Ethan Reding
Mr. Tim Morris
Catholic Social Teaching
12/11/14
Our Changing Climate
The phrase “global warming” is all too familiar for most of us. It is a matter addressing our changing climate, and it is one of the most controversial topics of the time. Issues on global warming come from recent changes in our climate: some attribute this to increased involvement with the Earth’s macro-ecosystem, and some people attribute these things to random acts of nature, and some attribute this to patterns of nature that has nothing to do with human involvement, and some people have an opinion somewhere in the middle, forming a loose and manipulable opinion or simply not forming one. Most people, even those who care little, recognize that global warming, or the change of the climate, is probably cause by some degree of human involvement. Unfortunately, there is a noticeable dividing line between viewpoints, and other variables go in to whether someone should back those view points, but this in not explicitly true for all people.
One view point is that global warming is a myth and that there isn’t enough scientific evidence to support it. This idea typically held by people who are more right-wing aligned. To have the opinion that global warming is not a problem is alright to have, but actually there is more than enough scientific evidence to prove that climate change in happening. In my opinion, I think that this response comes from another factor rather than ignorance of scientific
ESPN NFL Draft analyst Mel Kiper was asked his thoughts on former Florida linebacker Jarrad Davis.
Global Warming has been a very serious conversation over the last decade, because it affects every person living on the planet whether we choose to believe it or not. Most of the scientific community claims that global warming is to blame for the changes in Earth’s climate. However, there are a small number of scientists who deny the very existence of global warming. Temperatures on earth have increased approximately 1.4°F since the early 20th century. Over time, atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) have notably increased. Both sides in the debate surrounding global climate change agree on the CO2 and CH4 being increased and that’s it.
Jessica Ann Olson, argues Al Gore’s points from, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about it. Olson plans to use Al Gore’s facts on global warming to support her college essay. Certainty, statistics reflect the impact of our poor choices and the environmental effects.
Climate change and the effect it has had on global warming has been a scientific subject discussed for the last 30 years; however, only recently has it became a highly debated issue in world politics and pop culture. In fact, according to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), climate change is one of only a few topics that many countries across the world have agreed upon as a potential future cataclysmic issue which must be discussed by world leaders who should also address it with their citizens. The vast majority of scientists are not only
Global climate change is an issue being debated all over the world from the recent presidential debates late last year to documentaries being created on either side of the global warming debate. Currently, the world is experiencing many tremendous changes including warming or the earth and rising of our oceans. “The heat extremes were especially pervasive in the Arctic, with temperatures in the fall running 20 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit above normal across large stretches of the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice in that region has been in precipitous decline for years, and Arctic communities are already wrestling with enormous problems, such as rapid coastal erosion, caused by the changing climate” ”(Gillis, 2). Some believe that global warming exists while
Supporters of the Global Warming Hoax claim that climate change is not due to human activities, instead it is produced with biased data for the purpose of financial or political gain. In this paper, nine sources, including reports from organizations, a speech from a senator, news articles and blog posts, are presented to discuss . These sources come from three perspectives: 1. Those who support the idea of global warming as a hoax; 2. Those who support the idea of global warming as a reality; 3. Academics who provide data and research relating to the issue.
The Global Warming theory has become increasingly popular over the past few years. Citizens of the world are being encouraged to be more environmentally conscious by others including politicians, celebrities, and world organizations. The problem with the theory lies in the fact that it has become more and more controversial as it gains publicity and attention. The basic concept behind this theory is that the earth was made with a balance of “greenhouse gasses”. These gasses are naturally occurring within the atmosphere and they essentially make the planet habitable by keeping it warm.
The recent panic about global warming is causing problems throughout the United States. The global warming debate is a variety of arguments regarding the nature, causes, and consequences of worldwide global warming. The disputed issues include, whether this warming trend is extraordinary or within normal climatic variations, whether humankind has caused it, and whether the increase is an object of poor measurements. The controversy is much more pronounced in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where there is a strong agreement that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend could mainly be caused by human related emissions of greenhouse gases. The question is, is global warming human
Global warming is a highly debated topic that causes a lot of controversy. There are those in politics that do not believe that global warming is a serious threat, and there are those in the scientific community that have researched global warming and say that it will be a while before anything drastic occurs. Others, such as scientist James Hansen argue that global warming is a serious threat in relation to his research. Also due to the fact that the general public does not get the full story due to censorship global warming is looked upon as a second-rate problem. The entire facts are not fully disclosed and that affects how global warming is looked upon. Global warming is happening now and it is being underestimated greatly as the scientific
There are an infinity of divided opinions on the subject of global warming. Many people wonder what is the main cause of it. Is there will be something we can do to stop it? Global warming is something that must be treated with great caution, since we are talking about a subject that can damage our planet in different aspects. Could our poles melt? Could most of the animal species be extinguished? These are just some of the questions our scientists ask each day. The truth is only one, which seriously saddens the harsh reality. The unwise human activity is causing drastic changes in global warming, which is affecting our planet.
Thesis Statement: Global warming is a growing concern of scientists and researchers who believe that it is a serious problem for our planet. The concerns and research have also been questioned and have even been called myths. Millions of people find themselves affected by these weather pattern changes and are concerned for their futures. Activists on both sides of the argument are very passionate and not afraid to attack each other in every way they can. There are many questions that are still not answered, however, we continue to see drastic weather changes to Earth. We must go beyond the arguments and learn as much as we can to stop what could possibly lead to the destruction of our planet, our way of life and our future.
Global Warning did not really matter to me until the summer of 2014. Before then global warning was just this thing that you would hear on the news or read in the newspaper. This idea did not have much meaning to be because it did not impact my everyday life. One day I began to hear about a Twitter message going viral. The message was from a climatologist named Jason Box and it read, “ If even a small fraction of Arctic sea floor carbon is released to the atmosphere, we’re f’d.” It is alarming to hear a scientist drop the f bomb. If Jason Box was going for shock factor, it worked because after reading that I thought, maybe this is more serious then we are taking it for. I began researching global warming and the data and the numbers and the consequences are horrifying. I began to ask myself why? Why is this being overlooked? This is happening and it feels like we are doing nothing about it. Why?
When one encounters the concept and idea of global warming, we inquire a wide range of opinions, facts, assumptions, and philosophies. As the general population of the world, the idea
An important concern in the area of science is global warming. This subject is a heated dispute among presidential candidates. First and foremost, having a basic understanding about global warming is key. Climate change (“global warming”) is the continuous heating of the Earth. This includes oceans, the atmosphere, and land. (Bradford, A. 2014) According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Earth’s temperature has risen by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit within the past 100 years. This number is predicted to increase as time goes on, which is quite alarming. The majority of scientific organizations and scientists acknowledge that climate change is occurring. An important concept linked to this issue is the greenhouse effect. This is caused by the interaction between the Earth’s atmosphere and the
Global warming is the steady increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature. There are two sides of this story. Some people believe that global warming is caused by natural components in the environment and not man-made production of carbon dioxide, while the others believe that it is caused by man-made production of carbon dioxide and not by natural components in the environment. Global warming is due to the increased level in temperature of a climate which is certainly not proven that the humans are the cause of this global warming effect. To the ethos approach, this documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle by British television producer Martin Durkin presents a number of respected scientists, economists, politicians, and writers who dispute the scientific consensus regarding fictitious global warming. According to the narrator “The earth’s climate keeps on changing but there is nothing unusual about the current temperature and the scientific evidence does not support the notion that the climate is driven by CO2 man made or otherwise.”