Technology has increased the efficiency of human operations, however, it has also contributed to

the exacerbation of climate change. The increasing greenhouse gas emissions generated by technology
and other anthropogenic factors led to a rise in global temperature. In accordance with the concept of
entropy, as the Earth’s temperature continues to warm, the Earth tries to cool itself by radiating energy
back into space. But because of greenhouse gasses trapped in the atmosphere, the amount of energy
radiated back is significantly lower. This increase in global temperature causes oceans to warm and the
occurrence of extreme weather events such as hotter heat waves, drier droughts and bigger storm
surges among other things. It is due to the fact that higher temperatures accelerate evaporation that
dries out the soil especially during the periods of summer, raise moisture content in the atmosphere that
contributes to heavier rainfalls, and the hot air brought about by global warming flow to areas with lower
temperatures that create typhoons and cyclones more frequently.

Changes in pressure, whether it pertains to atmospheric, water, or air pressure, is also a

contributing factor in climate change. Air pressure, for example, controls the circulation in the
atmosphere which then influences the movement of moisture. As previously mentioned, increased
moisture content contributes to heavier rainfalls and other extreme weather events. Not only moisture,
the law of increasing entropy that posits that the universe wants to achieve equilibrium is also most
evident in the movement of hot air coming from warmer areas to low pressure areas that occurs during
typhoon formation. Additionally, it has been shown that a decline in atmospheric pressure can allow
natural gas trapped below the surface in areas with previously high-pressure conditions to escape into
the atmosphere. One example of these gases is methane, a much more potent greenhouse gas than
carbon dioxide, capable of accelerating global warming at a much higher speed and capacity. If these
conditions are left unchecked and unresolved, climate change will cause unimaginable damage to
human life to a point of no return.

Lastly, the increase in the number of particles in the atmosphere such as aerosols and volcanic
ash contributes to the worsening of global climate change. Atmospheric aerosols alter climate by
scattering and absorbing solar and infrared radiation. Particulate matter can either have warming or
cooling effects on the climate. For instance, black matter, a particulate pollutant from combustion,
contributes to the warming of the Earth’s temperature; on the other hand, particulate sulfates cool the
Earth’s atmosphere.