Response To Teresa Feldhausen's Article About Global Warming

The problem that the pro- global warming theorists have created is that of social standing and little else. While there may be scientific backing to support some of the theory, the media presents the problem with great sensationalism. Global warming and energy conservation has thus become a trend and losses some of its validity through this. The scare tactics used by the media to “promote awareness” are just that, a linguistic ploy to gain favor. “Awareness of this global threat reinforced public concern and environmental problems and thereby provided environmental activists, scientists, and policy makers with new momentum in their efforts to promote environmental protection.” (McCright, 2000) This statement draws line to the potential benefits that would be received if the pro-global warming theorists were to draw enough attention to the issue. Driven by social empowerment and conviction to environmental protection, these activists misrepresent the actual threat and paint it as being much more

Climate change has been a subject of discussion in the media for many years, supported with the use of arguments against oil polluting the environment and extreme scare tactics of Polar ice caps flooding civilians backyards. The issue has been ignored by the majority of lay people as seeming too complicated, and with all the conflicting information in the media in the past, who can blame them? However, scientifically, climate change and what perpetrates it is fairly simple to understand and society as a whole is beginning to come to a clear consensus on climate change. Thanks in part to more readily available forms of media and information, people have become cognizant of the fact that climate change is a legitimate problem which requires immediate amelioration. While this may seem melodramatic, society is realizing that climate change is an issue which can no longer be denied if the human race wishes to continue.

Global warming is hot topic nowadays. Alarmists and scientists fight to make their statements known, but while the alarmists avoid the scientist, non-governmental organizations pass themselves as scientist. They not only give out exaggerated data, they also have the nerve to accuse humans of being the cause of global warming. Also, we cannot be certain that we are being told the truth without knowing exactly what is really going on behind the scenes. We blindly trust those in authority because we think that they have our greater good in mind and that whatever they say must be the truth.

     Scientific data collected over the over the last 140 years suggesting that there is global warming has been replaced with satellites. Satellites, which measure temperatures all over the world, show no real trend in any direction, in fact in recent decades, they show a global cooling. Jerry Taylor, director of Cato Institute’s Natural Resource Studies, observed that NASA satellites and weather balloons show a slight cooling trend over the past 19 years. Taylor points out that previous land based data “only unevenly covers the three quarters of the earth’s surface covered by oceans and virtually ignores polar regions” (Taylor 2). University of Alabama climatologist John Christy, the originator of the satellite

He wrote, "There is no consensus, unanimous or otherwise, about long-term climate trends and what causes them," in the Wall Street Journal. The fact that Global Warming, if it is a problem, is such a little problem that such high attention for the Kyoto Protocol leads to it being laced with alternative power hungry plans. The seriousness of the hidden agenda of environmentalists must be considered in the prevention of the Kyoto intervening in our sovereignty. The Protocol -- it seems-- is not about global warming at all.

Dana Nuccitelli, a report in the Guardian, the article was about surveys conducted with American to see how much the public knowledge, climate change and the affected it has in the recent extreme weather. The service featured in the article was done by multiple sectors. Such as Yale, George Mason Universities, and MIT, the survey shows Americans are still not properly informed of the causes of global warming. The survey shows 54% understand human is the main caused, while 33% incorrectly believe its natural factors that cause global warming. Nuccitelli, further points out, a new study published in Nature Scientific Reports developed a real-time global warming index. The report clearly indicates that humans are the primary cause of a 1°C increase

With the rise of calamitous news regarding extremists groups taking over certain states, countries threatening to go to war, and viruses spreading throughout the world; the outlook of humanity does not look good. In addition to these dire headlines is the matter of climate change, which, unfortunately, is not as alarming to the public eye. Nonetheless, climate change is a pressing matter as it will impact every facet of society from economy to even human survival. Perhaps the general public find climate change as a vapid subject because of its nature to react belatedly to human activity, and how it is often represented with numbers, graphs, and projections; things that are not compelling to those that do not understand its importance. Even

There have been plenty of disputes regarding the infamous topic global warming, despite the fact that there is a unanimous scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. A history professor at UCSD, Naomi Oreskes, discusses this in her article, “The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change”. She begins her investigation by researching credible experts and environmental organizations, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the National Academy of Sciences, and several others. By utilizing these various sources as evidence it strengthens her argument about the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. In this case, Oreskes audience consists of

When a top U.S. economic advisor gave a speech in Williamsburg, Virginia, he told his audience not to worry about atmospheric warming because the global temperature increases predicted by scientists were much less than the temperature increase he had experienced that day traveling from Washington, D.C. to nearby Williamsburg, Virginia. The flaw in this advisor’s reasoning is that there are temperature changes globally between different regions however, each of these regions is slowly getting hotter. For example, the New York is much cooler than Texas however, each of these regions is getting warmer. Climate change is not just temperatures getting warmer but the increase in the CO2 is causing severe weather conditions globally. We are seeing

In the article, Global Warming? It Natural, says Experts, the author argues global warming is a natural occurrence and not caused by mankind. The author Barry Wilmore receives most of his information and argument from Dennis Avery and Fred Singer. An emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia, Singer also wrote multiple books concerning climate change and global warming. Avery is the director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute and the author of three books. Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 years, a book written by Avery and Singer connects the sun as the cause of global warming. The book expatiates global warming as an earth cycle that goes through a warming and cooling period every 1,500 years. However, research done by other scientists would disagree with them and their statement that global warming is natural. With an abundance of research and data that contradicts Avery and Singer’s theory; it is tough to take their book as truth.

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.

Scientist believe that human activity is causing the earth’s temperature to increase unusually fast. They believe there is a correlation between increase levels of CO2 from burning fossil fuel and spikes in the earth’s temperature. From climate scientist discoveries 97% of all scientist believe that humans are the direct cause of global warming. Yet, based on two distinctly different arguments portrayed by the media, only 25% of US citizens believe that humans are the direct cause of global warming. One half of the media use scientific research as evidence and the other half uses tactics to keep the audience skeptical of scientific evidence on

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.

“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

When one encounters the concept and idea of global warming, we inquire a wide range of opinions, facts, assumptions, and philosophies. As the general population of the world, the idea