Volume-XII, Special Issue, April 2026 |
Modern civilization is largely responsible for Global Warming Manasi Bhunia Mal, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Mugberia Gangadhar Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal, India |
Received: 13.03.2026 | Accepted: 10.04.2026 | Published Online: 10.04.2026 | Page No: 255-261 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.specialW.289 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
The Earth was formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago, and at that time, it was free from pollution. Scientists estimate that humans appeared about three hundred thousand years ago, and since then, humans have extracted resources from nature to build settlements, agricultural fields, mining areas, industries, and urban centres. In the modern world, with the advancement of mechanical civilization, various toxic gases are being produced due to reckless human activities. These gases are forming a blanket-like layer over the Earth, which allows short-wave solar radiation to penetrate to the surface, but when this radiation is reflected back as long waves, it is trapped by this layer. As a result, the Earth's temperature is gradually increasing is called global warming, which is slowly leading humanity and the planet towards destruction. Due to this global warming, the Earth's average temperature will increase by 5.8 degrees Celsius, glaciers will melt, sea levels will rise by 15 to 95 centimetres (by 2050), the frequency of natural disasters will increase, agricultural production will decrease, approximately 17 percent of Bangladesh's land will be submerged under seawater, and in India, 5,763 square kilometres of coastal area will be submerged, creating a new problem of environmental refugees. Major floods and droughts will occur, and cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, the Maldives, the Sundarbans, and London will be submerged. The sources of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus rivers will dry up, groundwater levels will drop. For every one-degree Celsius increase in temperature, rice and wheat production will decrease by 10%, India's GDP will decrease by 5%, the incidence of epidemics and diseases will increase, and by 2075, the Earth's biodiversity will be lost. So this is the best time to learn from past mistakes and make the right for happier life and for the future generations. | ||
Keywords: nature, pollution, modern civilization, temperature, biodiversity, public participation |