Analyzing The Documentary 'The Climate Wars'
The Climate Wars is a documentary by Iain Stewart, which is made up of three parts. It talks about climate change, its causes, effects, wrong predictions and the controversies towards the correct and reasonable explanations given by leading scientists. Climate change is the lasting change noticed or recorded in the climate or weather pattern ranging over a period of time. Climate change is caused by natural causes as well as by humans. The effect that the human race is having on the earth is so vast and severe that it has led to global warming. Global warming is the climate changing to a warmer one because of the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases which are produced by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels,
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Global warming is no longer a prediction but an observation which is causing damage to the earth every second. Global warming as mentioned earlier is caused by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases do not allow heat to escape. Greenhouse gases come from the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal etc…, use of Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) in hairsprays, air conditioners and refrigerators, deforestation – plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and if we cut trees we will have less oxygen and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A good example is Lake Mead in California. The water level has decreased a 100 feet between the years 2000 to 2009 (Figure 2). The trapped heat continuously evaporates the water. Lake Mead is the reason the west coast of America has survived the drought since the past years – but then how long can a drying lake provide for the growing population and its needs? Below is a picture of Lake Mead and the change in the water level in just 9 short years. The white rocks were covered in water whereas the darker rocks were above water level (Figure 3). Figure …show more content…
Global warming is directly related with human activities. In the graph you can see that in the Industrial Era the amount of carbon dioxide has increased dramatically – it is steadily growing. Along with the increase in carbon dioxide, there is an increase in the earth’s temperature as well. Below is another graph which was done by the scientist Keeling, it is known as the hockey stick because of its shape. It also represents the sudden increase in carbon dioxide (Figure 7)
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Global warming is no longer a prediction but an observation which is causing damage to the earth every second. Global warming as mentioned earlier is caused by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases do not allow heat to escape. Greenhouse gases come from the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal etc…, use of Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) in hairsprays, air conditioners and refrigerators, deforestation – plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and if we cut trees we will have less oxygen and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A good example is Lake Mead in California. The water level has decreased a 100 feet between the years 2000 to 2009 (Figure 2). The trapped heat continuously evaporates the water. Lake Mead is the reason the west coast of America has survived the drought since the past years – but then how long can a drying lake provide for the growing population and its needs? Below is a picture of Lake Mead and the change in the water level in just 9 short years. The white rocks were covered in water whereas the darker rocks were above water level (Figure 3). Figure …show more content…
Global warming is directly related with human activities. In the graph you can see that in the Industrial Era the amount of carbon dioxide has increased dramatically – it is steadily growing. Along with the increase in carbon dioxide, there is an increase in the earth’s temperature as well. Below is another graph which was done by the scientist Keeling, it is known as the hockey stick because of its shape. It also represents the sudden increase in carbon dioxide (Figure 7)
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