Global Warming and Its Effect Worldwide

Cheryl DeVito

Kelley Warren

Final

ENC 1102

10 March 2014

                                                Global Warming and its Effect Worldwide

            Is the earth melting? Scientists have struggled for decades researching information to

 support their belief that the earth is at risk. Many believe that the product of carbon dioxide

 resulting in our daily lives and other are the result of the heating effect into the atmosphere.

 (National Geographic) This can be very dangerous to all living things.

           Global warming is an increasing rise in world-wide temperature which causes climate

 changes. Many scientist believe that this is the result of the greenhouse effect. Energy from the

 sun is generated onto the earth’s surface which then is bounced back into the earth’s atmosphere.

 Some gases escape the atmosphere and some are trapped. Gases trapped in the atmosphere,

 generate an increase in heat and this is the greenhouse effect. The earth needs a certain amount of

 these gases because without them, the earth would be a lot colder. (National Geographic)

          One of the gases trapped in the atmosphere is carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide in

 greenhouse gases is thought to be the cause of this rise in the earth’s temperature. NASA’s Earth

 Observatory has found that human activities affects the carbon cycle. (National Geographic)

          The human population is increasing daily and thus, consumption of transportation,

 heating, cooking, electricity and manufacturing, has increased. This increase in consumption,

 causes carbon dioxide to enter more rapidly into the atmosphere than is able to be removed.

 Increasing levels are upsetting the natural carbon cycle. The result is that humans are adding to

 the natural occurrence of global warming. (The Carbon Cycle: The Human Role, Earth

 Observatory, NASA)

         A worrisome effect of global warming are the melting glaciers and ice shelves around

 the world. ("Guardian") Studies have pointed out that the rates of extinction of animals and the

 flooding of low-lying islands, due to rising sea levels increased frequently by the melting of

 glaciers. (Strickland) The cold climate among the glaciers has helped keep the floating ice

 shelves in the water by 20%. Floating ice shelves help keep the water from getting hot by

 reflecting the sun’s rays and sending them back into the earth’s atmosphere. The glaciers have

 been melting at a faster rate due to the climate change. By the glaciers melting, the sun reflects

 into the blue water and heats up. (Salmons) The glaciers, heating up the warm water strips away

 the floating ice. Scientists point out that as the artic begins to melt, fresh water dumps into the

 oceans and the water temperature rises. Warm water will expand and rise up, and flooding will

 occur. Sea water rise can mean salt water contaminating the drinking water and agricultural

 fields. ("Climate Hot Map") This will put millions of people at risk. Many studies have pointed

 out that rates of extinction of animals and flooding of low-lying islands are due to the rising sea

 levels that are increased by severe storms and melting of glaciers. (Strickland)

         Although some scientists believe humans are the cause of global warming and that it is a

 big problem, there are others who disagree. Some say that the quick warming trend has not been

 caused by only carbon dioxide and human actions, but by other gases as well. By reducing the

 amount of other gases involved, chlorofluorocarbons, CH4, and N0, which are not produced by

 the products of fossil fuel burning this will help decline global warming all together worldwide.

 For the future it could possibly change the climate all together for the better. (Hansen, and Sato)

          We only have one place to live and earth is it. I believe after researching the issue of 

global warming that this is an issue that will not disappear. Global warming will affect all living

 things. We must be able to live our daily lives but we must also find a way to reduce the effect

 our daily lives have on our environment. While effective things are possible, we as humans can

 do something to decrease the result of global warming. But as a community we have not yet

 brought this to reality. We have to be careful in what is happening in the world around us and to

 try to do our best to establish results in diminishing the effects of global warming. If not we will

 not be able to enjoy what we have and also pass it to the next generation to enjoy.

                                                                     Works Cited

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       ("Guardian")