Reflection Paper on Field Notes from a Catastrophe

The Earth has been affected by climate change in many ways but the most important result in this weather change is the amount of species whose populations are decreasing. Organisms and even humans are much needed for our world to run property and without one of those species, the entire system would be messed up. In Document C, it shows how the weather is making a bad organism spread and kill many plants. Our world needs plants to survive and with all these plants dying it will greatly impact the food web, causing many

Society has ignored the changing climate for too long. With the hope of enlightening our generation, McKibben addresses this topic in a hostile manner to bring awareness. By illustrating an image of desolation, describing our planet to be an “inhabitable place” if we don’t change our habits, the author captures the attention of his readers (1). Eaarth is stylistically written in a suitable manner for the intended audience. McKibben refrains from scolding his audience by using “we” rather than “you”—intending that change is only possible if everyone, from all over the world, works together. Rather than simply discussing how climate changed has affected America, he speaks globally about this disaster—as it is typically worse in other countries due to their location on Earth. In addition to adding as aspect of fear, McKibben provides scientific evidence with every statement he makes about the changing environment. Rather than simply stating that temperatures are globally at an all-time high, he states, “Burma set the new mark for the Southeast Asia at 118 degrees, and Pakistan the new zenith for all of Asia at 129 degrees…warmest six months, the warmest year, and the warmest decade for which we have records” (214). On the other hand, McKibben provides so many statistics that it’s almost overwhelming to the

John Broome wrote Climate Matters with the intention of raising independent, yet well-informed ideas of how to ethically stand in a warming world. He questions what should be done both publically and privately and supports his statements through arguments that can be interpreted in whichever way makes the most sense to the reader. Broome logically organized his book so that before he asks moral questions, he reminds the reader in the opening paragraph about the sad truth of climate change. For example, he states the ice caps are melting and in just a few decades, only one polar ice cap will remain. As a result, the raising oceans will demolish many of humanities greatest cities. He adds that not only will millions of homes be destroyed along oceanic coastlines, but climate will change as droughts and floods make agriculture impossible in many? currently productive areas. The remaining ocean-adjacent? areas not directly affected by sea-level rise? will have to face difficult and unpredictable weather changes that will make food? production challenging. Broome also reminds the reader, who is most likely from a developed country, that the western lifestyle causes the greatest damage, yet the global indigenous societies, who contribute virtually nothing to greenhouse gas emissions, will be hit the hardest. I found this introductory chapter to be very powerful and the rest of the book was easy to absorb because I was constantly thinking back to these disasters which seem

Global warming has become such a prevalent topic in world politics and news. I chose the book Eaarth by Bill McKibben because global warming is becoming a large problem, and if left unheeded, global warming will destroy our environment and present brutal obstacles for our grandkids and future generations. In his book Eaarth, Bill McKibben urges us to seriously examine global warming to solve this perplexing difficulty. By increasing awareness on this threatening development, we may be able to solve this problem.

In this journal they stress that the change in global temperature presents a clear and urgent challenge for all species. The alteration of the atmosphere and the climate is going to have consequences for every living thing. Over the years each specie has become well adapted to their conditions of life through natural selection, Mutation is one of the adaptive processes. Environmental variability is going to cause a variation in strength and direction of selection over time. One of the reasons to why selection is changing direction is because the offspring grow up in different areas and at different times. If the surrounding conditions prove unfavourable then the species will not continue to reproduce so therefore the population will begin to

Global warming or climate change is an increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere caused by intensified levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, resulting from the human activity of burning fossil fuels. The elevated levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases keep the planet warm enough to sustain life. However, an excessive amount of burning fossil fuels thickens the atmosphere and warms the climate, demonstrating the exploitation of a noble feature of the natural world. The Global Humanitarian Forum and Bjorn Lomborg argue if immediate action is necessary in dealing with climate change. Throughout this essay, the case of the Global Humanitarian Forum will be revealed as the suitable choice to tackle global

Climate change is an issue that affects all life on Earth and is a major concern among researchers across a variety of fields. There is quite little argument against the possibility of mass disaster if human beings continue to consume fossil fuels in the same way we have been since the late 1700s (i.e. the Industrial Revolution). To mitigate the severity of climate change, many different courses of action have been suggested. Dale Jamieson discusses two of these in his article Ethics, Public Policy and Global Warming, and these strategies are what this paper will be focusing on.

What We Know About Climate Change by Kerry Emanuel is an attempt to simplify the overall causes and effects of climate change on our planet, while also connecting it to everyday people in order to prove that climate change effects everyone. This novel covers ideas such as, how our futures will be effected by a rapidly changing climate, what we are doing as humans to change our current ways which have been so detrimental to the planet, and what we can do as individuals to push change in the world. It takes the overall idea of climate change from the big picture (the greenhouse effect and global warming), down to the more individualistic image of climate change (how we perceive climate change through the media and through our own personalized opinions).

Global warming is killing humankind. In the essay “Obligation to Endure” by Rachel Carson, Carson explains that humankind has overstepped a boundary which could reconfigure the future of society. Carson argues with appeals, causes and effects, pleas to the audience, and repetitions to prove that there are problems with the use of chemicals in these environments; thus, it is the people’s job to realize and fix these issues. Carson has four main claims that solidify her argument toward a better regulated environment.

Thesis Statement: Global warming is a growing concern of scientists and researchers who believe that it is a serious problem for our planet. The concerns and research have also been questioned and have even been called myths. Millions of people find themselves affected by these weather pattern changes and are concerned for their futures. Activists on both sides of the argument are very passionate and not afraid to attack each other in every way they can. There are many questions that are still not answered, however, we continue to see drastic weather changes to Earth. We must go beyond the arguments and learn as much as we can to stop what could possibly lead to the destruction of our planet, our way of life and our future.

If the threat of animal extinction is not enough to encourage humans to step in and defuse the climate bomb we are setting, maybe the current natural disasters will help. However, change in climate is not the only side effect of global warming there is: draught, wild fires, heavy rains, floods, and hurricanes have been linked to global warming. "Not only are the oceans and atmosphere conspiring against us… but the crust beneath our feet seems likely to join in too," said Professor Bill McGuire (McKie). Earthquakes have been occurring recently, violently and simultaneously of each other, some so great they have caused tsunamis. The goals of governments and independent contributors are to educate its citizens on global warming and how our earth is being destroyed slowly because of human pollution.

In an article reporting the findings of a study conducted in Israel by Tarryn Schuldiner-Harpaz and Moshe Coll entitled "Effects of Global Warming on Predatory Bugs Supported by Data Across Geographic and Seasonal Climatic Gradients" the authors state, "[The] average global surface temperature... has risen by approximately 0.75 [degrees Celsius] during the past 100 years (1906–2005)... average temperatures rose by approximately 0.13 [degrees Celsius] per decade..." And indicated that the majority of the change had occurred between 1956 through 2005 (Schuldiner-Harpaz and Coll). The study measured the effects of climate change on various species of insects in the area of and surrounding Israel. After collecting records of the climate gradients, annual temperature records, insect species samples of the region and comparing it to samples of current species morphology (the study of an organisms structure and form) how continuous change in climate effects said insects, and multiple region's annual temperatures records, they found that while some species were able to adapt to the

Global climate change is a hot (pun intended) topic in today’s modern, industrialized world. This topic however is crowded with lots of baseless opinions and politicized debates. Even when observing the “facts” we see that this coin is most definitely two-sided, the information can be and is interpreted in a number of ways depending on which side of the issue you stand. Within this paper I am going to examine both sides of argument with sources from two films, “Are We Changing Planet Earth”, “Global Warming: Hype or Hazard?” and a book, “This Borrowed Earth: 15 Lesson from the worst environmental disasters around the world” by Robert Emmet Hernan.

We as a society have reached one of the most crucial time periods in the history of our world. Due to the way we have used the resources on this earth we have created a situation in which our climate is drastically changing. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil has caused gases like carbon dioxide to become trapped in the atmosphere causing a natural greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect has caused the earth’s average temperature to rise and has resulted in arctic glaciers melting. These glaciers had gases trapped inside them that are now being released into the atmosphere further raising the earth's temperature. Due to the way we are polluting our air we have caused global warming. This global warming has caused stronger natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires putting our society in more danger than ever before.

Scientists agree that the world is heating up. Over the past century, the Earth, on average, has seen a 1.5oF increase in temperature, and is expecting a similar increase, if not a larger one, in the next century. This has resulted in rainfall changes, floods, droughts, and heat waves. In addition, we have seen oceans rise, become warmer and more acidic, and we have seen ice caps melt. Humans contribute largely to climate change, but does that mean that we can prevent it? Steven E. Koonin, New York Times columnist and theoretical physicist, makes the point that even by trying to reduce the emissions that we put into the atmosphere, we would be “delaying the projected doubling of the concentration by only ten years.” Facts like this suggest that prevention is not the answer, but that adaptation is the way to go. We should adapt to climate change because it will make us better off in the future and more people would be willing to get involved.