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Persuasive Essay On Global Warming

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Your grandchildren are all going to die.
Now that you’re paying attention, climate change is happening and it is happening now. The Earth’s temperature is warming, sea levels are rising, and glaciers are melting. Climate change is causing extreme weather such as hurricanes, typhoons, droughts, heatwaves, and the arctic ice is rapidly disappearing. It is a threat to our species, our habitats, and our oceans. About 90% of Americans do not know what global warming is and only about 13% identified global warming correctly (Vox). People need to be more aware of what is happening because it is going to affect everyone in the world. “Many scientists long known for their caution are now saying that warming has reached dire levels, generating feedback loops that will take us perilously close to no point of return.” (Berne [Page #50]). If people continue to do nothing scientist think there will be no going back once it has fully taken effect. Global warming is causing diseases and other health related problems, air pollution, and is causing millions to flee from their homes. People need to do something about this. Humans have caused most of the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases, their levels are higher now than in the last 650,000 years (LIVESCIENCE). The “greenhouse effect” is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping,

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