The Effects Of Global Warming On The Environment

The first video I watched was “An Inconvenient “by Al Gore. In this video Gore is explaining about how the earth has became hotter than it ever has before. The ten hottest years we have ever had have been in the last fourteen years. According to the video the hottest year was in 2005. From Gore’s viewpoint we as the people are causing global warming by ourselves. Because we are the ones that are causing global warming it is having some major effects on the earth. You have Mt. Kilimanjaro, which over the years has had a lot of snow on top of the mountain, but over the years the mountain has been getting less and less snow. Global warming is not a political issue it is a moral issue that we have to make better. The reason we have stronger storms today is because of the temperature increase according to Gore. An example of a huge storm would be hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. In today’s world we worry about terrorist, but we should really be worrying about global warming. If we don’t take this seriously our Artic is going to be completely melted. Some of our states such as Florida and New York will be under water. Gore says we need to work together and stand up before it is to late and the place we call home is gone.

As our world becomes more industrialized, the outcome is hurting the health of humans and destroying planet Earth. In the article Environmental Pollution written by Lee and Brenda Lerner, it is stated that problems range from disposal of wastes, water management, and burning of fossil fuels (Lerner and Lerner 200). Although industrialization is very important in the world, restrictions and laws need to be made to protect Earth for generations to come.

Pollution is another major factor that is threatening our world today. One example of pollution is nitrogen. Humans are adding about 130 to 150 million tons over the 90 to 150 tons that are produced by the nitrogen cycle. This excess in nitrogen causes coastal waters and estuaries to grow toxic algae, killing the fish and trapping the solar heat in the air. Another example of pollution is methane. Methane is produced by gases released by cows, termite mounds or by the bottom of rice paddy. If found in the air methane is very poisonous. By raising more cattle, cutting more tropical forests, thus increasing the amount of termites, and by growing more rice, the methane concentration in the air is almost twice as higher as it was 160,000 years ago. Smoke is another pollution factor. Smoke that is produced by cars contains carbon dioxide (CO2). This carbon dioxide in the air causes global warming, which results in the green house effect and climate changes. Satellite studies show that perhaps we will increase the temperature by 3.6 degrees by the year 2001. The warmer the weather the more water it can hold, the higher the precipitation will be. The higher the precipitation the more clouds, the more rain, and the more snow there will be. This will result in more storms and floods. Studies by Thomas Karl of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed that the total winter precipitation in the US has increased to about 10% since

Pollution is, and has always been, a major issue in the world. It has affected the world on such an immense level that it is considered to be one of the main FUTURE challenges (SIKM 1). Pollution is the improper disposal of trash and waste items in an environment along with the admissions of chemicals. Though this seems like a minor situation, the disposal of trash builds up and contaminates the earth throughout time. There are 3 types of pollution; Trash (solid wastes), air/carbon, and water (occasionally noise/sound) (Uddin 1). In the past decade, pollution rates increased; some believe that it has something to do with the population rates as well. Overpopulation and the continuous population growth have contributed greatly to the earth’s human impact. Heavily overpopulated areas are considerably more corrupt because of their effects in the environment and their carelessness toward their own problems. (Cassils 2). As the numbers go up, so does the need for producing goods, the use of motorized vehicles, and the operation of buildings and

The global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth 's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. The main cause of pollution is the human being. The contamination caused damage not only in animals and plants but also in the same man. In their attempt to progress and have an easier and bearable life has invented and used products that are destroying stability and life on the planet. Some of the major causes of pollution are: Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants, carbon dioxide emissions from burning gasoline for transportation, the unfortunate causes are pollution of air, water, and soil. Turn this pollution causes illness and death to the flora, fauna, and humans.

Air pollution is the introduction of particulates, biological molecules, or other harmful materials into the Earth’s atmosphere, which has adverse effects on human heath and the environment. Climate change and air pollution are interconnected, since pollutants such as methane and ozone that contribute to climate. Although the climate has always changed and humans have always adapted, anthropogenic forces increase that rate of change.

Presently, climate change is one of the largest threats to the Earth, and all recent research points to an anthropogenic cause. As humans burn fossil fuels, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere where they remain at unprecedented levels. As a result, greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation emitted by the Earth and trap the radiation as heat, which should have left the atmosphere and entered outer space. This heat causes a gradual increase in the average temperature of the oceans and atmosphere, which scientists believe is permanently changing the climate of the Earth. Global warming is already greatly altering the surface of the planet, with many observable effects that include sea level rise, droughts, species loss, glacier melt, and ocean acidification (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2016b). Recent studies also indicate that global warming is also responsible for altering the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones. Observation has pointed towards warming ocean temperatures as responsible for fueling stronger hurricanes and the creation of fewer storms annually. This phenomenon is of concern due to the historically immense damage caused by high intensity tropical cyclones.

Since the industrial revolution, scientists keep telling the story that the earth is not what most people might think back then: “a mother”, to be feared and respected. Instead, science today gives man godlike power; the earth is a machine, and we are its engineer, masters. We can change the earth like Lego blocks; we extract from it whatever we want to make use of, without needing to think about the consequences on environment, animals, or people. Humans caused global warming. With the economy that was built to deny any responsibility for the environment and cover up the truth behind their disgusting selfishness, it is hard to start fixing the environment when many people do not even believe a problem exists. I believe that it all came from the overwhelming power of the industry to lie and blind people from what is right there. Related to “Two Economies” by Wendell Berry, the economy that we have is an economy without value; I learned the lesson from history, nothing without value can survive as time goes on. Many may still believe in the industrial revolution but to me it is definitely the end of the world.

It is known that global warming contributes to climate change worldwide. Climate change directly affects the environment, but also affects aspects of one’s everyday life such as technology. Although not apparent, technology can propel or inhibit climate change. As many know, global warming is due to an excess of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Recently, an oil and gas company, Exxon Mobil, was accused of not warning the public about the risks of climate change; the extent in which the company contributes to climate change. Many believe this was due to the fact that the company wanted to protect their profits. Essentially, by releasing such information the company would face backlash from environmentalists as well as the possibility of receiving violations from the federal government. Environmental and social justice groups did not cease. They demanded that a federal investigation occur in which such allegations were researched. The groups addressed a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch comparing the fraudulent activity of Exxon Mobil to the tobacco industry in the 1950’s. Exxon Mobil denied the allegations declaring that they finance accurate scientific research.

It is a proven fact that when many people think about their future, they are most likely strictly considering things that will effect or benefit them or people close to them. Things such as the city that they will live or if they will have the same job five years down the road. Very few people think about what may be going on in the environment around them. Global warming, (which is also known as the greenhouse effect) is a rise in the entire temperature of the earth’s atmosphere. It has been receiving a lot of attention from scientists in the past few years. For the last 10,000 years, the Earth 's climate has been extraordinarily beneficial to mankind. "Humans have prospered tremendously well under a benign atmosphere," (Bates 28).

On April 11, 2014, Cyclone Ita roared through Queensland, Australia leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. One of the strongest Category 5 storms ever recorded, winds were recorded at over 110 miles per hour before landfall. While destruction in Queensland and the surrounding areas was immense, the offshore damage to the Great Barrier Reef was catastrophic. Many places of the reef were left with no living coral structures and entire portions of the ecosystem were erased from the seabed (Zolfagharifard). Scientists explain that we can expect more intense storms such as Ita in the future, explaining that “warming is expected to make tropical cyclones (hurricanes) more intense” (Weeks). Global communities cannot ignore the warning any longer and must take action to reduce further climate change.

Global warming alludes to the marvel of expanding normal surface temperatures of the Earth in the course of the last one to two centuries (Weart). The idea is identified with the more general marvel of environmental change, which alludes to changes in the totality of characteristics that characterize atmosphere surface temperatures, as well as precipitation examples, winds, sea ebbs and flows, and different measures of the Earth 's atmosphere according to (Brown). A global temperature alteration alludes to a normal increment in the Earth 's temperature, which thusly causes changes in atmosphere designs. A change in the net vitality accessible to the global climate framework is called 'radioactive constraining it can be characteristic or anthropogenic.

Global warming is part of earth. This meaning the air and the way the fossil fuels come into play. I want to start out talking about fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources. They can take up to thousands of years to produce. This is why they are non-renewable because it takes so long to make more. These fossil fuels are used to make gas and oil for people to drive their cars and oil for these big plants.

World facing one of the biggest problem is desertification due to environmental changes human abuse of forest resources as fuel and avail land for residence agriculture cultivation. Wood is considered to be main source of fuel of urban and rural population of India. Use of fossil fuels results in air pollution which is a major problem and directly resulting in smog and degradation of human health and plant growth. The impact of global warming on the environment extensive and affects many areas. Due to warmer temperatures are causing the ice to melt in Arctic and Antarctica will increase sea level and change the composition of surrounding sea water.

Damage caused by environmental destruction is often very subtle which tends to influence the scale of harm based on the crimes that are caused by individual wrongs. Environmental damaged that is caused by just one individual is exclusively minor which causes it to be unnoticed, whereas a major group of people harming the environment at once causes major harm to society. In the last few decades, there has been a heightened awareness of environmental issues by governments, policy makers, advocacy groups, business firms, and the public all over the world. More than a century of industrial development has caused negative environmental impacts such as global warming, ozone depletion, and air and water pollution. These are recognized as global environmental problems that need immediate solutions. International environmental agreements, government environmental policies and regulation, industry environmental management practices, and pro-environmental consumer behavior are some ways of addressing environmental problems. Global warming, is one of the most noticeable example of worldwide corporate environmental impact. The corporate role in this, the potentially most severe and all-encompassing of environmental disasters, is quite clear.