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ClimateChangeisarealproblem
EvelynFernandez
Mr.LopezandMs.Cole
EnglishIV:
November30,2015
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Introduction
Theideaofclimatechangehasbeenwidelyarguedovertheyearsandthereare
manywhichstandfirmlytowardstheirside.
Climatechangereferstothechangein
globalorregionalpatternstoincreasedlevelsofatmosphericcarbondioxide.Climate
changeitselfusuallycarrieswithitanegativeconnotationandtomanyisavery
controversialsubject.Wehaverecentlyseenthattheglobalsurfacetemperatureshave
largelyincreasedbyaboutonedegreecentigradesince1880,and2014wasthe
warmestyeareverrecorded(Cole,2015).
Physicistshaveadifferenttheoryandbelievethisisjustatemporaryclimateshiftbased
onsolarfluctuations,whichwillreturntonormalinthenextfewyears.Theirtheoryis
baseduponthecomparisonbetweenglobalsurfacetemperaturestakenbetween1998
and2003withonesthatwillbetakenfrom2012to2017.
ClimateChangesupporters
Climatechangeisnotonlyrealbut,itisasevereproblemwhichdoesntseemto
betreatedasone.
Ourclimateis
rapidlychangingcausingmanyimpactsthatchangeis
increasingataneverbeforeseenrateinthelast2,000years.Somanysystemsdepend
onandaretiedtoclimatechangewouldaffectmanyrelatedaspectsofpeople'slives
andecosystems.
Oneofthemanyclimateeffectsthataremostevidenttousarethe
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changesofourtemperatureandtheaverageworldtemperaturethathasincreased.
Therearelongtermpatternschangingmeltingglaciers(Nicklen,2013).
ClimateChangeisnthappening
Therearemanyotherswhobelievethatthisclimatechangeisnotgoingonand
dontbelieveintheaffectsithas.Thedenialinregardstotheconstantclimatechanging
thataffectseveryaspectoflifeonearthisntwellacceptedforsomepeoplesuchas
conservatives.Mostcommonlypeopletendtobelievethattheserisingtemperatures
havenothingtoduewithhumanactivityandbelieveittobeasortofnaturalcycle
(Bertrand,Natasha,2014).Manyclaimnottohaveanyrealscientificevidencethat
wouldprovethereisanactualclimatechangeoccurring.More,than97%ofscientists
believethereisclimatechange,anditisleadingtothingssuchasglobalwarming
(Bertrand,2014).
Conclusion
Ingeneral,therearemanythingsthatcanbeusedtoprovewhetherclimate
changeisexistingornot.Peopleeitherbasethemselvesonfactualevidenceoronwhat
theyobserve.Thereiswithoutnodoubtmanywaystolookatthisissuewhetheritmay
beminimalormassivetoothers.Hopefully,thisissueisaddressedaccordingly,and
peoplerealizethereismuchmoretobedone,andactionisbeingtaken.
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References
Bertrand,N.(2014,November25).Here'sWhyPeopleDon'tBelieveInClimate
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Cole,S.(2015,January16).2014warmestyearinthemodernrecord.Retrieved
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Gregory,C.(2015,November23).WhySomeConservativesCan'tAcceptThatClimate
ChangeIsReal.
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