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In the last 100 years, the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased, causing the Earth to warm by an average of 0.6 degrees celsius, largely a result of burning fossil fuels for energy, transportation, and land use changes increased for food production. The basic science is straightforward and climate researchers have shown that gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and others can trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, causing a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect. Human activities such as industry, transport, energy generation and deforestation all produce these greenhouse gases. In the last 20 years, concern has grown that global warming is inevitable and now considered most probably caused by man-made increases in

In Michael Pollan’s article “Why Bother?”, he addresses the issue of climate change and the inner reasoning behind those who don’t acknowledge or bother with the crisis. Pollan intertwines a discussion of the rising danger of global warming with a psychological discussion of personal virtue. He emphasis his main point of climate crisis by providing examples and data stating, “we have only ten years left to start cutting—not just slowing—the amount of carbon we’re emitting…So:eight years left and a great deal to do.” (117). His discussion of personal reasoning to the problem of people not responding to global warming is intertwined through the direct question that is the title and by other experiences such as Wendell Berry’s comments on the

The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth, even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers.” There is no clearer example of this than of that in the almost exclusively conservative refusal to acknowledge the existence of climate change, even in the face of ample amounts of scientific research proving the legitimacy of global warming. If government officials accept the truth, they will be forced to take an ethical high road, which will require them to spend money that they wish to spend in other ways, many of which indirectly (and occasionally directly) benefit them as individuals, and worse, to admit that their political opponents were

The underlying strength of this study debunks the theory that the environment influences us. In reality, it is the people who influence the environment. However, the weakness of this study is that their information cannot be independently evaluated.

Climate change is evident throughout the world and is a major issue. It is no secret that our planet is getting warmer. Global warming is now recognized in the scientific community as a real problem. There are multiple aspects that are causing this issue. Majority of the warming is caused by greenhouse gases. Volcanic eruptions and changes in the intensity of solar radiation have offset the warming partially. It is estimated that average annual temperatures will increase 3.5°F-9.5°F by the century’s end.

Around the world, humans are aware of the environmental crisis going on, yet, the issue is brushed under the rug and ignored. This issue is ignored due to the fact that some people are unwilling to change their lifestyles, it is expensive to be environmentally friendly, and there is a lack of effort towards change worldwide. Scientific evidence has proven that there is a crisis happening, but people show disinterest in it. Some people feel helpless because there is no way that the individual effort that is made can possibly make a global difference.

Carbon dioxide is accumulating rapidly in the atmosphere, it is extending geographically as much as possible, and it is extremely expensive to fix, not to mention if it worsens. In Goodland’s research, the year 1990 was the warmest year, on record in more than a century, closely followed by the rest of the years of the 90’s. Since Goodland’s essay was written, 2016 was the warmest year ever recorded, followed closely by 2015 and 2014, according to the NOAA. The increase in climate is especially alarming because in the last 10,000 years, temperature did not change more than 2 to 4 degrees and it is currently steadily increasing at least .25 degrees every 10 years! Even though scientists all over the world disagree on the rate at which the world is warming they all agree on one thing: the world, is in fact, warming.

Michael E. Mann is a climate scientist and has been confronted by many climate change skeptics over the years. In the article “Besieged by Climate Denies, a Scientist Decision to Fight Back”, he discusses his position on why he thinks that attacks on science have no place in a functioning democratic society. He also discusses why he believes the “truth” about global warming will, without a doubt, gain wide acceptance in our society.

Seeing climate change as an emergency doesn't always make people make actions because of many psychological barriers that limit the mitigation of climate change. Frantz and Mayer in their article" The Emergency of Climate Change: Why are We Failing to Take action? "Published in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (2009) and Gifford in " The Dragons of Inaction. Psychological Barriers That Limit Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" published in American Psychology (2011), discussed the reasons why the American public are failing to take action to Climate Change even though they know that it is a grave issue. They also offered some suggestions that help in getting over those barriers.

Our planet faces a lot of problems such as resources, energy supply, waste and pollution, habitats and species becoming endangered. These problems lead to environmentalism conspiracy. There are many different ideas or understandings of environmentalism. In a recent address to the CATO Institute in Washington, President Klaus declared “environmentalism” is a religion, but environmentalism conspiracy is a different way of thinking in which people attempt to care about the planet more and the long-term survival of life on earth these idea created by primarily middle-class lobbying groups became a political movement in the late 19th to the mid-20th century these groups worried about nature conservation, wildlife protection, and the pollution that

Carl Sagan’s book The Demon-Haunted World covers why people think the way they do about paranormal claims, UFO’s, and pseudoscience. Sagan demonstrates that the pattern of thinking uncritically is not limited to fringe claims, but is practiced throughout society to its detriment. Carl Sagan argues that it is critical that people change their habits “But if we don 't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along” (Sagan 38). Peter Barton Hutt and Gregory Frantz argue that corporations have abused the critical faculties of Americans to promote a lifestyle of consumption and conformity to social spending: “In other words, the same human propensity for uncritical thought and conformity that has historically been exploited by religions and governments is today being capitalized upon by corporations to promote consumerism” (Hutt 83). Their position is reinforced by Sagan writing, throughout the book, that it is often profitable to those who provide the beliefs for others and it is in their best interests to discourage individual thoughts. Silent Spring is a detailed analysis of the damages caused by pesticides to the environment. Rachel Carson explains that through the blind, unquestioning consumer culture, companies have sold deadly poisons with unapparent warning as a catch-all cure for any

The book What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming by Per Espen Stoknes discusses and examines climate change and denial, and the psychological barriers that exist to its understanding. Throughout the book, Stoknes narrates and discerns climate change and the processes that can be taken to overcome it. He does this by addressing the five main psychological barriers to climate action (The Five D’s) as well as conceptualizing five new main strategies to overcome these barriers (The Five S’s). In my opinion, although Stoknes does have the right intentions and mindset to overcome climate change, he lacks the holistic picture of what can be done and the factors that critically need to come into play in order for climate

The earth is a beautiful and extraordinary planet, but are we treating it right? For the past 20 decades, temperatures have been rising along with hundreds of factors contributing to it. Climate change concerns the public as they wonder if its occurring, how much has occurred in the modern era, what has caused it, what the effects will be if we don’t do anything about it and much more. Many people and scientist agree that mankind is the number one cause of climate change. Humans have influenced this by greenhouse gases, methane nitrous oxide.

These feelings lead to a lack of responsibility, similar to helplessness; in the thinking of how much of a difference can one person make, and “if my neighbor is not doing it why should I?” Skeptical thinking dismisses the thought that there is a problem at all; indifference may recognize the problem, but does nothing about it. These mindsets or feelings are destructive and ultimately contribute to the decline of the environmental sustainability.

In 1988, the United Nation reported that carbon dioxide levels are nearing a dangerous level of interference with the climate system so they have established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (ProQuest). Greenhouse gas concentrations such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are continuing to rise during 2014 and it is reaching historic values (International). A variety of independent datasets shows