"Is It Hot In Here or Is It Just Me?"
The article "What is Global Warming?", can be found on environment.nationalgeographic.com under environment and global warming.
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-overview?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_n1p_us_se_w#
This article is showing that global warming is a very scary thing. It is a scary thing because global warming is causing the sea levels to rise, the glaciers to melt, and the Earth to get warmer. This is mostly due to greenhouse gases. Green house gases are gases that go into the atmosphere and trap all the heat into the atmosphere. This in turn is warming up the Earth.
Global warming or climate change was first recognized by Joseph Fourier who stated that the Earth would be much colder if the Earth didn't have a atmosphere. He said that the Earth would be 60 degrees cooler if we didn't have it. In the year 1895 a chemist named Svante Arrhenius said that you could warm up the environment by making more carbon dioxide.
In the article, it said that this was a concern because some living things won't be able to adapt as quickly as they need to, to survive. Even though the difference between today's average temperature and the average temperature during the ice age is only 9 degrees, it still makes a huge difference. Some ecosystem could have a organism that has to stay at a certain temperature to live, but it could die when the temperature increases
Another major concern is the fact that it will make storms harsher and more dangerous. For example, Hurricane Sandy was a bad storm, but if the temperature keeps rising there will be more and more storms like that. One more thing that the article talks about is the affect on farmers. It affects the farmers when the temperature rises. You will have longer droughts and this can affect the crop output and that can ruin someone's business or their life.
"What will we do to slow this warming? How will we cope with the changes we've already set into motion? While we struggle to figure it all out, the face of the Earth as we know it—coasts, forests, farms and snow-capped mountains—hangs in the balance." What this quote is saying is we can't really stop global warming at this point in time, because we have already got it going in a way which we can't stop it but only slow it. Some ways we can slow global warming is if we stop burning fossil fuels by using eco friendly cars. The horse is already out of the barn on this issue.
What I think about this article is that it is completely true in every way. It talks about how we have gotten ourself into a mess and we don't know what to do. I also think global warming is a huge concern in my opinion. What I am most concerned about is the fact that a city like Boston can be underwater in a matter of centuries. This might just become true because the ice caps are melting and this is causing the sea level to rise. I feel like Boston is a very important city to the world because it has so much history. It's possible that my great grandchildren won't be able to ski on the mountains because all the snow will be melted. If there is no snow, kids and adults wont be able to experience the joys of winter.
I thought this writing started off just spitting out facts and it sounded like the writer did not really care. There were a few minor mistakes here and there like lack of periods. But then at the end it got really good and the writer actually sounded interested about the effects global warming has on us. He also mentioned many topics we have discussed in science like green house gases and his title really caught my attention. Overall this was a good piece of writing.
ReplyDeleteI thought that at the beginning of the writing you were just throwing different statements in there and the writing had very little flow to it. But as the writing went on it got more flow to it. I found it very interesting that the earth's temperature has only risen 9 degrees since the ice age. I also found it interesting that because of the earth's temperature rising it will cause more horrific storms to happen. From all of this I learned a lot and overall I think with a few fixes this is a very good piece of writing.
ReplyDeleteI believe this piece you wrote contained a lot of information pertaining to the issue of Global Warming. I have researched this topic before and I had learned some things from this article such as Global Warming having an effect on farmers and that the temperature has only changed nine degrees since the Ice Age. But have you considered the fact that this change could be due to a natural change in temperature? I do believe that humans may have accelerated this process but what if the temperature increase was going to happen anyway so there would be nothing we could do about it. Overall, this was a good piece of writing and a good summary of the article.
ReplyDeleteI like how you emphasized that Global Warming is already so out of control it can't be stopped. That point is driven home even further when you mention that Boston (which is very close to here) may be underwater in the not too distant future. The connection to skiing is also interesting, and I personally would hate having a world without snow. The only thing that I would like to know is what else can be done to help slow down Global Warming.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. This doesn't seem like it will effect us now but the truth is it really does. I liked when you said, "Another major concern is the fact that it will make storms harsher and more dangerous." This will definitely effect us and a lot of other people in the future.
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