June Avant English 101 November 22, 2010 Global Warming Controversy Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere which causes climatic changes. Global warming leads to changes in rainfall patterns, sea level, negative impacts on plants, wildlife, and humans. Al Gore and Daniel Botkin both have great points about global warming. Botkin has a scientific perspective about global warming; however, Gore’s position is better. Al Gore uses facts and evidence to support his views about global warming.
Furthermore, online participation denoted that the paleoclimate graphs show correlation of CO2 and temperature are not clear doer. As additional challenge, James Balog (2009) provided data which seems the less likely with the accuracy. As for instance, he acknowledged how twenty years ago, the small ice-mass responded rapidly to climate in Greenland; this gradually start to react to the changes then followed by a huge increase of temperature ( 14.29). So what causes the rise of the two decades from the past? It appeared that his claim is merely an
If ongoing pollution cannot be reduced, then the climate is just going to keep getting worse day by day. As a result, not only will a single nation be suffering, but also the entire planet will change due to global warming. Of course, if people can make efficient adaptation plans to control the ongoing global warming and climate change, in the future it can prevent the threat of global warming and many other climate change issues. After all, the consciousness that man could alter the climate of Earth has dawned slowly on their awareness. Work Cited Begley, Sharon.
Many worry about the negative consequences Global Warming may have on our Earth. It is believed that there will be detremental effects from sea to land. A rise in water levels causing the icecaps to melt. Melting icecaps would then release methane another greenhouse gas. The oceans salt water would mix with freshwater and CO2 would get absorbed into the oceans causing disabling effects on our waters food chain.
As the polar ice caps melt and the globe warms everything as we know it will change. As the weather shifts so will the winds, causing our crops to grow differently and not as abundantly as before. As the population increases the food sources will decrease. Over population will cause crops as well as water to no longer be plentiful. With each threat the chance of extinction of animals, crops and ultimately man exists.
Eaarth Chapters 1 & 2 We’ve changed the planet. Global warming is no longer philosophical or future threat but instead a current and very real threat. The changes made to our planet are more evident in the toughest parts of the planet, and climate change is wrecking the lives of thousands daily. We need to consider the world we’ve created and how to live in it. We need to figure out what part of our lives we must forego and what ideologies we must abandon so that we can protect our societies and our civilizations.
[Logic] Gore discusses the possibility of the collapse of a major ice sheets in Greenland and in West Antarctica, which could raise global sea levels by 20 feet and flood coastal areas. [Juxtaposition] Pictures of the beautiful earth with melting glaciers and empty lakes. [Ethics] Lastly, Gore appeals to ethics in
Final Paper: Reconstruction of The Changing Arctic Brett Wegleitner Concordia College The 21st century has been one of many changes in both the environment and how nations will forever change the Arctic, as it is now perceived. The arctic is one of the most fragile places on Earth as it holds the key to many new resources that have barely been touched and also a huge commodity for countries that would like to exploit the Arctic waters as new shipping lanes emerge due to global climate change. Climate change has been the largest factor in the changing Arctic as the ice is retreating further and allowing for more ships to have access and for corporations to begin extracting hydrocarbons to be shipped all over the world as we become more
But if my opponents did any research, they would realize that there is plenty of evidence to show that global warming is a real threat to this earth. In his essay “Now Or Never”, Bill McKibben writes: Consider hydrology, for instance. Warm air holds more water vapor the cold air, so there is an increase in evaporation in dry areas, and hence more drought—something that has been documented on every continent. Once that water is in the atmosphere, it’s going to come down someone—and indeed we have seen the most dramatic flooding ever recorded in recent years. In 1998, 300 million humans, one in twenty of us, had to leave their homes for a week, and month, a year, forever because of rising waters.
Our irresponsibility could ultimately lead to the destruction of our world and civilization, as portrayed in “Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood. Within the dystopian world of "Oryx and Crake", humans have learned to adapt well to the consequences of climate change. Technology has been developed to counter