Will we survive on Earth?
If we ask, “Will we survive on Earth?” to several people, we will receive different answers because some people think that climate change isn’t a real problem. But the truth is that it is one of the biggest obstacles we are facing nowadays.
If we decide to ignore this problem, we will be disregarding our extinction too. In the XXI century, the pollution created by human activities is responsible for the fast warming of the planet. To some people, that only means higher temperatures, and that is the other problem, the ignorance of people. Humanity is trying to evolve but doesn't care about the consequences. The Earth is a set of interconnected subsystems, and when we interfere with one of them, we are involuntarily affecting all the others. In this case, global warming is causing intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, flooding, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms, and declining biodiversity.
To sum up, in my opinion, the answer to the question "Will we survive on Earth?" depends on what we are willing to sacrifice to save our planet.
Do you think the governments will be capable of putting the life of our planet before money?
Maria Quadrada, 10th H
