Global Warming; a Vicious Cycle
Global Warming; a Vicious Cycle
Krysti Story
SCI207: Dependence of Man on the Environment
April 5th, 2013
Global warming has been an issue that has caused fear and blame to be cast all over the world by various people and targeted towards various things for decades and decades, however the general consensus has remained consistent; that global warming is an issue that the entire world is undoubtedly facing and that it cannot be ignored. In this paper I intend to show the vicious cycle that revolves around global warming due to the fact that while global warming risks the wellbeing for mankind, mankind continues to encourage the progression of global warming (sometimes knowingly and albeit sometimes unknowingly), and risks the wellbeing of mankind as well as the environment. There is a lot of controversy as to the validity of the claim of global warming as well as what causes global warming, but before one can target the root cause of global warming, you must first understand what exactly global warming is. The most important thing to know is that “global warming is the increase of Earth’s average surface temperature” (NMSEA, 2013). Now that we know and understand the basic meaning of what global warming is, it’s important to understand that the issue of the average temperature rising is not like having one really hot summer, or a warm winter one year. The issue goes far beyond that. This increase happens consistently over time, and since it is the average temperature, that means that the general temperature of the Earth, on any particular day, not during a season, etc. is higher. If it continues to rise, eventually the temperatures would be too warm to be contusive to plants growing, animals surviving, etc. To look at the extreme end of the matter, if the temperature average was too high, our earth would be too warm for humans to survive on. Our earth wouldn’t be a stable environment for anything. While there are efforts being made for satellite planets
Krysti Story
SCI207: Dependence of Man on the Environment
April 5th, 2013
Global warming has been an issue that has caused fear and blame to be cast all over the world by various people and targeted towards various things for decades and decades, however the general consensus has remained consistent; that global warming is an issue that the entire world is undoubtedly facing and that it cannot be ignored. In this paper I intend to show the vicious cycle that revolves around global warming due to the fact that while global warming risks the wellbeing for mankind, mankind continues to encourage the progression of global warming (sometimes knowingly and albeit sometimes unknowingly), and risks the wellbeing of mankind as well as the environment. There is a lot of controversy as to the validity of the claim of global warming as well as what causes global warming, but before one can target the root cause of global warming, you must first understand what exactly global warming is. The most important thing to know is that “global warming is the increase of Earth’s average surface temperature” (NMSEA, 2013). Now that we know and understand the basic meaning of what global warming is, it’s important to understand that the issue of the average temperature rising is not like having one really hot summer, or a warm winter one year. The issue goes far beyond that. This increase happens consistently over time, and since it is the average temperature, that means that the general temperature of the Earth, on any particular day, not during a season, etc. is higher. If it continues to rise, eventually the temperatures would be too warm to be contusive to plants growing, animals surviving, etc. To look at the extreme end of the matter, if the temperature average was too high, our earth would be too warm for humans to survive on. Our earth wouldn’t be a stable environment for anything. While there are efforts being made for satellite planets