CRY OF THE EARTH

Written by: Divyansh Agrawal

Edited by: Jay Kewlani

Global temperatures are rising, ice caps melting, wildfires blazing through forests, hurricanes destroying everything in their way, diseases spreading, and people still think that climate change isn't real. Mother earth is crying, it’s crying loudly. We need to lend our ears to such shrieks and screams and take precaution to stop the bellowing. Stuff that has never happened before is happening now. I would like to justify myself by talking about a few of the things that happened and are happening:-

1. The Burst of the Mexico Pipeline Causing the eye of fire:

It seems like something that could only appear in a movie, but it was reality: The ocean was on fire. A gas leak west of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula broke out of an underwater pipeline, causing bright flames to appear to boil up to the Gulf of Mexico's surface and create what many described as an "eye of fire".

The ocean was on fire. Fire on Water. Not on Oil. On Water. That’s how impossible we’ve become. The damage we’ve caused has exceeded limits and it seems like there’s no turning back...

2. The once massive Okjökull glacier bites the dust:

July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth since record keeping began in 1880. Nine out of the 10 hottest Julys ever recorded have occurred since 2005, and July was the 43rd consecutive July to register temperatures above the 20th century average.In Greenland, scientists were stunned by how rapidly the ice sheet is melting, as it was revealed the ice there was not expected to melt like this until 2070. As a result, the world lost Okjökull, Iceland's first glacier, to climate change.

3. Rising Temperatures:

The difference between 1.5C, 2C or 3-4C average global warming can sound marginal. In fact, they represent vastly different scenarios for the future of humanity.

The frequency of disasters, the survival of plants and animals, the spread of diseases, the stability of our global climate system and - ultimately - the possibility for humanity to survive on this planet hinge on these few degrees.

Changes:

However, there is still hope. You could stop climate change by taking these small steps:

• Say No to Plastics

• Take care of your carbon footprint

• Be Eco-Friendly

• Unplug your devices if not in use

• Drive Less

• Conserver Water

• Use social media to raise awareness