The Ongoing Battle: Climate Change in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan

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The Ongoing Battle: Climate Change in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan
Introduction
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan is an example of the great impacts that climate change can inflict on the environment. There have been reports of worsening of the algae-bloom issue and an increased rainfall both in amount and intensity, and these are only some of the many effects that climate change brings (Haddad, 2021). Climate change is one of the greatest issues in the world, and its effects are already becoming increasingly observable as months and years pass by. Based on the previous researches of scientists regarding climate change, there will be melting of sea glaciers, rapid increase in sea levels, and the presence of intense heat waves, and all of these are evident nowadays affecting the social-economical and physical structures in cities. In this discussion, the connection of the environmental issues and social issues caused by climate change, and the strategies being implemented against it in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan will be tackled in detail.
Current environmental matters affected by climate change
In previous generations, the study of climate change had already begun, and the common key points predicted in these studies are rising sea levels and increasing temperature, key points that have a vast effect on the human population but were somehow incomprehensible to the society at the time. But now, the entire human population is already experiencing the effects although in varying intensity.
As stated in the introduction, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan is already experiencing an increased amount and intensity of rainfall up to 20% per annum. This results to a disturbance in the agricultural lands making it unfit for planting season, and a more rapid displacement of nutrients and fertilizers to the bodies of water instead of serving its vital purpose in the farm fields for the crops. In addition to this, the escalating rainfall has highly influenced the increased risk of floods in the developed towns and cities, affecting the daily activities and livelihood of the inhabitants in the area.
Another reported issue in Michigan is the worsening of the algae-bloom. Both toxic and nontoxic are present in the bodies of water in Michigan. Although the algae-blooms are already a problem itself, there are other alarming occurrences in this issue. This indicates that the temperatures are getting even warmer, resulting in more intense and hotter heatwaves, especially during summer. Due to the increased rainfall on certain months, the increasingly warming temperatures are negatively affecting agricultural products and forests. Aside from the negative impact of the increasing temperatures on farm fields and other lands, it also has a significant effect on fisheries and the dynamics of the fish population, also affecting the ecological balance and the fishing livelihood o...