Post 4 Climate Change in Chile

Climate change is a natural phenomenon that currently affects to the planet as a result of the human life style.  It is call climatic change because the clime on the planet is modified by a lot of agents like the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, the pollution, greenhouse effect and global warming.

Chile is one of the most affected countries by climate change and one of the reasons is that Chile is located in low latitude and all the pollution generated in high latitude emigrates to here on summer. In consequently it stay a concentration of CO2 in Chilean’s atmosphere.

Another reason is that the presence of high mountains as an Andes Mountains and Coast Mountains causes poor air ventilation in cities like Santiago, Temuco, Rancagua and Concepcion, hence this situation cause a phenomenon that is call urban heat island effect that mean for example cities warms for the night.

In conclusion Chile is affected by the climate change because it is geographically vulnerable.