that generate electricity. Hydropower uses dams and flowing rivers to rotate water mills, which creates electricity. Biomass energy comes from burning dead or alive plants to create heat, which can then be converted to electricity. Geothermal energy is from boiling water with hot temperatures from deep underground to generate steam to rotate propellers and convert to electricity. Some of these are more efficient than others, but they all share one common thing: they don’t pollute, and all energy is from nature. However, the downside to renewable energy is that they are quite expensive and some are hard to construct. However, you can help by installing solar panels onto your house, and although it might not seem helpful, it means one less household is using energy from fossil fuels.