Global Warming is Causing the Destruction of the Environment

Perhaps the most well-known spokesperson for climate change, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, recently attracted a lot of media attention for his emotional rant against climate skeptics. When he spoke at the Aspen Institution in Boulder, Colorado in early August, he compared climate skeptics to those who argued that smoking was not harmful to human health in the 1960s.

At this point, Patterson approaches the core of his argument, wherein he provides what he believes to be sufficient evidence that the idea global warming will soon cease to be a threat to the progress. He argues that the “fever is breaking, as more and more scientists come forward to admit their doubts about the global warming paradigm”. The use of a fever as a

To start my response, I am of a personal belief that global warming is a hoax. Over the course of my education, many of the arguments for global warming have been disproven to me. My

Most people believe that the controversy of the existence of global warming stopped long ago. In fact, that is very untrue. The common belief is that, yes the earth is warming, the glaciers are melting, and our atmosphere is being polluted, all due to man-made green house gases. What’s new? Shockingly there are still some scientists who disagree. Global warming; a very controversial phenomenon that is still happening, which already is not being handled sufficiently enough, is being argued that it does not exist whatsoever. This causes the general public to believe that they are being educated on the falsehoods of modern science, when in fact that they need to be educated on when to distinguish misinformation for themselves. These

Climatologist Tim Ball argues this point in his article, The Science Isn’t Settles – The Limitations of Global Climate Models. Dr. Ball looks at the data of global temperatures and concludes that the earth’s atmosphere is actually cooling while in its cooling cycle, which is the complete opposite to the assumption that the atmosphere is heating up. In 1999 a petition was asked the U.S. Government to reject the environment treaty The Kyoto Protocol, which was signed by over 17,000 other scientists sharing the same views. These scientists view that there is no convincing scientific evidence around the idea of global warming and all of these conclusions are not justified. They believe that the human release of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses are not contributing to global warming and the climate change, instead the increase of CO2 is promoting plant and animal growth. Some other scientists argue that global warming is being blown way out of portion and its effects are so small we will not notice its effects. They believe this increasing in extensive publicity is an environmentalist scam for more recognition, power, and

My beliefs upon global warming is that it is a very serious matter that should not be taken lightly. I chose global warming as the topic of my research paper to raise awareness of the deadly effects that the Earth’s warming can cause. Many people go about their day not realizing how much energy they are omitting and how much of that energy contributes to the growth of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It should be the duty of every individual to recognize their involvement in the Earth’s warming and what they can do to reduce it. I personally believe that the Earth provides for living organisms but it should not be taken for granted. With many years of drilling for fossil fuels and polluting the Earth I believe it is well overdue

"The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear."

Is the topic of climate change really just a political hoax or does it have scientific evidence to support it? “The greenhouse effect is a well-known phenomenon that results in warming of earth's atmosphere through the absorption of infrared (IR) radiation by molecules in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane.” (Finch, Mary. #106). The main chemicals that are responsible for this problem are carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane which these gases are greenhouse gases. This problem occurs because these gases absorb radiation from solar radiation, radiation coming from our sun, and infrared radiation.

• Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that warms the atmosphere. • Since pre-industrial times, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased from about 280 parts per million (ppm) to over 380 ppm. Current concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are unprecedented in at least the last 650,000 years, based on records from gas bubbles trapped in polar ice. • Independent measurements demonstrate that the increased CO2 in the atmosphere comes

There is no scientific basis for claims that the planet will begin to cool in

Opening/Attention: Have you ever heard or the saying “the world is coming to an end”? Has it ever crossed your mind that this statement could be true? Scientists claim every so often that the world will end due to natural causes. Even though years have passed and nothing dramatically has occurred, slowly and slowly, the world is dying. Everyday millions of animals are going extinct, due to natural causes. Global warming and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. This is all because the world is increasingly changing, and one by one, nothing and no one will be left. Did you ever wonder about how the earth looked before? Did it ever cross your mind that earth could have been way healthier before the world’s population increased. I am here to talk to you about more interesting facts, causes, reasons to help and the future outcomes to understand that for future generations children won 't be able to witness what you have due to the seriousness of this issue.

Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas naturally found in the atmosphere. Since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s, humans have devised many inventions that burn fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gases, which, along with other human activities such as clearing land for agriculture or urban settlements, help some of these greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere that in turn trap more heat radiation in the atmosphere causing the Earth’s climate to become warmer than it would naturally (Mastrandrea). This unnatural phenomenon is termed global warming by scientists and they blame it for an increase in the Earth’s surface temperature of about 0.6°C (about 1°F) over the last 100 years (Mastrandrea).

This is just an explanation of how Global Warming is becoming about. Scientist are proving and discovering new ways to detect and analyze Global Warming and the effects.

With July 2013 recorded as one of the worst snowfalls in the history of Australia winters, well concerned fears are fulminating regarding the future of the ski industry, namely the ski resorts that reside in the Snowy Mountain region including Thredbo, Perisher, Charlotte’s Pass and the Selwyn Snowfields, and several major Victorian ski resorts including Mt Buller, Mt Hotham and Falls Creek. The Alps are the only region on the Australian mainland in which deep snow falls naturally, however, with the ongoing impact that global warming has left upon our natural environment, it feels ominously close that the premonition of a snow-deprived winter may be as soon as 2050. More erratic looking winters have confirmed the beliefs of many that the ski industry may not be viable beyond the mid-century mark, given that the ski industry’s economic viability is highly sensitive and contingent on the number of days with good snow cover that are received each year. According to a government commissioned report, the ski industries initial fears are well-founded with ski seasons to be predicted to be 10 weeks shorter, and the snow depth considerably declined. While some may reflect upon the 2013 winter and overlook the enormity of the issue, scientists predict that the impact of global warming means the long-term outlook for the ski-industry is bleak, and not positive. Not only does a lack of snowfall presents environmental consequences, but also poses a series of consequences

First world countries contribute most to the problems of unsustainable development and thus they should be responsible for resolving the issues caused by such developments, particularly when they are still having an indirect impact in promoting unsustainable development and have resources required to counter these problems.