Climate change is no doubt one of the greatest threats to this planet today. Coastal cities flooding due to melting ice caps and rising water levels, cities experiencing extreme weather, and ocean life dying because of warmer water temperatures, it is not wonder why so many scientist and country leaders are worried about the safety and future of their country. The U.S. is just one of these countries where climate change endangers 333 million people. That is why the U.S. must take action to assure the future of their residents and safety of their numerous coastal cities. Due to the rising coastal water levels, previous legislative mistakes, and the risk of further climate change consequences, President Trump should acknowledge the need for the …show more content…
He pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, stopped funding a $2 billion dollar commitment to the Green Climate Fund, and revoked the Executive Order 13653 and the Presidential Memorandum, on Climate Change and National Security, which both deal with the need for federal agencies to plan for the protection of their operations and investments from climate change impacts (Source 4). The Presidential Memorandum on Climate Change and National Security especially was important as it recognized climate change as a national threat which coexisted with the six key ways listed by a report by the National Intelligence Council (Source 4). The National Intelligence Council stated that climate change provides a threat to the stability of the country, worsens political standing, and will disrupt economic competition and investments (Source 4), all of which are military bases plans a part in. Now if these coastal bases were to be compromised, what would happen to our national security? That is why President Trump, although he has revoked several crucial acts and ignored the effects of climate change, has initiated a federal order called the National Defense Authorization Act that paves a path to the U.S. dealing with these risks and correctly acknowledging …show more content…
The NDAA budget exceeds the $619 billion budget presented by Congress with a total $700 billion need for things such as new navy ships, fighter jets, and an increased pay for current military officers (Source 2). The budget set by NDAA also exceeds the 2011 Budget Control Act. This is problematic as since most of the budget money were to be going towards other aspects besides climate change, coastal military bases would receive not nearly as much as they need to fully protect themselves against the risks of climate change consequences. In addition to budget problems, the NDAA is nothing radical or new. There are several acts that have been issued with the same outline as NDAA, or some even go into more detail about climate change and the preparation for such consequences, as NDAA does not order that bases must create a plan to deal with these effects of climate change. The general idea of the order listed in NDAA is the adaptation, defined as the adjusting to the effects of climate change in our environment, instead of addressing the very important topic of mitigation, which is the reduction of harmful greenhouse gases and other pollutants to slow the effects of climate change (Source 6).There are several problems that arise with this exclusion because this is a major threat to the survival
Rather than worry too much about emissions, we should accept the world is going to get warmer anyway and adapt to global warming by building better flood defenses and developing drought resistant crops.
After hurricane Ike, which hit Texas in 2008, Texas didn’t ask for a coastal protection program, and instead did what they believed to be most economically necessary. Scranton includes this information to emphasize how we don’t seem to learn from our lack of preparation for disastrous storms in the past, and why that’s such an issue. However, today researchers are working towards solutions to the damage of future hurricanes. Although acting out these plans has proven to be a struggle, according to all the information Scranton has provided us throughout the article it should be one of the most serious issues on our minds. The lack of immediate call to action on the issue of climate change means that “today it might be too late,” states Scranton. He then wraps up his ideas by claiming to understand why the population has difficulty fully grasping the urgency to prevent climate change, if still possible. Readers are emotionally provoked when Scranton lists concepts that relate to climate change, such as leukemia, shampoo, specific places, paper, etc. because people can often relate to some of these things in their everyday life. Scranton seems to understand that many people are just afraid of
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Earth’s average temperature has increased about 0.8 degrees Celsius since 1880 and another degree could cause even more problems than there already are. Climate change is an important issue to be aware of because it is real and it affects you and the things around you each and every day. Every day animals lose habitats and die because climate change caused there home to burn, or their food sources started to deplete, etc. Along with these, more and more CO2 is being released into the air due to wildfires burning which is causing the atmosphere to heat even more. With the temperature increasing the oceans will become warmer and evaporation and rainfall patterns will change which will affect humans and animals, because we all work together in a system. There are many consequences of climate change like human health issues, and more animals becoming endangered, but the most important consequence is the rising amounts of wildfires.
Trump, along with the Republican party, does not believe that climate change is real and happening and is a major problem now and will only get worst if we do not try to fix it. If we go on like nothing is happening and claim that climate change is not a reality, then we will have droughts where we grow our food, or we could lose parts of Florida and other low lying places by the ocean by the melting ice caps. He must also see that there are other ways and or resources to produce energy instead of just using up all of our fossil fuels. There are new energy sources that are green and that we will never run out of. As Michael Greshko goes on to say, “The stakes for the United States, and the world, are enormous: If humankind does not reduce its greenhouse gas emissions immediately, climate scientists say, Earth could face as much as 11 degrees Fahrenheit of warming by 2100 relative to preindustrial temperatures, leading to increases in droughts and wildfires, rising seas, and major disruptions to global agriculture.” (Greshko 2). Trump needs to see the study from scientists, and believe in Global Warming; if he doesn't, I believe that not only will the United States be destroyed, but the whole world will die; people will starve and the human race may go extinct at the
Throughout history climates have drastically changed. There have been shifts from warm climates to the Ice Ages (Cunningham & Cunningham, 2009, p.204). Evidence suggests there have been at least a dozen abrupt climate changes throughout the history of the earth. There are a few suspected reasons for these past climate changes. One reason may be that asteroids hitting the earth and volcanic eruptions caused some of them. A further assumption is that 22-year solar magnetic cycles and 11-year sunspot cycles played a part in the changes. A further possibility is that a regular shifting in the angle of the moon orbiting earth causing changing tides and atmospheric circulation affects the global climate (Cunningham & Cunningham, 2009, p.205). Scientific studies suggest that all these played a role in past global warming and cooling periods. Today, however, there is a lot of conflict on whether humans are causing a global warming that could be disastrous to humans and all species of plants and animals on this earth. This paper will first explain the greenhouse effect, then take a look at both sides argument, and, finally, analyze the effect of global warming on world-wide sustainability
...duct research and assessments on the projected impact of climate change in order to increase resiliency, adaptability, improve infrastructure, and implement these type of plans into the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and the Strategic National Risk Assessment (CNA Military Advisory Board, 2014). Strategic planning for the potential impact of climate change should also consider the water-food-energy nexus, which is essentially the linkage between water and energy for food production (agriculture and livestock) and is incredibly important because it increases global food security (CNA Military Advisory Board, 2014). It is also notable that rising sea levels can impact defense infrastructure in many ways including reliance on surrounding communities, transportation, energy, and port facilities, ultimately hindering response (CNA Military Advisory Board, 2014).
As you know climate change is real and must be addressed, and is happening all around us. With the rapid acceleration of climate change over the years, it has led to an ongoing global concern, and public health issue. Climate change has already had observable effects on the environment, with the shrinking of ice glaciers, warmer weather, trees flowering sooner, more frequent wildfires, more variable weather, and longer duration and intensity of tropical storms. The attribution of climate change is a contributing factor in natural events; typhoons and hurricanes, such as Hurricane Harvey, which feeds off unnaturally warm waters to deliver more forceful threats to human health, including to life itself.
One of the hottest controversial topics right now is global warming, and it is only getting “hotter”. Everything about this topic is debated; how should we deal with it, what causes, and does it even exist?! First of all, global warming is the overall rise in the Earth’s temperature over time. These changes in temperature are happening more and more rapidly, and there is a clear reason why. That reason is us. Every second we emit about 2.4 million pounds of a harmful gas into the atmosphere. This dangerous gas is carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a gas we are casting out into the air through many of our daily activities and it is causing dangerous effects. While this effects are daunting, we are able to fix them. If we are willing to change. I
How does Climate Change impact the present and the Future? President Barrack Obama is dedicated to his program for major strides in Climate Change. His staff is working to bring federal agencies together to plan the best approach to taking care of the environment.
Climate change is a persistent issue that is on the rise, and many people have strong opinions about it. Even though climate change may be a powerful debate among many people, it is still a valid threat because many people don’t realize the dangers it can bring in the future. Scientific research shows an increasing trend in global warming, which is already impacting the earth this early. NASA has been on this issue for many years, and they have made predictions that the temperature will continue to increase dramatically over the years. Overall, climate change is a drastically expanding problem that is affecting the world and people need to know how to take action, think about the future, and come together to resolve the issue and the life on
Global warming and the greenhouse effect are issues discussed by scientists all the time. A natural process that keeps earths temperature at a livable rate is called the greenhouse effect. The energy from the sun warms up the earth when the rays from the sun are absorbed by greenhouse gasses. The gasses then become trapped in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane and nitrous oxide are the most common greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gases cause the radiant heat of the sun to be trapped in the Earths lower atmosphere which causes global warming. If there weren’t any greenhouse gasses, the earth would be really cold due to very little sun rays being absorbed on the earth. Global warming can and will lead to several problems that affect the environment in which we humans live in. These problems can lead to warmer temperatures all around the world, it can endanger animals and the wildlife, and it can lead to widespread flooding from the glaciers melting. Here are a few more future effects that I will discuss in more detail about. Damage to human health, Severe stress on forests, wetlands, and other natural habitats, how fish will be affected. Global warming is a serious problem that will affect our generation when we are older.
The Earth is currently locked in perpetuating spiral of climate change. While the global climate has unarguably been changing since the dawn of it's manifestation, the once steadied ebb and flow of climate change has become increasingly more unpredictable.The risk of rising sea levels, and drought plaguing the fresh water supply, during the time that flooding and sporadic storm conditions turn once fully inhabited regions into uninhabitable death traps. Climate change catalyzed by human's increased production of carbon dioxide, is more noticeable than ever in our recorded history (United States, 2014 National Climate Assessment). Thankfully however, with the changing weather conditions due to carbon related emissions, the change in public opinion about their personalized influence on climate change is also increasing. Kevin Liptak Jethro Mullen, and Tom Cohen note that In reaction to the most recent governmental report on climate change, even the U.S. government believes that a stronger approach needs to be taken to correct our self-generated cataclysm.
In conclusion, global climate change is a very long discussion with many ways to improve the environment, but a long journey to finding a solution. Although we can 't do away with our main sources like power plants, cars, and factories we must continue to find solutions to making our environment safer and suitable to live in. Hopefully in the near future we will have a better understanding of how to address our global climate changes, but for now, we can focus our ideas on preventative ways to not harm ourselves and our
Our 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.