‘Earth May Become Like Venus’- Weather Specialist

A Weather specialist on Monday said there is a big possibility that planet earth will become the hottest planet in the solar system unless the government adopts laws that control human beings from destroying the human world.

Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration(PAGASA) chief Oscar Tabada in a radio interview said there is only one hottest planet now, the one identified as Venus.

However, Tabada said unlike earth, Venus is uninhabited by human beings and perhaps only matters that can exist.

“Only fires will surely exist there”, he said.

He said the world now experiences global warming and developed countries are even budgeting billions of dollars for research and to acquire facilities and equipment that can help solve global warming.

Just recently, Tabada also shared his experiences during the lecture portion of Science and Technology Fair hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)7.

Being the point person in weather disturbances, Tabada explained that global warming is another form of weather disturbance which will highly affect people and its livelihood, plants, animals and all living things existing in this planet.

Ask about the effective solution to this problem, Tabada said “to stop burning of plastics is one way of decreasing the risk that might cause the breakdown of the stratosphere.”

Tabada explained that when the stratosphere is broken, “we are no longer shielded from the ultraviolet rays of the sun, so that its heat will directly hit this planet which aside from causing skin cancer to human beings, it’s effect will dry up plants and animals which are co-existing with humans.”

The future impacts of climate change, where global warming emanates, are the increased average of summer temperature, decreased dry season precipitation and the increased wet season precipitation, he said.

The weather specialist stressed that the damaging impact of the climate change might be damaging more on agriculture.

The PAGASA chief recalled that as early of 2014, an increased in oceanic acidity, extinction of species, decline of forest cover and decline of 29% to 60% in Philippine agriculture production has been felt.

“The proper responses to climate change are mitigation in the form of reducing emissions that cause the greenhouse effect, and adaptation”, Tabada said.