How Agriculture Industry Affects Climate Change and Vice Versa

Hey People!!!!!!! I hope you are doing well... Nothing much has changed except for Omicron, but I hope you guys are safe and healthy. I thought that today's post would be about agriculture because it is a topic that should be touched on, especially since it is a major cause of carbon emissions. Let's get started...

As the demand for food increases, the carbon emissions from agriculture will increase. The two leading causes for carbon emissions in the agriculture industry are nitrous oxide, which is used in fertilizers and pesticides, methane, which comes from livestock. Livestock's, fertilizer's, and pesticide's carbon emissions help worsen the air quality, increase global temperatures, and contaminate water, affecting every organism's health. We can use technology to help change the agriculture industry in many different ways. We could make the manufacturing process of dairy and meat more efficient to use less carbon dioxide. But, as agriculture affects climate change, climate change also affects agriculture. This is like the circle of life. Rising global temperatures and sea levels affect plants because they need water, sunlight, and proper soil to survive and thrive. Still, as temperatures rise, it makes the soil infertile because the lack of water in the soil and rising sea levels could flood plains and farms, ruining crops. This could drive up food prices drastically, which is already happening, leading to less adequate food for every living organism. Everything is falling apart. Even though things are falling apart, we could prevent doing total catastrophic damage to our home. We could use technology to create fertilizers and pesticides, which release fewer carbon emissions to be less harmful to every living organism or use traditional farming methods. Wouldn't this be better for every living organism? Yes! Transporting produce is a significant part that contributes to climate change because most produce comes from different countries. Tons of extra and unnecessary carbon emissions are being emitted when transporting crops. Some things you can do while scientists and engineers are developing new methods are buying local produce, buying organic produce, building your garden, and growing fresh produce.

Some other things you can do are:

• The most common thing you can do is recycle, and it's probably the easiest.

• You can recycle plastic water bottles and bags, which have the recycle sign on them.

• You can also help with clean clean-ups. There are plenty of clean-ups for beaches, roads, and many more.

• You can educate people like I am trying to do.

• You can plant a tree. Why? Trees use carbon dioxide to help reduce the carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

• Use less plastic because most of it goes into the ocean and then breaks down because of the heat, which poisons the sea.

• You can walk or bike. When you walk or bike, you don't release carbon emissions. In worst cases, use public transportation because many people use it, and it doesn't release more carbon dioxide.

• You can conserve water to have water left, like taking 5-minute showers. You can buy reusable stuff, so you don't need to use too much plastic. You can participate in peaceful protests.

• You can also talk to people who have more knowledge about climate change so that you can tell other people.

• You can put a bucket in the shower when you shower, so you can use that water for your plants or clean something up.

Try to make a difference and spread the message that "Climate change is not a hoax!"

-Robotics Girl