Summary Of Australia's Great Barrier Wind Porter

In present day, the ocean is warmer now than it has been in the past 50 years. In the article, " Signs of Climate Change", it says that in 1960 the average ocean tempature change was -.3 degrees but in 2010 the average tempature change in the ocean was .6 degrees. Where I live the tempature is still continuing to rise more and more each year. With warmer ocean tempature comes rising sea level. In present day the sea level has rose by 7 inches in the past 100 years. In 2100 th tempature is around 15 inches higher than it is in present day. Both of these things are causing more tropical storms to happen and is also making the beach less and less

In the Jeff Goodell’s article “The End of Australia”, published in Rolling Stones, the author describes effect of a global warming on Australia. He provides such fact as increased drought that effects water supply, farm production and causes extreme fires that takes lives of people. Draws are followed by unusually long rains. Author also describes effects of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef. Increase in water temperature slowly killing the reef, which will potentially can harm marine life that inhabit the reef, and it would also effect economy of Australia by cutting tourists flow. Author also discuss that one of the main reason why Australia has such effects is high pollution and there is a ways to decrease it. However, Australia

At first Australia tried to improve the way we deal with climate change using the media to spread awareness and change the way people view it. However there is one newspaper in

In his essay, McKibben claims that global warming “has to become a political issue—and fast. The only way that may happen, short of a hideous drought or monster flood, is if it becomes a personal issue first.” He supports this claim by exploring the obviously damaging effects of global warming and the causes of these effects. For example, he points to research about coral reefs suggesting that “rising water temperatures are likely to bleach them [coral reefs] to extinction by mid-century.”

Global warming is the greatest issue facing our planet and it has been acknowledged and discussed by many scientists throughout the world, yet ignored and unresolved. It has created a catastrophe and has produced immutable destruction to the environment and society. For years, global warming was a scientific theory that was not taken seriously, except by scientists, but now many are being aware that the temperature of the earth is increasing due to negligent acts of society. Society has now started considering it as a significant issue that may endanger their surrounding atmosphere and their lives. "Easter 's End" by Jared Diamond discusses the vanishing of Easter Island 's forest by the society that once lived there and which has now been left as a mysterious and isolated Island. Similarly, Margaret Wood 's "The Weather Where We Are," tackles climate change and how it is effecting the Arctic, due to the absent-minded acts of humans. Moreover, "Is it Warm in Here" by David Ignatius conveys the importance of environmental changes like global warming and its effects on the planet. The similarity that all these articles include, is that society destroys itself, yet chooses to ignore it until it is too late. Global warming represents a crucial threat to all living things on earth and it is all because of society.

Global climate change is an issue being debated all over the world from the recent presidential debates late last year to documentaries being created on either side of the global warming debate. Currently, the world is experiencing many tremendous changes including warming or the earth and rising of our oceans. “The heat extremes were especially pervasive in the Arctic, with temperatures in the fall running 20 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit above normal across large stretches of the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice in that region has been in precipitous decline for years, and Arctic communities are already wrestling with enormous problems, such as rapid coastal erosion, caused by the changing climate” ”(Gillis, 2). Some believe that global warming exists while

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.

Towards the end of November 2014, New York Times released a staggering statistic regarding the glacial formations of the Glacier National Park, situated in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. What was once a resplendent 150 ice sheets mounted along the Canadian Cordillera just a century ago, had shrunk to a diminutive, possibly, 25 sheets. A staggering 16.6 percent of what had previously existed. Back in 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released that the levels of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, occupying the earths atmosphere have reached heights that haven't existed in at least 800,000 years. To further the exigence of reform, the IPCC had also stated that this immediate climate change was indeed the result of human behavior. This statistical information confounded me, bringing to mind the degree of revision in lifestyle and deforestation that must be duly addressed as a nation. Sea animals are directly affected as a result of human negligence regarding Global Climate change. Sea turtle eggs face a parlous predicament with the rising sand temperatures, exceeding the optimal 34 degrees Celsius, required for standard incubation. Animals and humans alike are promptly affected by the rise of Global Climate Change.

The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change notes that only about 2% of human-caused global warming affects the atmosphere, with much of the rest (over 90%) going into our oceans. And although a change of few degrees may not seem that bad to the casual reader, it is noteworthy that the present baby sea lion crisis is the result of a mere 2–5 degree increase in the temperature of the water around the traditional hunting

Thus, this article gave me a sufficient amount of information to explain how furiously global warming will change the world. After reading the article, I received the impression that the author, Denchak, was not trying to frighten people, but rather show the importance of spreading the word about the dangers of global warming. The author attached their claims with facts, which tells me they are not a biased writer. They include many issues that stem from global warming, comprising rising sea levels, forest fires and polluted air to name a few. The reaction I had was that no one can escape the effects of global warming. As a consequence, myself, and many others, will suffer greatly due to the lack of concern for the effects of global

Imagine the world's major cities completely underwater. Imagine storms so violent that parts of the world became unlivable. Theses are images that one would expect to find in movie house, but environmental scientists tell us what is now a good setting for science fiction could soon be reality due to global warming. Environmental scientists warn that humans are not only making the Earth inhabitable for animals and plants, but that if humans continues with their current practices, the Earth will soon be inhabitable for humans as well. Environmental scientists warn that if the Earth's citizens do not act swiftly and decisively the damage maybe irreversible for humans.

Who has not listened to talk about climate change at least once in life? It has been a long process which has its development in the late 1980s and early 1990s, according to Bodansky in The History of the Climate Change Regime (23). Today, climate change is a critical issue, and scientists are concerned about trying to find out a solution or at least to minimize its effects. However, how do we know climate change is happening? Compelling evidence is sea level rise, global temperature rise, extreme events, and ocean acidification among others. Ocean acidification is stressing out marine life and ocean conditions.

The article addressed the increase in temperature over the years and claimed 2005 to be the warmest year in the last century. There is much fear, as temperature continues to increase, that possible ice reduction and melted ice sheets and glaciers in the Artic, Antarctica, and Greenland may occur and cause a rise in sea levels. If the Antarctic ice sheet melts, the sea level is calculated to rise two hundred feet, while if the ice sheet in Greenland melts, the sea level is calculated to rise seven meters, approximately twenty feet. The rise in sea level is affecting coastal areas. Many coastal areas are expected to sooner or later be flooded or below sea level. This can have terrible consequences for high populated coastal areas. Another problem that global warming may have on the world’s oceans is the possible change in the “global oceanic conveyor belt”. The conveyor belt controls the ocean’s currents which has impact on regional climate change. However, scientists have yet to agree on whether or not reduction of flow has

In two recent articles published in National Geographic and NASA Earth Observatory, “Signs From Earth: No Room to Run” and “How Will Global Warming Change Earth?”, both articles serve to raise the reader’s awareness and challenges us to see deeper into the serious implications global warming has, not only in our lives, but also into the life of our fragile ecosystem as well. And while both articles share a distinct similarity in delivering to a audience a message that is both omniscient and foretelling, National Geographic’s article is more informative than NASA’s Earth Observatory for reasons as they are listed below:

Many people around the world are not aware of the effects that global warming produces or do not care what happens to the earth. Will global warming become a bigger concern than what global warming is now, or will humanity continue to set global warming aside? Leaders around the world may or may not properly address the subject of global warming. Global warming is the increase in the earth’s average temperature that occurs naturally (Flynn). Global warming and climate change are used as interchangeable in public discourse. Though the term global warming pushes more attention to the temperature increase, others may use the term climate change. Global warming has a plethora of data and research dating back to as far as the Stone Ages. With a debate at hand, many have tried to prove who is right on the topic of global warming. Two sides have formed. Is global warming a problem or is global warming not a problem? Is global warming causing harm to the animals and vegetation of the earth? Should government find solutions to prevent more harm from global warming or should the money go towards other issues happening in the world? If the government does do something about global warming what solutions should be used? These questions are what people need to ask themselves. The global warming controversy is a global issue. For years, many have been at odds over whether or not global warming is an issue to be concerned about.