Human development and expansion have adverse effects on nature; our interactions with the world around us are causing drastic changes to nature, climate, and the environment. These changes through various mean such as deforestation and the destruction of the ozone layer have global impacts on today’s society. Society will face serious repercussions in the coming decades due to our lackadaisical attitude towards protecting our environment. Global warming is exponentially altering the planet’s climate. Overall these factors are contributing to an unsafe environment for inhabitants of this planet as well as permanently damaging our Earth’s ecosystems. Global warming is often the most common topic addressed in the discourse of climate change. Global warming stems from the immense carbon emissions into the atmosphere. These emissions largely emanate from the creation of energy and the CO2 emissions given off by gasoline powered vehicles. Global warming is affecting the temperature of the earth; the annual temperature increase annually is from 0.4ºC 0.8ºC. The temperature is increasing at a rate like none before. In hindsight, global temperature has increased more in the past century than ever before. With the invention of the automobile and the need to meet energy demands are CO2 emissions are putting our society at detriment. This temperature fluctuation and increase is causing the breakdown and melting of the polar ice cap. As glaciers in various parts of the world begin to slowly break apart and melt. We have to address the key issue that this cause, the rise in mean sea level. This is a real danger to the survival of our species in the coming millennia. Many locations on the earth will cease to be inhabitable because they have si... ... middle of paper ... ...utes to Global Warming." Global Warming. Ed. David Haugen, Susan Musser, and Kacy Lovelace. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Deforestation: The Hidden Cause of Global Warming." Independent 14 May 2007. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. Maathai,Wangari. "Is Climate Change the 21st Century’s Most Urgent Environmental Problem?." The Language of Composition. Eds. Renee H. Shea, Lawrence Scanlon, Robin Dissin Aufses. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2008. 834-839 Print. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "Ozone Depletion and Pollution Are Damaging Human Health and the Environment." Pollution. Ed. Charles P. Cozic. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Ozone: Good Up High, Bad Nearby." www.policyalmanac.org/environment/archive/ozone.shtml. 2003. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 5 Dec. 2013.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that human development and expansion have adverse effects on nature, climate, and the environment. deforestation and destruction of the ozone layer have global impacts on society.
- Explains that global warming stems from the immense carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
- Explains that deforestation is the clearing of woodland and forest areas to further use as a location to construct or build various structures.
- Explains that air pollution is a primary source of concern, leading to an increase in lung and respiratory diseases and lung cancer patients. carbon emissions are the root of our problem.
- Analyzes how air pollution continues to be a serious problem. state of the air 2010. american lung association.
- Explains that "geosigns: the big thaw." the language of composition. renee h. shea, lawrence scanlon, robin dissin aufses.
- Opines that climate change is the 21st century’s most urgent environmental problem.
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- climate changeanalytical essayEarth faces one of the most important and complicated issues ever faced, which is climate change. Climate change is the long-term change in atmospheric temperatures and climate. Although it has been denied and prolonged the issue now, it has created an even bigger problem and it has to solved and fast. The human impact over all the years of existence has changed the Earth’s climate completely. More severe storms are occurring, higher and lower temperatures than normal are reported, and some of the planet’s nonrenewable resources are slowly disappearing.
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- Explains that climate change is the long-term change in atmospheric temperatures and climate. the human impact over all the years of existence has changed the earth's climate completely.
- Argues that climate change is an ongoing problem that continues to intensify as time goes on and not much is happening to change it.
- Explains that global warming occurs when solar radiation remains trapped at atmospheric levels instead of being reflected beck into space due to the build up of greenhouse gases which have created a cloud around the earth.
- Explains that the surface temperature has risen by an average of 1.1 degree celsius since the beginning of the 20th century.
- Explains that the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can be reduced by having a more energy efficient house, having cfl bulbs, buying “green” home appliances, and being more aware of the problems.
- Explains that the ice caps and glaciers are melting into the oceans, so less freshwater is available for countries that rely on those sources.
- Explains that climate change affects everyone directly and indirectly either in heath or weather. high temperatures and sunlight combined with other pollutants cause ground level ozone, which can damage lung tissue.
832 wordsRead More - Global Warming And Climate Change Essayanalytical essayGlobal warming and climate change have been frequent topics of discussion over the past several years. Although people tend to focus on the politics, it is time to look past the media aspects of it and into the cold hard facts of what our Earth is currently experiencing, and what caused it in the first place. The cause of climate change includes natural causes, but human causes are what is generating such a rapid global change. It’s time that the ways in which humanity affects the Earth’s climate, how scientists record and measure the climate change, and what can be done in everyday life to slow it down and/or stop global warming, are recognized.
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- Argues that it's time to look beyond the media and into the cold hard facts of what our earth is currently experiencing, and what caused it.
- Explains that the greenhouse effect is the tendency of earth’s atmosphere to admit the sun's radiation but partly retain the low-frequency heat radiation. human activity has changed our greenhouse, especially over the last 150 years due to industrialization.
- Explains that humans have caused the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in recent years, mostly by the constant use of electricity, transportation, industry and agriculture.
- Explains that the most relevant greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere are: water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and most commonly, carbon dioxide.
- Analyzes how the textbook the essential cosmic perspective explains that visible light is reflected or absorbed by the earth, and any energy is sent back into space, causing thermal radiation.
- Explains that deforestation is the act of clearing trees and turning a forest into empty land.
- Explains that earth's land is 31% forest, and national geographic estimates that in a hundred years there will be none of it, if the rate of deforestation isn't slowed.
- Explains that sea levels are rising because not only the earth absorbs heat from greenhouse gases, but the oceans absorb 80% of the heat.
823 wordsRead More - Climate Change Essayargumentative essayClimate change, otherwise known as global warming, has grown more apparent in recent years, with increased natural disasters, significantly warmer temperatures and unreasonably long seasons. Global warming is one of the main concerns that scientists have been researching for the past century. Scientific evidence shows that global warming is caused by human behaviors. Due to the amount of human-induced carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that have been released into the air, the earth is becoming a highly poisonous place to live on. Earth’s climate has been constantly changing ever since the Industrial Revolution, when innovations began and factories were built, which emitted mass air pollution. As more technological advances continued the years after, the amount of carbon dioxide in the air also increased. According to the UPI Space Daily News, “Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) - the main cause of global warming - increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010” (Writers 1). The 1900s through the 2000s is the time period in which humans caused the most air pollution by creating vehicles and other industrial machinery. In the contemporary time period, human activities that contribute to climate change consist of hydraulic fracturing, rice cultivation, the increase of fossil fuel burning, and the rise of deforestation.
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- Explains that global warming is caused by human activities, such as hydraulic fracturing, rice cultivation, and the rise of deforestation.
- Argues that hydraulic fracturing should be federally regulated in order to prevent the tremendous amounts of shale gases that cause global warming.
- Explains that rice cultivation emits methane and carbon dioxide due to human-induced climate change. rice requires a large amount of water to be manufactured, so they are grown in wetland soils.
- Explains that the discharge of carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global climate change. fossil fuels are constantly burned to create energy for automobiles and other machineries.
- Explains that man-made deforestation is destroying the natural resources that are supposed to help the climate and traps more heat on the planet.
- Explains that windmills, nuclear powers, hydroelectric energy, and solar panels are being proposed to help reduce the rate of climate change.
- Opines that nuclear power is not an ideal method for the majority due to the potential risks that it poses.
- Concludes that all evidence points at humans as the sole cause of global warming.
- Explains that the majority of people rely on the carbon dioxide emitting sources because they are not as efficient and affordable as the original way of providing energy.
1818 wordsRead More - Global Climate Change Technology and Carbon-Cycle Projection Modelsexplanatory essay“Global climate change” is the hippest buzz phrase for radical environmentalists, dutiful scientists, industry heads, and policy-makers alike. Philosophically, it is proof that the environment is humanity’s connective tissue; whether your life’s work is spent tilling a field, manufacturing steel, or conducting conference calls, global climate change affects you. The gravity of this human-environment issue is highlighted in the headlines of the EPA’s “Science and Policy News”: “Researchers See ‘No Doubt’ of Human Influence on Climate,” “Climate Change May Be Greater Threat to Biodiversity than Habitat Loss,” “Largest Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Up” (http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/NewsandEventsScienceandPolicyNews.html). To ensure the further sustainable progress of humanity, it is critical that we work to understand our relationship to climate and its changes.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that global climate change is the hippest buzz phrase for radical environmentalists, dutiful scientists, industry heads, and policy-makers alike.
- Evaluates global climate change modeling technology, especially the carbon-cycle models imperative for emissions-reduction policy.
- Explains that the climate system is the sum of the gas, heat, and momentum exchanges that take place between all the components of climate.
- Explains that bare-bones definition of climate change refers to variations in climate within different time scales, or to a change in the long-term weather patterns on the planet.
- Explains that the most imminent and worrisome kind of climate change is global warming, which refers to the warming of the earth’s surface as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases increase.
- Explains that scientists can now offer indisputable evidence that humans are responsible for a large part of the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing global warming.
- Explains how a climate model simulates the effects of key climate processes in response to these changes in greenhouse gases.
- Explains that the physical processes that determine climate are complex and vary; scientists have to simplify them for modeling purposes. the hadley center climate models are mostly three-dimensional, run on cray t3e supercomputers.
- Explains that coupled-atmosphere-ocean models analyze climate variability and rate of change with greenhouse-gas concentrations in the coupled atmosphere and ocean systems.
- Explains that aogcms like the hadcm3 are not only complex, but accurate. scientists struggle to reconcile the predictions of climate models with mathematical uncertainties associated with these predictions.
- Explains that the carbon cycle governs the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide in response to human emissions, since its concentration is the sum of the amount exchanged in respiration, photosynthesis, and ocean-atmosphere exchange.
- Explains that scientists have an imperative to study the carbon cycle and its responses to changing climate. increased temperatures could mean lower solubility for carbon dioxide, and lower rates of deep water circulation.
- Explains that carbon is exchanged between the atmosphere and land surface by plant photosynthesis and respiration, as well as soil microbe processes.
- Explains how currents and surface biological activity drive the ocean-atmosphere carbon cycle, stating the implications of global warming.
- Explains how scientists model the effect of increased carbon dioxide concentration on the carbon cycle by coupling an oceanic and a terrestrial climate model.
- Explains the results of several aogcm carbon cycle models, including a hadley center model, and the fluxnet project, which records the amount of carbon dioxide stored in soil and plant types.
- Explains that scientists know for certain that human activities are changing the composition of earth’s atmosphere. however, they cannot be entirely confident in their modeled predictions.
- Explains that the ipcc offers three ways for testing model credibility: comparisons against recent past climate change, observed climate variability, and comparison against paleo-climate measurements.
- Concludes that if global climate change technology is to be effective, measures must be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at an international scale.
- Explains that the following list will link you to sites with climate simulations, temperature, precipitation, carbon dioxide, and other greenhouse gas emissions maps. these images shape current climate change policy and dialogue.
- Cites betts, r.a. et al., contrasting physiological and structural vegetation feedbacks in climate change simulations.
- Cites the hadley center's recent research on climate change science.
- Explains that the ipcc building on new knowledge: improving regional climate assessment. kaiser, j.
- Explains that president bush announces climate change initiatives. 2001. u.s. epa.
- Explains schimel, d.s., and stott, p.a.
2757 wordsRead More - Analysis Of The Collapse Of Western Civilizationanalytical essayThe authors also give examples of ways humans can change their actions in order to decrease the rate of global warming, such as relying on renewable energy sources in order to decrease fossil fuel emissions. In the novel, the polar ice caps have melted and polar bears have become extinct. This prediction is reasonable; areas such as Greenland are experiencing higher temperatures, which results in the melting of sea ice at an alarmingly fast rate. Without sea ice, polar bears lose their habitat and they will become extinct. Although some aspects presented in the novel are hyperbolic, such as the end of civilization in the United States in the next 100 years, the authors are able to persuade readers to acknowledge the power and intensity of climate change and take action to prevent it from accelerating at the rate it is today. The exaggerations used by the authors are what makes the story effective in informing and persuading the audience; they are able to overstate their ideas in order to emphasize the urgency for change. If the authors were to have written the book from a present-day point of view and simply state facts and current events, the reader would not understand the magnitude of the effects global warming could have on our civilization in the
In this essay, the author
- Describes the collapse of western civilization: a view from the future as a futuristic science fiction book set in the early twenty-second century.
- Analyzes how the novel is a condemnatory critique in which the narrator highlights actions that people and governments around the world have taken that result in the destruction of the environment.
- Analyzes how the collapse of western civilization provides information about many existing laws and practices that are not readily known by the general public.
- Analyzes how the collapse of western civilization provides insight about the future of earth if we continue to harm the environment by burning fossil fuels and ignoring the effects of climate change.
- Explains that melting polar ice causes a positive feedback loop in the arctic, and that climate change is affecting species extinction. the collapse of western civilization predicts that by 2060, the earth will rise 4.3 degrees celsius.
1261 wordsRead More - Taking a Look at Climate Changeanalytical essay“Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 7,000 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era and of human civilization” (Jenkins). Whether climate change is real or not has highly been debated among scientists and politicians. In his article, “Is Climate Change Real,” science and political journalist Chris Mooney concludes that skeptics of climate change are influenced by political beliefs and economic interests; moreover, science and politics are interconnected because the government provide funds for scientists to continue their research and use their conclusions to support the political beliefs they belong to. Bottum and Anderson, in their article, “Unchanging Science,” describe climate change as cyclic and claim there is no way to demonstrate it. In Contrast, Sarah Laskow, in her article, “Debunking Green living: Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products” purports climate change is real and in order to combat this issue, individuals will have to make modifications to their lifestyles. The existence of climate change is supported by scientific evidence that shows it has worsened over the past century due to the rise of sea level, human expansion of the greenhouse effect, and economic interests; therefore, individuals, along with the government must take steps to prevent further disaster of climate change.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how scientists and politicians debate whether climate change is real or not. mooney concludes that skeptics are influenced by political beliefs and economic interests.
- Explains that the rise of sea level demonstrates that climate change is a detriment that needs to be controlled to prevent further tragic events.
- Explains that the age of industrialization has fueled climate change because individuals have modified their lifestyles and become too dependent on air conditioning to keep their houses, offices etc. at "pleasant temperatures".
- Explains that the most important component of the greenhouse effect is the economic and commercial use of carbon emissions to produce electricity and power water plants.
- Explains that skeptics of climate change believe it cannot be "falsified" because there is no scientific model that can demonstrate the rise of atmosphere temperature globally. political parties distribute funds to research agencies to support their ideology.
- Explains that climate change is measured and demonstrated through argo floats and has elevated over the past century due to increase of sea level, carbon emissions, human expansion of the greenhouse effect, and political pressure.
963 wordsRead More - National Security And Threat Assessment Processanalytical essayAlthough it is often a topic for contention in politics, global warming over the span of several decades, has led to climate change, which has had an alarming impact globally. Climate change needs to ...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the national security and threat assessment process entails identifying the risk and establishing an objective, analyzing the relative risks and environment, exploring alternatives and devising a plan of action for risk management, decision making, and continued monitoring and surveillance.
- Argues that climate change needs to be addressed more adamantly through stronger efforts, especially when considering the probable repercussions it can have on national security.
- Opines that we should be concerned about the impact climate change can have on national security because it can lead to increased terrorist activity, collapse of social infrastructure, food and political instability, violence, and weaken the economy.
- Recommends that nations work together to increase resiliency and building capacity, increase strategic planning relating to access and military operations in the arctic, conduct research and assess the projected impact of climate change, and consider the water-food-energy nexus.
718 wordsRead More - Global Warming: A Global Crisisanalytical essayOur planet has managed to survive and thrive for about 4.54 billion years. In the last 2 million years we have caused enough damage and destruction to make our world “broken” beyond repair. We will not be able to get back the world we once had. The reason behind this is global warming, specifically, the increase of the global temperature due to the burning of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere. If we do not make the issue of global warming a priority in today`s society, our entire way of life will be at risk. There are many reasons why so many people believe global warming should be a concern. Thoroughly examined points include: scientific predictions, rising temperatures, human causes, drastic climate changes and animal adaptations. Though there are several points arguing how global warming should not be a concern, the reality of the matter is that it needs to be taken into consideration on a global scale before it is too late, as to do nothing would have devastating implications on humankind.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that global warming should be a priority in today's society, and that it needs to be taken into consideration before it is too late.
- Explains that 97% of all climate scientists agree that global warming is an issue and that it is most likely due to human activity.
- Explains that global warming is a concern because of our dependence on fossil fuels, which causes heat trapping greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. the temperature rise over the next 16 years has been estimated to be greater than the past century.
- Explains that the earth's orbit has been cooling and warming for a hundred thousand years, but this isn't the cause of global warming. the "hockey stick graph" shows the constant rise and fall in temperatures after the industrial revolution.
- Argues that global warming caused by humans is a growing threat to society.
- Opines that the temperature rise is going to have a large effect on our global recourses. their glaciers have already begun to melt and slide into the ocean.
- Opines that humans aren't the only creatures trying to adapt to the changes we are forcing them to go through. animals are starting to recognize the climate change.
- Concludes that global warming is detrimental to our world and that we need to take into consideration the outcome of our planet should we continue to abuse it.
1668 wordsRead More - Climate Change is a Natural Phenomenoncomparative essayClimate change has been an extremely controversial topic in recent history and continues to create much debate today. Many questions concerning climate change’s origins and its potential affect on the globe are not fully understood and remain unanswered. What is climate change? Is climate change happening? Is it a natural cycle of the world or are there other catalysts involved such as human activity? What proof is there? What data correlations show climate change is accelerated by humans? How serious is climate change and how will it affect the future of our globe? What are we doing to address climate change? Should we really be concerned about climate change? Questions such as these have made climate change a very serious issue in today’s world and created the ideology of climatism. The issue of climate change has affected many different aspects of our lives and the world we live in. Policymaking, human activism, technologies, emission control, global warming, alternative energy sources and many other things have been greatly affected by the mania of climate change. This research report will present climate change in a light of common sense and rationality that will take a grounded discussion of the science behind climate change, global warming, human activity, and how the ideology of climatism has corrupted and driven the actions to combat climate change.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that climate change has been an extremely controversial topic in recent history and continues to create much debate today.
- Explains that climatism is the belief that man-made greenhouse gasses such as co2 are destroying the earth's climate.
- Explains that climatism advocates seven lifestyle changes to reduce global warming and carbon emissions that will negatively affect human lifestyles.
- Explains that the us green building council has implemented the leed green building standard to promote sustainable building practices to save money, conserve energy, reduce water consumption, improve indoor air quality and drive innovation.
- Explains that the man-made global warming theory is simple and has many holes. rising surface temperatures are a one basis for the theory behind man made global heating.
- Concludes that modern warming and global temperature rises over the last 130 years are abnormal. the medieval warm period (mwp) and the little ice age (lia) are just two of many alternating heating and cooling trends of the planets climate history.
- Explains that north atlantic climatic oscillations revealed by deep greenland ice cores.
- Explains singer, s.f., avery, d. (2007). unstoppable global warming every 1500 years.
1572 wordsRead More - Argumentative Essay On Global Warmingopinion essayOne of the most substantial problems in the world today is global warming. This gradual warming of the earth is in occurrence at an extremely slow rate but it is happening. Many scientists believe that as human’s work and release greenhouse gases into the earth’s atmosphere, it can become dangerous for the long lasting life of humans and our environment. “Unless we take immediate action, the impacts of global warming will continue to intensify, grow ever more costly and damaging, and increasingly affect the entire planet - including you, your community, and your family” (“Global Warming Impacts”). Everyone should be knowledgeable about global warming and the dangers that it brings to our planet. This essay will examine
In this essay, the author
- Explains that global warming is occurring at an extremely slow rate, but it is dangerous for humans and our environment.
- Explains that the earth's climate is rapidly changing at an unusually fast rate due to rising sea levels, melting of snow, and extreme heat events such as fires and drought.
- Explains that global warming is caused by the production of too much carbon dioxide that remains in the air trapping heat and gradually warming the planet.
- Explains that humans create the majority of the unnatural greenhouse gases that are released into the earth’s atmosphere.
- Explains that sustainability is a combination of economics, business, and science to prevent permanent depletion of the world's natural resources.
- Explains that sustainability is something that we can improve as time goes on. the dartmouth project states that eating one vegetarian meal a week reduces carbon emissions by the equivalent of 1,160 miles of driving.
- Opines that nursing for global warming is bigger than what the average human would think.
- Concludes that if we do not change our living patterns and change how we release gases into the earth’s atmosphere to trap heat then it can become dangerous.
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