Global Warming
Controversy over Global Warming
One of the largest argued topics in our world today is over global warming. People argue that is real, and others argue that it is fake. The effects of global warming create a growing danger for the ecosystem we live in by damaging glaciers and weather patterns. Humans contribute to global warming yet non-believers will think otherwise. Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change) most of the case for global warming is a process that occurs when rays from the sun pass through the atmosphere warming the surface of the planet. In short, global warming represents a fundamental threat to all living things on earth. Global temperature has risen significantly during the past century. The scientific view is that most of the temperature increases since mid-20th century has been caused by increases in the greenhouse gas concentrations, which are produced by everyday human activity. Most scientists agree that if people stop burning fossil fuels the greenhouse gases already e mitted will warm the planet two degrees by the end of the century. “The fact is, we are not making a lot of progress in reducing emissions”, Richard Moss. (nbc.news) As a result, the world is getting increasingly warmer and warmer each year. The years of 1983, 1987, 1988 and 1989 have been measured to be the warmest six years in the last hundred years. The year 1991 was the second warmest year of the past century. ("Untitled Document.") Unfortunately, the imbalance which we have created between our life and earth is already showing the signs disasters in the form of flood, cyclones, landslides, tsunami, drought, etc. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes are breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner. In North America there is a decrease in snow pack in western mountains and an increase in heat waves in the cities that
One of the largest argued topics in our world today is over global warming. People argue that is real, and others argue that it is fake. The effects of global warming create a growing danger for the ecosystem we live in by damaging glaciers and weather patterns. Humans contribute to global warming yet non-believers will think otherwise. Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change) most of the case for global warming is a process that occurs when rays from the sun pass through the atmosphere warming the surface of the planet. In short, global warming represents a fundamental threat to all living things on earth. Global temperature has risen significantly during the past century. The scientific view is that most of the temperature increases since mid-20th century has been caused by increases in the greenhouse gas concentrations, which are produced by everyday human activity. Most scientists agree that if people stop burning fossil fuels the greenhouse gases already e mitted will warm the planet two degrees by the end of the century. “The fact is, we are not making a lot of progress in reducing emissions”, Richard Moss. (nbc.news) As a result, the world is getting increasingly warmer and warmer each year. The years of 1983, 1987, 1988 and 1989 have been measured to be the warmest six years in the last hundred years. The year 1991 was the second warmest year of the past century. ("Untitled Document.") Unfortunately, the imbalance which we have created between our life and earth is already showing the signs disasters in the form of flood, cyclones, landslides, tsunami, drought, etc. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes are breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner. In North America there is a decrease in snow pack in western mountains and an increase in heat waves in the cities that