Prevention, Mitigation, and Adaptation to Global Warming in the United States

Global Warming is a major world problem that we have but people don’t seem to realize that and it may end all life on earth as we know it. We are causing many problems to the earth that we don’t realize what we are doing we may think everything is ok but it’s not. Global warming is all our fault and we need to stop!

The sudden surge in greenhouse gases has caused a chain reaction of unpleasant events. As frozen tundras melt due to the increase of temperature, methane trapped beneath the surface is released into the atmosphere. However, humans are the biggest suspect of this global change. We burn hundreds of thousands tons of fossil fuels everyday. Even if we stopped emitting these gases, this trend would continue. If not regulated, we will be unable to eventually stop the bowling ball of global warming as it hammers towards

The 21st century has begun with one of the most challenge security threats to the United States of America have had to face. The perils of climate change have the ability to impact the national interest concerning power, prosperity and peace. The continued challenges around the world, and domestically, it is critical the US implements a comprehensive grand strategy. Cooperative security gives the US the best possibility to achieve the goals that will lessen the effects and place the US ahead of the international agenda. Combating climate change will require successful policies such as international climate pacts, collective-action and cap and trade initiatives. In the past, we have seen the US shy away from such accords worried about the

Global warming is not just something that will happen, it’s something that is happening. People around the world are trying to fix what the human race has done to our planet. The damage is reaching a point that stopping air pollution and other atmospheric harmful things won’t be enough. Countries need to pull together whatever resources they can to do whatever they can. Earth is like our food source it feeds us, but you don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Global warming is one of the leading causes of how the world is changing and how we are affected by it without noticing in our everyday lives. Global warming (or climate change) means the increase warmth of the earth’s surface (2014). The reason the earth’s temperature is constantly increasing due to the trapped carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, methane, and nitrous oxide in our atmosphere for the past century. In fact 2012 was the hottest year recorded over the past century (2014). The effects of global warming also increase the ocean temperature causing vicious storms that are out of the ordinary that we are not accustom to experiencing during the winter. This weather pattern is projected to land on the pacific regions like California, Oregon, Washington, etc, from December until late May, this phenomenon is called El Niño. In addition, the increase of global warming impacts agriculture where crops are not growing the supply and demand is high, therefore increasing the prices at the grocery store for corn, tomatoes, lettuce, and carrots to name a few. The reason all these environmental changes are happening and happening at a rapid rate is because of the increase of population, releasing these toxic chemicals in the atmosphere since the Industrial

There are many factors and catalysts making small inclinations and changes within global temperature, but mankind has been the biggest, causing detrimental harm to the world in global warming. Throughout history there are natural causes that factor in small and short term climate change, such as the occasional volcano erupting, or an excess of greenhouse gases in the air, which are gases that help absorb radiation, which as a result keeps heat within the atmosphere, having a warmer net temperature. Annually there are many fluctuations that cause minor altercations within but humanity doesn't help either. During post 1850s since the industrial revolution, the significant uses of coals, oils, and fossil fuels, have caused an exponentially increasing amount of carbon dioxide to be released

49 out of 50 scientists agree that climate is changing as a result of the observed changes in the climate, such as melting polar ice caps and increased occurrences of natural disasters. When we hear about such events, however, they feel very distant. A tsunami in Thailand, a video of a falling glacier, these are all so distant it is hard to get people to realize the need for action to be taken. Though places such as Smith College have, at the very least, acknowledged the fact that these events are occurring to the point that they are trying to combat climate change through decreases in carbon emissions and the use of solar power for energy, they have not taken measures to defend their areas from the impact of climate change. Since 1970 the Northeast United States has been warming about 0.5 degrees per decade (New England Aquarium) with precipitation increasing by an estimated 20% in much of Massachusetts. These are significant changes, but they will become even greater with heat related deaths which are expected to increase in Boston by 50 percent by 2050 while an increase of precipitation of 10% is expected to occur in the springs and summers by 2100 (New England Aquarium).

Global climate has been drastically changing over the past decade reflecting a wide range of impacts that affect not only the environment, but humans as well. Over the last 50 years the magnitude of global warming has been increasing mainly due to human activities. Since the industrial revolution in the 1800s economic growth has been driven by the progress of manufacturing processes, these have significantly contributed to global warming. It is in this period of time when the global concentration of greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere had a significant increment from 280 parts per million (ppm) in the 1800s to the modern levels of 400 ppm in 2016. (CITE acs.org).Greenhouse gases are the most significant drivers of climate change due to their persistent effects over a long period of time that can therefore negatively affect the present and future generations.

Global warming is a serious threat in today's society. Earth's Climate has been increasing since the 1950s. The reason why I chose global warming as a topic is to discuss how it affects us on a day-to-day basis. Global warming or climate change in other terms is the rise in temperature of the world's climate. Climate change is caused by greenhouse gasses being trapped in our world's atmosphere. Many things emit greenhouse gasses such as, Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. It is a common theory amongst scientists that the planet's temperature has risen 0.5 Fahrenheit since the 1990s, and that it will continue to rise in the coming years if nothing is done to prevent it. Global warming will have devastating effects such as, rising sea levels, severe weather, famine, and much more. Many of the Artic animals that we have come to known are in huge risk of extinction due to climate change caused by careless human acts. Much of the United States coast will be submerged under water by 2100 due to the rising sea levels that come from the growing climate change. Amongst many things humans are the number one cause of global warming, we are to blame for more than half of earth's temperature increase. I believe that this subject matter should be taken extremely seriously due to the disastrous nature of this tremendous issue.

Global warming is an issue that needs to be dealt with now before the world as we know it comes to an end. The temperature of the planet has gone up .8

It is difficult to turn on the news or surf the internet without hearing about global warming. It is currently a very controversial topic in America. Many politicians use the idea of global warming to alarm their target audience and earn their votes. Billions of dollars are spent each year to reduce America’s carbon footprint, whether it be on cleaner technologies or alternative fuel sources. This is all done without concrete evidence that proves global warming is actually taking place. If it is actually taking place, there is no convincing evidence that verifies it is directly being caused by the human population. The topic of global warming has become more than the protection of our planet. It is becoming a game of politics. Our

Through the eyes of most scientists, global warming is seen as a very serious and severe threat. The actions taken by humans, such as industry and consumption of fossil fuels plus the increase in population and agriculture have played a big part in global warming. If something is not done soon the results could be very bad.

The report will state the facts and issue about global warming all over the world. The report will focus on the impact of global warming and consider what actions can be taken by Greenpeace to fight global warming. Global warming, which will trigger hurricanes and tropical storms, has a negative effect on human beings and wildlife. According to the report, thanks to global warming, a million species have already become extinct and approximately 150,000 people will die by the end of the 21st-century ¹. What’s more, sea level will rise nearly three feet by 2100, which will threat people in coastal area². In addition, global warming will elevate occurrence of strong hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and other natural disasters³. This report will showcase some key facts and data concerning global warming, considering the effect on human’s life, animals and the environment. In addition, this report will list different ways in which we as an environmental organization can tackle the problem of global warming.

According to nationalgeographics.com, scientist learned that “there are several greenhouse gases that are responsible for global warming and we humans give off these in a variety of ways.” For example, “Global warming is mainly a problem caused

There is an abundance of evidence that the global climate is warming, but the exact causes are unknown, one susceptive cause is actives of mankind. There are many different studies that show the level of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere has increased since the second half of the 18 century also known as the Industrial Revolution. This is the time mankind started to make their carbon footprint on the environment. This footprint included technological changes such as the use of raw materials, new energy sources, the invention of new machines, new organization of work known as the factory systems, improvements in transportation and communication. While these actives have caused an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane and other pollutants that have affected the atmosphere, the