Professor Shaker
English 101-16
4th December 2017 Global Warming: How Can It Be Fixed? Global warming is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects. Global warming is the increase of the temperature of the earth's atmosphere caused by the greenhouse effect, which is caused by high levels of carbon dioxide, and other pollutants. As a result, of Global Warming sea surface temperatures are warming and sea levels are rising. This has lead to an increase in catastrophic hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes erupting more often. The evidence shows that this will only get worse. Global warming has become an international humanitarian …show more content…
In Australia, The Great Barrier Reef has suffered mass bleaching due to global warming. The Barrier Reef was pronounced dead back in March 2016, as large areas of the Great Barrier Reef turn white, scientists are losing hope that the world’s largest living organism can be saved as a whole, if not at all. Like coral across the world, the reef has been severely damaged by the warming of the oceans with up to 95 percent of areas surveyed in 2016 found to have been bleached. For Example, The Huffington Post States: “Clearly the reef is struggling with multiple impacts,” he said in a statement. Hughes has long linked the reef’s struggles with human-induced climate change: Corals bleach when oceans become too warm, causing the colorful algae that live within them to leave and turning them bright white. If temperatures don’t return to normal, the structures can die” (Visser). This quote describes the circumstances of the coral reefs bleaching, and it illustrates that if there is any chance of saving one of the world’s largest living organisms, we must lower the earth’s temperature back to normal. Corals are marine animals that get their color and most of their food from the algae that live within them. Higher temperatures stress the algae causing their vibrant colors to …show more content…
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