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He also refutes that a meteor wiped out the dinosaur population and the climate change plays a role in extinction.

In 2010, Al Gore wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times claiming that global warming is a matter our generation must concentrate on in order to halt the rapid increases of change to our planet’s climate. He creates a strong, convincing argument by addressing and exemplifying issues pertaining to global climate change.

Have you ever watched the show “Wild Kratts”? The Kratt Brothers, Martin and Chris Kratt, are determined to teach kids about animals. In addition, they also motivate children to become scientists and help keep planet Earth safe and sound. Out of the thousands of characters in the books I’ve read and the movies I have watched, these two significant people stand out above all others. This is because they symbolize determination, wisdom, and goodness, and thereby inspire me to become my dream job, an ecologist.

Jeff Corwin is a wildlife conservationist from Norwell, Massachusetts in 1967. He is currently 48 years old and he is still living. He went to college at Eastern Nazarene College, in Quincy Massachusetts, and later he attendant he attended Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater. Corwin has a bachelor of science on biology and anthropology. One of Corwin’s major accomplishments is when he served as an expedition naturalist for a documentary program titled “THE JASON PROJECT “led by Bob Ballard who is an oceanographer. As an undergraduate he became active in the conservation of rainforest in central and South America, he also participated in the youth action committee program in the United Nation Environmental Program. And while filming

In regards to scientific facts, Gore explains that when it comes to samples and the analyses of many articles and studies on the matter, “the number of those that disagreed with the scientific consensus that we are causing global warming and that, it is indeed a serious problem” is zero. (Gore) At first, he also uses overemphasis and exaggeration when referring to mass media and its claims that, many

First, Cowperthwaite uses credible interviewees to effectively convey the unfavorable aftermath of Orcas kept in captivity. Within the first few minutes of the film, viewers meet John Hargrove, Samantha Berg, Carol Ray, John Jett, Jeffrey Ventre, and Dean Gomersall, all former Seaworld trainers Seaworld trainers. They explain their background and how they came to become educated in their fields. In showing

Joel Sartore, photographer, is the main focus in this article. Over the years Sartore has created a collection of photos that he has taken of different species of animals. These animal photos have created a movement that’s goal is to inspire people and get their attention in order to help protect the lives of animals, especially those that are threatened. This organization, Photoark, is pushing the photography of zoo animals in order to get public attention. Animal play a huge role in the balance of our planet. What Joel Sartore is trying to do is save our biodiversity by protecting animals in order to preserve the environment. Throughout the article the author explains the goals of Sartore and explains the Photoark project that is growing wildly to save animals. The awareness of these animals may just be the thing to save them and our planets

Timothy Treadwell, made famous after the biographical documentary Grizzly Man was released, spent thirteen summers in Katmai National Park in Homer, Alaska living amongst the region’s wild brown bears before he was ultimately killed and consumed by them. No one quite understood why he decided to spend so much time with the dangerous carnivores, but onecan only speculate on the decisions that led to his tragic end. He was believed to have suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction. The self-proclaimed “bear whisperer” not only yearned not only for a connection with the bears, but many believed also for their acceptance. He devoted his life trying to convince society that the bears needed his help, but there is controversy as to if he did more bad than good in his so-called efforts to aid in their protection.

The interactions he recorded with wildlife were incredible, but cost him his life. This however, should cause fear of wildlife or give reason to draw lines between them and ourselves as Herzog signals throughout the documentary. Everything on Earth is connected through an interwoven network of relationships that tie things together. No matter how many buildings humans construct and attempt to distance themselves from non-humans, they will always have a part in nature. Instead of letting fear rule over us and shutting ourselves away in an urbanized environment, we should enjoy our interactions with those that we attempt to leave

Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man, is unlike any other nature documentary I have ever seen before. Timothy Treadwell, a bear enthusiast, is an interesting environmentalist; however, he lacks knowledge of the natural world around him. His inadequacy of understanding undomesticated animals living in the wild is what causes Treadwell to face a plethora of problems throughout his journey. For starters, Treadwell fails to understand that bears are wild animals and cannot be made into house pets. He becomes too close to the untamed mammals and attempts to be their friend. Treadwell does not put much thought into the pursuit of being their companion; instead, he simply goes to the mountains, stands in front of the bears, and tries to pet their

The scientific information then has to be written in a way that is captivating and concise to leave the public wanting to learn more. Many people are unaware of current environmental issues and need to read about it in a way that draws them in and makes them believe in the issues. Within chapter six, The Sea Around Us, Kolbert talks about how vital the ocean's health is to all living things to show the audience that environmentalists are serious about the current problems. Showing the facts with descriptive, yet concise details provide the reader with a reason to believe. These details help create a scare tactic, scaring readers by giving them the facts and therefore leaving them wanting to learn more. An author that writes a book with content that can give chills to the reader would successfully have changed their views on the environmental crisis. By opening up with a topic such as frogs disappearing, the audience is bound to feel sad or scared for the reasons that the amphibians that were older than many other classifications had left with no traces left behind. Kolbert was wise, the reader can now easily be intrigued by the new information and want to read on. Then, discovering a whole world of unknown environmental

Werner Herzog directed a documentary film called Grizzly Man to show viewers how much interest Timothy Treadwell demonstrated towards human nature and how he demonstrates human nature through himself. Timothy Treadwell spent thirteen long summers in Alaskan Peninsula. He went to go portray his love and protection to the wild life and grizzly bears, which lead him to his miserable death. Herzog creates a sequence of scenes, comments, and interviews from people who is well connected directly or indirectly with Treadwell. His purpose of directing the Grizzly Man documentary through Treadwell’s own film was to convey the viewers the difference of human beings and the wild life animals. Herzog’s main effective argument was to convey how courageous and how insane Treadwell was to spend thirteen summers in the wild life of grizzly bears.

Credibility Position (Why you picked this topic): After I read this particular article, it made me realize that the global warming was taking pace at a rapid speed than I had imagined. Its impact was certainly happening quickly than I expected. Then, I did some research to find out its problems and also I looked at solutions to minimize the impact of global warming.

"Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a consensus that we will face a string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare ourselves and deal with the underlying causes of global warming."

“When taking the heating of the entire climate system into account, our planet has warmed at a rate equivalent to 4 Hiroshima atomic bomb detonations per second over the past 15 years” (Cook). Our planet is becoming warmer. When scientists add up all the heat warming the land, oceans, atmosphere, ice melting, earth is accumulating heat equivalent to four Hiroshima bombs worth of heat per second. Global warming is a serious issue faced by our world as there has been a significant increase in temperature over the years. But the article published by Dr. Mark Sircus on “Global Warming -largest science scandal in the history” refutes the theory of global warming. Dr. Sircus states that there is no linkage between carbon dioxide and temperature leading to global warming, the sea level is not rising, arctic sea ice extent is now higher and climate change is due to solar activity. Dr. Sircus also points out that that the recent weather changes are not in line with global warming and “we are in the beginning of a deep freeze” (Global Warming - Largest Science Scandal in US History). NASA and the scientific community states that global warming is not a hoax and there is a rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature due to greenhouse gases released as people burn fossils. NASA states that the “key indicators of global warming are based on surface, satellite, and ocean temperature measurements, satellite measurements of energy imbalance and of receding glaciers, sea ice, and