Global warming is the heating of the earth and the melting of the ice sheets due to the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the earths atmosphere however, the issue we are choosing to focus on is climate change. Climate change is global warming in edition to all the things it effects including the ecosystems, animals, migration patterns ect. Climate change is a serious issue that if not confronted now, will have a terrible effect on us in the future. Despite the mounds of information, research and scientific evidence, ignorance is still prevalent in our society. Although, the debate over the existence of global warming is supposedly over, others continue to question its significance. Part of this is related to how one person can have a relative positive effect on the environment. One small change can have a huge effect on the planet. Take for example, The Boy Who Harness the Wind. His dream for supporting his village with wind power, allowed him to responsibly help his community. A final and extremely important issue to consider is the economy. China is a prime example of large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions, due to the hundreds of coal plants built per year. At the rate China is going, they will have to take a larger and aggressive step towards saving our earth.
- Michael, Genevieve, Andi, Melissa
It is an important point that many of us deny the fact that global warming even exists. You have to recognize there is a problem before you fix it. Being nieve to the problem is going to doom us, as scary as that sounds. We must start working forward to a solution now, we can no longer wait. We have know how to slow down the effects of global warming we just need the will.
ReplyDeleteI like you're point on the difference one person can make. Because we have been making small changes in our daily life we have been able to really see the effects one person can make. I am a skeptic of global warming, I am not sure if it actually exists and I disagree with parallel the movie made to the effects of nicotine. It is true that we must recognize the economy and the effect global warming has.
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