The Group 1 Takeover : Is Global Warming Our Fault?

Humans are to blame for global warming, there is no question about it. Humans and human actions are causing a rise in temperature worldwide. We have recorded a steady rise in temperature for the last fifty years. This rise is caused by an estimated 95% of human actions.Humans are to blame for global warming because of deforestation, population growth, and the use of non-environmentally safe products.

The earth is constantly undergoing changes. This ranges from tectonic activity to atmospheric and climate changes. The most recent change that we have noticed, is the increase in temperature. Some believe that this increase is the result of human activity. However, this is not the case. The increased temperatures are within the normal tolerances from the past few thousand years (Robinson, Robinson, & Soon, 2008). This and other changes to the atmosphere have been going on for millions of years. Global warming is not our fault because it is a natural occurring phenomenon.

“The Earth has cancer and the cancer is man.” This contentious quote was said by Mihaljo Mesarovic and Eduard Pestel, the two authors who wrote the book Mankind at a Turning Point. In this book Mihaljo and Eduard talk about how our actions as mankind are killing, spoiling, and taking for granted the Earth that we are given. Some people think that the heating of Earth is natural and is inevitable no matter what mankind has to do with it. Whether man is affecting the warmth of earth, or if it is just a natural ongoing process is an open-ended and continuous argument. Because of its reoccurring and destructive circumstances the Greenhouse Effect has become a dilemma that is being researched and worked against amongst the world.

In order to understand the issue of global warming (also referred to as climate change), you must first understand what it means and how it happens. Global warming is a result of a process known as the greenhouse effect, in which the light and heat from the sun are trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases; which subsequently raises the average temperature on Earth. The greenhouse gases responsible for this process are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and tropospheric ozone, all of which are released into the atmosphere through naturally occurring processes (Warrick, R. & Farmer, G., 1990).

On November 8th, American citizens will go to the polls and vote for the next president of the United States. During the presidential campaign, both candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, have their own different points of view on environmental issues. Hillary Clinton affirms her commitment to the fight against climate change. She supports the Paris Agreement, which is an agreement among many nations to respond to the threat of global warming and to reverse the worst effects of climate change. Donald Trump, by contrast, does not believe that the shift in the climate is a manmade disaster. He claims that global warming just is a hoax and current global warming is just a part of a natural cycle that is naturally occurring. Donald Trump, then, promises to dismantle the agreement if he becomes the U.S. President. It is important to note that many people and scientists share this same belief with Trump, protesting that global warming is a natural phenomenon. The debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump raises an important issue. Are people primary responsible for global warming? Global warming is due to many reasons; specifically, human activities are the major factors causing the planet to get gradually warmer over time.

Mike Huckabee; the former governor of Arkansas, said: “The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it’s all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.” This addresses the controversy over climate change; even though many people support and advocate for taking immediate action to reduce the large footprint humans have made on the Earth, there’s just as many or more that are unwilling to do anything because whatever happens won’t occur in the current day, but instead years later. There are many factors to take into consideration; people should feel responsible for reversing

Jessica Ann Olson, argues Al Gore’s points from, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about it. Olson plans to use Al Gore’s facts on global warming to support her college essay. Certainty, statistics reflect the impact of our poor choices and the environmental effects.

The truth is earth is heating up and it is partially humans fault. The simplest of human activities can alter the climates to change. Humans are not the only climate drivers. There are also natural factors (“How Much Does Human Activity Affect Climate Change?”). The earth is changing due to the climate changes . For future generations the earth may perhaps look different (Nuccitelli). Human activity is advancing global climate change rapidly.

Can humans really control the weather? Have you ever noticed the longer and hotter summer? Are some of the things humans do causing the weather, mainly temperature, to change? Global warming is the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that causes the temperatures to rise all around the world affecting everything and everyone. Greenhouse gases being a type of gas, usually in our atmosphere, that traps in heat. As he says in in article “Life in the Greenhouse”, Michael Lemonick states that: “the idea that the planet was warming up as a result of human activity was largely theoretical. We knew that since the Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, factories and power plants and automobiles and farms have

Avogadro, Boyle, Charles, and Gay-Lussac are names that ring bells in a person’s head when they think back to their first chemistry class. As pronounced as their names and discoveries are now, most people probably could not recall what they all brought to the slightly sloppy science of chemistry; the fundamental understanding of gases. Though they are long gone they might have been surprised to find that beyond their lab tables a giant open system of gas operated around them every second. Back then, this system was running fine, but presently, current humans find themselves in the dilemma of understanding how this ambiguous giant system works everyday to support their lives and even in fixing what may or may not be broken about it.

The United States produces 25% of the global warming caused by pollution globally, yet only make up approximately 5% of the global population (Singh and Purohit 118). There comes a point where people must hold themselves accountable for global change. With traitorous weather, melting ice and an increasing gap in the ozone, the world doesn’t have much time before serious permanent damage occurs. Human caused emissions and the general usage of fossil fuels causes important effects in the climate and environment. Why humans are behind climate change, climate change’s effect on nature, and the effect on humans will be delved

The biggest problem with climate change today is the debate on whether or not human activity is responsible for our current warming trend. According to Jonathon Schuldt (2014:219), around 99.7% of climatologists agree that man-made climate change is a reality, while only 40% of Americans believe that humans are the main driver. This is because we live in societies in which, thanks largely to the internet, everyone is free to express an opinion. On the issue of climate change, we have tons of sites saying one thing, as well as tons of sites saying something the complete opposite. The problem is that the whole debate, clearly scientific based, has been hijacked by politicians, media, and the public who undoubtedly don’t think in a scientific way (Schuldt 2014: 224). This has led to the science of global warming being thrown out of the window and according to Mazo (2014:47), has slowed the momentum of national and international efforts to prevent climate change, to the point where it will be politically impossible to succeed.

In January 200l the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of scientific experts assembled by the United Nations, released a frightening report on the potential consequences of the climate phenomenon known as global warming. The panel found that the 1990s had been the warmest decade on record and predicted that temperatures will rise anywhere from 2.5 to 10.4 degrees around the world over the next century, causing changes to global weather patterns. Indeed, unusual and frequently destructive weather had been occurring around the globe: twenty-seven inches of rain in one day in Hilo, Hawaii; an unheard-of thunderstorm in Barrow, Alaska; a huge ice storm in Atlanta, Georgia; massive floods in Europe; and an unprecedented

Most Americans would agree that global warming is a real threat to our planet, and that implementing alternative energy sources is a major step to combating the effects of it. Yet, only 4% of American homeowners have residential solar panels installed, and only 40% have even considered the option (6). It is a widespread myth that solar panels are only for the rich, and should be considered a luxury. While It turns out that solar panels have become increasingly affordable for the middle class over the past decade, with the White House announcing several policies to ensure so (2). And if solar panels are not the right choice for you due to living space or economic position, there are other alternative energy systems out there worth

Statistical evidences dramatic changes to our planet caused by global warming. Warming rate has accelerated over the past 30 years. The length and intensity of hurricanes and tropical storms has increased almost 100%, according to a MIT study. Between 1800 and 2000, the level of carbon dioxide increased by 31%. Scientists predicts that by the year 2050, 15-37% of all plant and animal species could be disappearing because of global warming. As a consequence considerable damages to our planet’s ecosystem are expected.