CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: IMPLICATIONS

ON EARTHS INHABITANTS

Obijole, O. A., Babajide, J.O., Akinlami, O.O., Omodara, N.B and Adekunbi, E.A.

Department of Chemistry,

Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria.

E-mail: objwale@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper attempts to look at the changing climate and its implications on the planet earth and its inhabitants. The climate is changing and the earth is warming up. The overwhelming scientific consensus is that the climate change and its products are human induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their inhabitants on the decrease while the chances for ecosystem to adapt naturally are diminishing. This is one of the greatest threats facing the planet. This paper x-rayed the various human activities; that is bringing about the climate change as well as its implication on the lives, health and wellbeing of the earth’s inhabitants. The concluding part of the review calls for the need to protect the inhabitants of the earth from the worst impact of climate change and global warming.