The Threat Of Global Warming

The majority of scientific evidence suggests that over the last century humans have begun to have a discernible influence on the world's climate, causing it to warm. There is substantial evidence to indicate that significant global warming will occur during the 21st century. The purpose of this paper is to dramatize the impact climate change could have on Australian society if we are unprepared for it. In discussing the future of the planet, climate change, caused by increased abundances of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, has been a serious cause of concern. Several studies have suggested that climate change can lead to mass-fatality disasters, international migration leading to tensions and conflict, resource shortages, infectious disease, terrorism and rising-sea levels and drought causing immense economic nuisances, all of which have the potential to harm Australia’s national security.

In the article “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math”, Bill McKibben opens by saying that back in 2012, according to the statistics, Canada surpassed the global record high for climate temperature, destroying other previous records. Despite the research and the displaying of data, no one is doing anything to address the issue. McKibben takes three distinctive numbers that shed light on this issue 2 degrees Celsius, 565 gigatons, and 2795 gigatons, to validate and support his argument. Firstly, the ongoing problem of climate change in our planet is fundamentally a matter of individual moral responsibility that is inspired by the understanding that individuals are deliberately harming the environment. Secondly there has not yet been an effective collective state response to the issue of global warming, despite almost two decades of ongoing and reoccurring negotiations and the near universal participation by states in the UNFCCC. Thirdly, because this issue has been put on hold for longer than it was initially expected, greenhouse gases are being emitted into our atmosphere, polluting our environment. The South-North issue and an ongoing debate comes into effect as all the greenhouse gases that are created and used in the Northern hemisphere are being emitted into the southern hemisphere. Hence, my thesis is: Even though global warming and climate change has been a continuing ongoing global problem for many years, individuals and institutions have humanity

To meet the needs and demands of the ever rising human population, technology continues to advances and yet the bleak outlook for our future generations fails to push for a long term solution for our dying Earth. The excess greenhouse gases is an evident problems for our planet, it causes rapid climate change to adversely impacts Australia, resulting in fast increasing temperatures, jeopardizing the lives of Australians, and devastating the oceans and the ecosystems that rely upon it. Although the entire world is warming up due to climate change, Australia will suffer more severely – ensuing in a growing number of extreme weathers even with the slightest rise in average temperature (Milman, 2015). As this Oceanian country takes the blunt of

I have researched about climate change in Australia and take this as an example for the same situation of other countries. Australia is a unique and diverse country in every way – in culture, populations, climate, geography, and history. It is home to more than one million species of plants and animals, many of which are found nowhere else in the world, and less than half have been described scientifically. However, Australia is an exceptionally large polluter. It is the highest per person greenhouse gas polluter among all developed countries, the 15th highest overall polluter and our emissions are still rising. Most of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the burning of fossil fuels for energy about 72%. When oil, gas or coal burns,

Global warming, the cause of our ice caps melting and the sea levels rising. The G7 nations have come together to put a stop to these environmental issues by introducing a plan to stop the earth’s temperature rising by 2c. Decarbonising the world’s economy is the only way to stop an increase in the earth’s temperature and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Climate works Australia and the Australian national university are leading the journey to a decarbonised Australia by 2050, with no major

For many years there has been a great debate between scientists who believe that human activity has major negative effects on climate change, and those who argue that climate change is caused by a variety of factors, not just harmful human activity. Those who support that belief that activities such as the burning of fossil fuels could cause disastrous climate changes and global warming and those who believe that research has been skewed to alter the way findings are presented fiercely debate when and how climate change should be addressed by governments. These debates have caused the idea of Global Warming to become not only a scientific concern, but a political concern as well. With both sides having strong convictions with respect to how the issues are addressed, it has allowed events such as “Climate-Gate” come to pass.

Regardless of whether you feel that global warming is caused naturally as a result of time or because of humans being careless with their emissions, it exists, causing a problematic question of how to fix it. Four topics will be addressed in this essay, the first being; “is the significance of a 2°C temperature increase relative to pre-industrial levels?” Secondly; “what it means to decarbonise the global economy.” Thirdly; “how Australia could go about achieving zero carbon emissions.” and lastly; “which sectors of the Australian economy exhibits the greatest potential for greenhouse gas emissions reductions”? To understand how to act upon the problems caused by global warming, there are some words that need to be defined in order to fully

Global warming is a topic that concern many scientists and other people. lbis paper will be stating on the causes,history, technology, and etc. Inthis research paper you will find most of the history of global warming, how it has had a impact on the world, how it impacts us and our daily lives, and etc. Also I (Yarely Juarez) will be stating what are the planning or direction of this technology.

There is an issue on this planet that will define this generation. The issue is climate change. Global warming. A world on the collapse as our oceans are acidified, our air polluted, our forests disappearing, and human rights issues getting worse. It seems that people are not aware of how big climate change actually is. It’s not something that only takes place on the ice caps or in the forests on the far corners of the world. This is an issue that happens here, and now. It’s real. It’s happening.

As the threat of climate change continues to grow the world is desperately looking for an alternative source of energy. There are numerous promising replacements, but nuclear energy is by far the most opposed. Despite the fact that Australia has never contained any nuclear power plants, uranium produced energy and mining have been a highly debated topic in the continent for decades due to the concern over safety and economics. If the aim is to reduce the climate impact of electric power generation in Australia, there are less expensive and hazardous ways to attempt it than expanding nuclear power. Although nuclear energy does not produce air pollution, it is a danger to human health, damaging to the environment, exorbitantly expensive and extremely time-consuming, proving that it is not a suitable alternative to coal power for Australia.

Fall is a season loved by many because of the changing leaves, anticipation of Halloween, and of course the cool weather. Living in Las Vegas, I have always looked forward to the beginning of fall after the overbearingly hot summers. As I am sitting in my living room with the air conditioning blasting, I am pressed with a question- why is it 100 degrees in the middle of October? This steady increase in temperature is a direct result of climate change, although some scientists may disagree, climate change is happening, and this change can be clearly identified by such indicators. By defining climate change, displaying the unnatural causes, and portraying how this affects us, I intend to then bring light to how we can lower the risks of the unintended consequences brought on by future climate change.

Other than political stories in 2016 we still see and hear of many Global Warming scenarios, what causes them, who is the main reason for the cause, and when it actually started. We are going to take a look at the reality of what is really happening.

As the issue of global warming becomes more popular, lots of eco-friendly vehicles have been introduced. Accordingly, the Government of Ontario also perceived the significance of it, and as such, they lunched a 3 year power assisted bicycle test project in 2006. (Hague) Now in 2016, we can see variety of power assisted vehicles such as pedelecs, e-scooters and self-balancing scooters which include Segways and Hover boards. While the reliance on these vehicles have been increasing, new types of vehicles have been released consecutively. However, there are no laws that deal with these kinds of vehicles in case of hit-and-run accidents.

This ‘distraction’ away from the problem of climate change has been crucial in actually making climate change even more important to discuss now, as we can see the effects that it is having across the world now, and in our predictions for the future. With the melting of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels and greater threats of natural events such as hurricanes and earthquakes; it seems that this is the problem that effects the most people, and the one very few are talking about, explained by Alan Rusbridger here “The changes may be happening too fast for human comfort, but they happen too slowly for the newsmakers – and, to be fair, for most readers” While difficult to dismiss the vast amounts of issues we all face, be it in the UK, in Europe or Internationally, it is hard to understand why out of the 5 large UK parties standing in the General Election, only the Liberal Democrats and the Green party have included climate change reducing measures in their manifestos to any great length. In the United States both the Democrats and the Republicans have declined to include any substantial measures for the 2016 Presidential election so far, the trend is the same across most western democracies. So despite the impeding threat of this serious issue, it as taken a back seat, as the electorate’s thoughts and opinions are often directed by the media they expose themselves to, and there are very few

The issue of global warming should be on the list of our top priorities. Studies show that the average of global temperatures have risen since the Industrial Revolution began. Since the Industrial Revolution, human emissions has quadrupled the frequency of certain heat extremes and many scientists have warned that a failure to bring greenhouse gases under control could eventually lead to a 62-fold increase in extreme heat blasts (Gillis Justin A17). Most of the increase is due to human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. These activities contribute to a build-up in carbon dioxide and other gases in Earth’s atmosphere. The Earth’s atmosphere is made of gases like nitrogen, carbon dioxide and oxygen. These gases act as a blanket that covers and gives us warmth, but once these gases such as carbon dioxide absorbs heat, but does not release it back into space in which causes the increase in global temperature. This is called the greenhouse effect because it only traps heat but does not release it.