Global Warming Is The Number One Concern On The Planet Right Now

It is often said that humans are the largest threat to Earth, but not because of violence between one another. Humans are the largest threat to Earth because we as a species pollute the air, land, and water of the very planet we call home. Without Earth all life as we know it will cease to exist. Global warming is the product of the pollutants created by mankind. If mankind as a whole does not change its ways we will ruin our one and only planet that is suitable to sustain life. In Warm, Warmer, Warmest an article by Nicholas D. Kristof argues that that “stopping global warming should be the paramount struggle of our time”(Warmer). While researching this topic I used multiple resources to better understand what Nicholas Kristof is explaining in his article. I first looked at a government run website that helped explain global warming and how it is affecting us today. Then I looked at news articles from different news organizations. Lastly I watched a video that explained why we can no longer ignore global warming. All of those resources helped me better understand my research topic and I feel that I have gained more knowledge about global warming.

The main factors in this climate change are observed to be the increase in temperatures and the resulting acidification of the oceans. The previously mentioned changes and others in the report are readily observable, such as the uptake of anthropogenic carbon since 1750 that has led to the ocean becoming more acidic, with an average decrease in pH of 0.1 units and in some instances blatantly obvious, even to the average layperson. It is difficult to conclude what the rate of change in the future will be and the effects of observed ocean acidification on the marine biosphere.

Anthropogenic activity has led to greatly increased emissions of greenhouses gases. Increased temperatures, acidification and stratification are all affected by increased carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. These symptoms of climate change have direct and indirect effects on to marine ecosystems, all of which start at the major primary producers of the oceans: phytoplankton.

Another global issue that has been shown in over the past century is the increasing in the sea levels. This increasing results from the higher temperature under the ocean. Animals’ habits have been destroyed because of this issue. Large ice formations such as glaciers and polar ice caps are melting. As a result, when this large amount of melt drops in the ocean, it causes increasing in ocean level. So, the animals that live in the surface are losing their home, which means they are facing weather changes, attacks from the predatory animals, and difficulties in finding food, so they die. As well, the animals that live under the ocean that lost their home because of the increased water are facing the same issues. “Global sea levels may rise

Leading scientists advise climate change will cause increases to the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Rising sea levels pose a significant risk to coastal communities, while the world’s oceans could become too acidic to support coral reefs and other calcifying marine organisms.

Recently, global warming has become a serious problem in Australia. Global warming is a naturalized phenomenon. In general, global warming always caused by the emission of carbon dioxide. Then the Earth’s surface and ocean temperature get warmer. People burn fossil fuels such as oil and coal could create greenhouse gases to the atmospheric layer. (Oxford, 2016) Both the releasing in automobile exhaust and decreasing in the forested area also can make the global warming. Hence, global warming would make ice melting and raise sea levels. These disadvantages are not only harmful to the balance of the ecosystem but also threaten the survival of humanity. Now, Australia government and citizens must pay more attention to global warming because it is closely linked to their life. Renewable energy has been approached to reduce realistic global warming in Australia. It could replace fossil fuel to make power generation. Renewable energy is a kind of energy, which could be recycled in nature world. In Australia, wind energy and solar energy is two important renewable energies with its inexhaustible and clean advantages of gaining the favour of the government. (Oxford, 2016) This essay would discuss that renewable energy could reduce global warming in Australia because of the exploitation potential of renewable energy and impact of Australia economy, but we need time to promote technology and change policies.

There have been large cases of global warming impacts on ocean life. In 2016, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef had its worst case of coral bleaching (Ponsot). Bleaching leads to the death of coral, and the Great Barrier Reef is very close to being one-hundred percent deceased. A lot of this comes from ocean acidification. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions being absorbed into the ocean is higher than one might think. Every year, the amount of carbon dioxide emissions increase by two billion tons (“Climate Change Evidence”). These emissions are directly impacting many shell dependent organisms. The rise in temperature affect all marine wildlife. Scientists believe that because of global warming, there is a higher chance of extreme weather (“Climate Change Evidence”). These cases of extreme weather, like hurricanes, destroy ecosystems when they occur over oceans. Also, with the water temperature rising, animals have to leave their ecosystems and go where it is cooler. They usually move to areas where the ocean is deeper so they do not overheat (“Climate Change Evidence”). All of these problems have caused a fear for what will happen in the future.

It is best put bluntly: climate change has become the most pressing issue of our time. It is a concern so urgent that many say we have already passed a point in which we cannot recover; we can merely hope to minimize the damage. It is an issue that has found its way to the forefront of many governmental platforms, regardless of political affiliation. Most recently, APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – held its yearly summit in Beijing, the capital of the world’s greatest polluter: China. However, the progress attained by this conference is what has newspapers, such as the Washington Post, calling it the “best APEC summit ever. (cite)” China and the United States – the world’s largest emissions polluters – took a very encouraging step forward as both agreed to a motivated joint plan that plans to drastically cut carbon emissions. Frequently seen as “antagonists (cite)” in the in the realm of greenhouse emissions, this initiative is being viewed as one of the largest in recent memory. The hope is that smaller countries will see the commitment from world leaders such as the United States and China and will in turn become motivated to reduce emissions as well. There seems to be an abundance of benefits in terms of energy but there could also be hidden benefits to this agreement, more specifically, what does this initiative tell of U.S.-China relations, both present and future? Unsurprisingly, there are many ways to answer this question and to do so without the

The topic of global warming as a result of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration is arguably the most important environmental issue that the world faces today. CO2 has always been in the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas keeping the global atmospheric temperature at life sustainable levels by preventing the infra-red radiation to leave the atmosphere (CO2 Capture and storage, 2016). However due to human interference and the burning of fossil fuels (as shown by the following equation), the rate at which atmospheric CO2 concentrations is rising has been increasing in the last 50 years as evident on Graph 1 above as well as the equation below.

Introduction: Global warming is the greatest challenge that our planet is facing today. The continuous rise in the earth 's temperature has been a current and widely discussed topic in today 's world. Roland Emmerich 's sci-fi thrillers "The day after tomorrow" and "2012" and scientific documentaries such as Leonardo DiCaprio 's " The 11th hour" and Davis Guggenheim 's " An inconvenient truth" aim to raise public awareness about the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment. I have chosen these films and documentaries because they are relatively engaging and explain the role of humans in the annihilation of the planet from several different professional fields such as medical specialists, scientists and climatologists. Apart from a similar theme of global warming these films bring out the selfishness in human nature, and some scientific realities that make these films stand out as exceptions in the modern world. The power of these films, however, lies solely in their objectives and authoritative declarations about the depleting state of the planet.

Global warming is one of the greatest challenges the world faces today. One of the leading causes of global warming is the drastic increase in carbon dioxide emissions created by the burning of fossil fuels for energy. The consequences of global warming have far reaching effects, ranging from personal to social to economic global scenarios. However, the path of current destruction facing the planet can be altered by using energy more efficiently, thereby reducing the amount of greenhouse gases. Global warming has many dire consequences, and if not reduced it could very truly destroy our planet.

A topic of worldwide concern is the effects of global warming on the world we live in. Our awareness of this event is elevated due to our part in accelerating the rate of global warming through the excessive production of greenhouse gases polluting the atmosphere. The changes due to global warming are small but long-reaching, slowly and slightly changing the world around us, raising sea levels and temperatures. This change is viewed in a negative light as it is disrupting the current state of nature and altering the environment. Natural, we want to resist any negative changes and would rather sea levels stay at a constant level to protect beaches and coastline cities. We like to be able to control as much as we can to sustain ideal

In a world dependent on technology and resources, many problems have started to arise due to all of the resources used in the process of creating our current society. For example, the resources used from just producing electricity like coal and natural gas is enough to cause severe pollution in many ways. This is because both of these are nonrenewable resources and they emit carbon dioxide when burned; one of the most common usages. All of that energy has serious waste as a side effect. Ocean temperatures rising due to global warming and human pollution rapidly melts ice caps, causes storms such as hurricanes and typhoons, and destroys aquatic ecosystems.

Eissa and Zaki implies that “a considerable number of many species will be threatened with a continuous increase in sea levels to a certain point that the animal or species could become extinct” (The impact of global climatic…” 2). Sea levels are rising at very accelerated rates, and until the water keep rising, they will become very harmful to the human population and many marine organisms. However, increasing temperatures is one of the main factors of climate change. Johansen insists that “the warming of the world’s oceans has not only affected the animals who live above the surface, but also the ones who live below” (“Marine Life…” 1). Increasing temperatures are mostly caused by many human activities such as the release of fossil fuels emissions and greenhouse gases. The two main processes that cause increasing temperatures are Climate Change and the Greenhous effect. These can be very harmful to the marine population and permanently extinct them. According to recent studies, NOAA has discovered that seawater temperatures are increasing by about 0.1 Celsius, and many organisms confronted with this change could be in great danger (NOAA 2). In addition to increasing temperatures and sea levels rising, another factor would be ocean acidification. Global Issues portrays that” ocean acidification is caused by substantial amounts of carbon dioxide which is caused by greenhouse emissions” (Climate Change…” 5). The excess

Today we all confront with the term, known as global warming. It influences not just to us but also to whole aquatic life. It influences not much as form of pollution to the water but in form of “killing” aquatic organisms. This global warming first attack the coral bleaching, and then indirectly according to that, all organisms start to die slowly. People also are included in this process, because they increase the temperature in the atmosphere throw bearing the gasses, including the carbon dioxide.