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COM 231: FJT21
Professor: Megan Summers
Topic: Climate Change
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the growth of climate change worldwide and the source of its cause.
Central Idea: To discuss global warming. What is causing it? The effects that it has on the earth and its inhabitants? Address possible solutions to lessen the growth of climate change. According to NASA: "Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of surface ocean waters has increased by about 30 percent. This increase is the result of humans emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and hence more being absorbed into the oceans. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about
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Earth's climate is always changing. Many factors can contribute to the cause of changes in Earth's energy. Some changes in climate change are natural. It includes changes in Earth's orbit and the amount of energy coming from the sun. Also, ocean changes and volcanic eruptions are natural causes of climate change.
When climate change occurs; there is increase in temperature. When temperature rises, unusual changes occur on Earth. For example, it can result into more floods, droughts, or intense rain, as well as severe heat waves. Oceans and glaciers have also experienced some changes. According to NASA: Sea levels have risen 3 inches and extreme weather in the U.S. has increased by 30 percent. In Greenland and Antarctica, ice sheets have lost 4.9 trillion tons of ice.
In addition, human also partake in activities that help destroy the planet. Over the past century global warming trend is also caused by human expansion of the "greenhouse effect"- warming that occurs when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space. Gases in the atmosphere block heat from escaping. This is called the greenhouse effect. However, while greenhouse gases increase, the climate changes and result into effects that is dangerous to human health and ecosystems. The gases that have an influence on the atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide and
Abstract: The pressing issue of climate change is attributed to both human and microbial activity. The latter is often overlooked because the media places heavy emphasis on human actions, such as burning fossil fuels, to be the drivers of global warming—some have gone so far as to label this epoch “The Anthropocene.” While humans do impact the environment, it is inappropriate to call it “The Anthropocene” because it undermines microbes’ relationship with the soil, and the centrality of their role in ecosystems. Therefore, the solutions I offer to mitigate climate change, and its consequences such as famine and spread of diseases, consider the interactions between the biotic and abiotic worlds. In this speech, I also discuss how my actions would attempt to alleviate climate change issues, and how the measures the UNFAO takes would increase everyday social responsibility. The UNFAO should 1. Promote no-till agriculture 2. Fund research to develop technology to improve power plants and 3. Subsidize public transport.
Thesis and Preview: Today I will talk to you about what is causing climate change, the effect it will have on us, and finally, how to prevent it.
Rising temperature is not the only problem caused by climate change, other problems like displacement of animals and humans, rising water levels, and even the disruption of water currents can be caused because of Climate Change. In the Arctic, icebergs
Climate change is classified by many different events and reactions that are happening. The first is that the earth’s atmosphere is trapping more heat. “The warming of Earth's climate, due mostly to increased trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere, often is termed the greenhouse effect. Some degree of greenhouse effect is natural and normal” (Lerner 3). Some percent of greenhouse gases are produced naturally but a majority of the gases are being produced by humans. ”Most scientists agree that this warming trend is the result of loading the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases” (Freedman 2). The atmosphere is being loaded with carbon dioxide and other harmful gases and this is making the atmosphere trap more heat. Changes in air temperature is another factor of climate change. “The greenhouse effect has been extremely important to the evolution and survival of life on Earth. A surface temperature of 59°F is sufficient to maintain the Earth’s reservoirs of life-sustaining liquid water, and to impel climatic
A. Attention Getter – The uninhabitable Earth, is what we`ll soon be called. Anticipating what the exact effects will be on mankind and other living organisms on planet Earth is tricky, however, a continuously growing amount of evidence suggest that it will be intense. In its Fifth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of 1,300 independent scientific experts from countries all over the world under the auspices of the United Nations, concluded there's a more than 95 percent probability that human activities over the past 50 years have warmed our planet.
Global warming is the steady heating of Earth’s land, oceans, and atmosphere caused primarily by human activity. Climate change is one of the world’s biggest challenges right now, from people actively arguing that it doesn’t exist- to other’s who don’t care enough to do anything about it. There’s evidence showing that climate change is happening and affecting our world now and from what it seems, if action isn’t taken, major consequences will soon arise. Most of the world’s land mass has experienced a 0.2-1.0 degree Celsius average temperature increase since the 1970s, the temperatures of the Artic has increased at almost twice the mean global rate. Climate change is caused by human factors such as greenhouse gases and ozone depletion and because humans are so dependent on fossil fuels in their day to day lives, the issue at hand is only going to get worse.
So, what is climate change? Well, climate is defined as the average weather for a region, such as, temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. Climates shape ecosystems, and the life in these ecosystems that depends on them. So climate change is when the climate we have come to expect is no longer that climate. The climates around the world are quickly changing and it is creating harmful effects for many things around the world (What Is Climate Change?). See, often times people get global warming and climate change confused, but they are not the same and cannot be used interchangeably. When we talk about global warming, it only means the Earth’s increasing surface temperature. On the other hand, climate change refers to the warming and things like melting glaciers, hurricanes, drought, forest fires, coral bleaching, etc.. In other words, global warming is only one part of the more dire issue of human induced climate change (What's the difference).
I should begin with addressing what global climate change is. Our environment is threatened to warm by 2 degrees Celsius and because of this our environment is warming itself faster than it can process and adapt. Due to the warming, our agriculture, weather, and even our human health are at risk. With the warming of our earth, it makes sense that we will begin to see changes in our weather. In fact, changes have already begun. Our storm surges are getting stronger meaning that hurricanes have intensified and are posing a threat to flood levels and to homes. There is an increase of sea levels due to the melting of glaciers which are causing more flooding than usual in places around the world. (McGrath 2014) Even though in some places we have flooding, we are experiencing droughts because of heat waves, and in turn, can cause wildfires. I personally remember when our winters used to be longer
Climate change can be defined as a significant change in the “average weather” of any given region sustained in the long-term and can be caused by Earth 's dynamic processes, external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and also by human activities (USEPA, 2014).
Climate is the average of the weather of a region, and the climate of the Earth is the climate average of all the regions. Based on that, climate change is a change in the average climate of the Earth. According to the NASA, “Some causes of climate change are natural. These include changes in Earth's orbit and in the amount of energy coming from the sun. Ocean changes and volcanic eruptions are also natural causes of climate change”
Change in climate occurs when long-term weather patterns are altered, through both human and natural causes. It involves changes in precipitation, winds, and temperature as an outcome. Causes include the release of carbon dioxide through such activities as burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Human influences on climate have intensified since the Industrial Era. The atmosphere keeps the climate stable. By disrupting the atmospheric balance, the global climate changes.
Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about three issues of how global warming is affecting our weather, animals, and our future.
Preview of Points: First, I’d like to talk about the issue/problem itself which is global warming. Then I will discuss its solutions. Finally, I will conclude my discussion with the advantages provided by solution which could help save our planet from the problem.
In this research paper, I will discuss what climate change is and what causes it. I will also describe how the political and scientific communities differ on the topic. Next, I will discuss the causal chain of climate change starting with the Industrial Revolution until today. After that I will cover the differing beliefs of Democrats and Republicans, and what each party is doing in regards to climate change. Lastly, I will cover what is being done by businesses, governments, and individuals in the world to combat climate change, and provide possible solutions, including the use of renewable energies to solve this problem.
Climate changed is caused by the warming of global temperatures due to a phenomenon known as the “greenhouse effect,” which is the entrapment of CO2 and other various byproducts of human intervention such as methane gas, released from cows as they consume grass. These chemicals create, in a sense, a blanket around earth, trapping solar energy. And in response, heating up the planet, allowing no, or