Matthew Reichel: Issues In The North

Through looking at recorded snow fall totals, Lake Freeze overs, and agriculture impacts one is able to start seeing trends in environmental changes. By looking at record snow fall records we can get a sense of historical air temperature and see how a specific location has been warming. Lake Freeze over data also gives good indications of an average air temperature increase. But there are still many people in this world that doubt that climate change is real. Yes earth goes through different periods of time where the climate has changed drastically. Look at the Ice Age, there was a time where a huge glacier stretched all the way across Vermont and in some places that glacier was 2 miles thick. Take for example, former Texas governor Rick Perry, who is in charge of the Department of Energy stated in 2011 that, “Global warming was an unproven scientific theory.”(Sidahmed, M. (2016, December 15). To the new presidential administration the topic of climate change has been looked at as a joke or even as a false idea. What we now know with the amounts of glaciers residing and the rise in temperatures and sea levels I believe that this subject is a bigger topic than what they believe. This subject needs to be taken seriously and we as humans need to take responsibility for some of our actions that have impacted climate change. I strongly disagree with many different actions that our president has taken regarding the issue

For those individuals who doubt climate change is real, I would strongly recommend they watch this documentary; it just might change their perspective on climate change and how it has led to extreme weather changes. Research shows that "Eighty-eight percent of natural resource professionals in this study agree or strongly agree that the science indicates that our climate is changing" (Allred et al. 10). The problem is most people do not truly believe the facts that are discovered by scientist. President Donald Trump is one example, you hear it over news reports saying that us as people do

People have become unconvinced about climate change due to the fact that people believe it is over exaggerated when talked about, when really it is reality. Being a unconvinced society prevents people from wanting to become more educated and aware of the issue. Some people believe that climate change is not real due to the stupidity of uneducated and opinionated members of our society.

Regardless of how visible the changes are presently there are changes occurring constantly. The climate has been changing for decades and that is only what we have scientific data on so the changing could potentially be going on for much longer. The people that favor this denial strategy are simply uncritical thinkers who either don’t want to accept the state of the world and the destination that we are heading or that they have too much financially at stake. Those who are in the latter situation have an ethical dilemma because they should agree with the facts, therefore agreeing with global warming but this would then call for action which for businesses especially will be costly. In our day in age, with our technology, it is difficult to claim you don’t believe in climate change. The acceptance of global warming is scary because it’s the acceptance of the destruction and distortion humans have cause to Earth but even more difficult is the response to the enlightenment. However, that is only half of the

These last two election cycles have demonstrated the importance of climate change in relation to politics and the american people. What is unfortunate is that what seems to be a very crucial and real problem in our human survival, according to scientists, is being debated by people who do not have the scientific credentials to even discuss the science behind the reality of climate change. Those behind the skeptics, have funded a successful campaign against the reality of the facts and have introduce doubt into the sciences.

The idea of climate change, for many, is an opinionated subject with much discussion of whether it is a real issue or just a natural phenomenon. However in recent years it is clear to see that trends in the Earth’s climate and surface temperature has spiked to levels never seen before. Despite all the evidence of the high levels of greenhouses gases and the rise in temperature, many still believe that

Climate change is real – there is no denying it. NASA Climate Change found that the global temperature has risen 1.7 degrees since 1880. This may sound minimal, but it has caused the melting of 281.1 billion tons of land ice a year, led to a sea level rise of 3.4 millimeters per year, and a 13.3% loss of arctic ice. This has been caused by an increase in carbon dioxide. Everyone knows that walking to school and turning off the lights when you exit the room will help, but this is not the root cause, and thus, not the way to solve the problem. We must address the problem at the root cause – energy. When fossil fuels such as coal, gas or oil are burnt, they produce carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas that is responsible for the sea levels rising,

Global warming is real. Seven billion people contribute every day to destroying our planet. Global warming is gradual heating on earth due to the greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are trapping heat that should be escaping earth. John Hawkins a columnist, wrote an article Five Scientific Reasons That Global Warming Isn't Happening, Hawkins suggest a global warming on our planet isn’t happening because the scientific evidence available suggested that man wasn't causing global warming. However, our planet is showing facts on how it is being consumed quickly. The heating of the planet has been linked to melting glaciers, partial information on climate change including partisan articles.

Beginning with Mark Hendrickson’s argument, he recognizes that the climate is changing. He wrote in his article “Climate Change-Hoax or Crime of the Century” that the Earth has emerged from a Little Ice Age not that long ago, and it would be worrisome if the climate around the globe was not warming

The skeptics argue that, climate change does not exist but overwhelmingly majority of scientists argue that climate exist and it’s causing more harm all round.

If climate change is not real, than the whole argument about climate change causing resource scarcity and violent ethnic conflict is invalid. However, there is a lot of evidence that shows climate change is a real problem. A study by The State of Climate Global Analysis for June 2012 shows that there is evidence for climate change. The temperature of the land and water is above average, and the number of temperature abnormalities continues to rise. Sunga (2014) writes, that CNN reported “July 2012 was estimated to have been the hottest month for the continental United States since record keeping began in 1895.” (p. 4) A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that eleven of the last twelve years (from 1995-2006) were among the twelve warmest years for surface temperature since 1895. It also noted that the ocean has grown to be over 3000 meters deep, and that average snow coverage and mountain glacier mass had declined.

Climate Change Is Real Water is rising, glaciers are melting, wildfires are happening, posing a huge threat to the future and who’s to blame?... Us! I believe that Climate change is real, there is factual evidence to prove so, and it poses a threat to our future and the people and animals in it.

The issue is simple and rather obvious; climate change is real and a problem. With a changing climate comes rising sea levels, hotter days, and stronger and wilder storms, and long painful droughts. What most people can’t seem to agree on is whether or not human activity is playing some role in it. From media outlets to internet forums, the debate is being fought on all fronts. Most of these arguments, however, are just personal opinions and poorly-made observations from the comfort of a gas-guzzling SUV. Honestly, it doesn’t take a genius to look up a legitimate scientific paper and see the data for yourself. Human activity is influencing the global climate in a negative way, with plenty of evidence to prove it and very little disagreement in the scientific community.

Is climate change a relevant issue that contemporary society needs to focus on; or is climate change merely a form of propaganda created to instill fear in society? For years, the ongoing debate of scientists creating a hoax has been a heated topic. I chose to research this to verify my beliefs and hopefully discover why deniers believe in what they believe. Climate change is the idea that the earth is trapping the gas CO2. When CO2 gas is trapped in the earth, the planet absorbs heat instead of releasing it into the atmosphere: like a heated blanket that covers our planet, this is the idea of global warming. As stated by NASA, some of the effects that are now occurring as a result of climate change as predicted by scientists such as more intense heat waves and the melting of ice causing increased sea levels.

Climate change is an extremely serious threat because it affects every living thing on the planet. Climate change can have destructive effects like causing extreme weather events, ocean acidification and increasing global temperature. These are only few of the effects of climate change and if it continues can even cause the extinction of humanity. Much of the scientific community agrees that our use of fossil fuels is the cause and our continued dependency will most definitely lead to problems. Although there is evidence that human activity to blame for climate change some people deny its very existence. Some of these people have perspectives that make sense, but lack scientific evidence to support their arguments. There should not be any debate or skepticism surrounding climate change because human activity is the problem.