In a 2016 article entitled “Changing Climate” the author Thomas Sumner discusses a variety of topics that revolve around how humans have impacted the Earth’s climate. “Changing Climate” examines climate change research, ocean circulation, hurricane research, and geology and climate. This article uses past and present research to validate the importance of these issues to create a well written exploration of human’s effect on the climate. Despite the fact that there is not a lot of data about what Earth’s environment was like before the early 1900’s, Sumner makes a compelling argument about how humans have had a negative influence on their surroundings.
Sumner looked at several aspects of climate change and how it affects the world and …show more content…
Although this is not necessarily true. Sumner fails to recognize that there were already environmental protection acts that had already existed before the movie was released in 2006. For example, Earth Day was created in 1970 to bring awareness of the environment to politics and people all over the nation were ready to help the planet. An Inconvenient Truth just reignited the spark of social uproar that had already existed in the public. Suddenly after the premiere, climate change was on the people’s radar again. Sumner backs up this statement by expressing that 195 nations committed to an ambitious pledge to retaliate against climate change and control carbon emissions. In the next decade after the movie caught the public’s attention, scientists have made major advances in technology concerning climate change. The author later includes evidence on how an enhanced understanding of Earth’s inner workings and better climate-simulating computers have given experts a better grasp on how the climate will change. Better technology is a wonderful thing when it comes to predicting what the planet may be like in the future. This way if a simulation says Earth is doomed, humans can take precautionary steps to prevent the worst from …show more content…
The author claims global warming is causing extreme temperatures and this in turn has caused thousands of people to die since the year 1900. Climate change has raised humidity levels and humidity can prevent the body’s natural cooling method from happening. Sumner does not go into detail about how high temperatures can stop people from sweating, but by the 2060s, he predicts that 250 million people across the globe will face deadly levels of heat and humidity. On the flip side, fatal cold fronts will become less common and cause less casualties. Climate change redirects Arctic winds which means areas that are normally hit with this chilly weather are
Sumner looked at several aspects of climate change and how it affects the world and …show more content…
Although this is not necessarily true. Sumner fails to recognize that there were already environmental protection acts that had already existed before the movie was released in 2006. For example, Earth Day was created in 1970 to bring awareness of the environment to politics and people all over the nation were ready to help the planet. An Inconvenient Truth just reignited the spark of social uproar that had already existed in the public. Suddenly after the premiere, climate change was on the people’s radar again. Sumner backs up this statement by expressing that 195 nations committed to an ambitious pledge to retaliate against climate change and control carbon emissions. In the next decade after the movie caught the public’s attention, scientists have made major advances in technology concerning climate change. The author later includes evidence on how an enhanced understanding of Earth’s inner workings and better climate-simulating computers have given experts a better grasp on how the climate will change. Better technology is a wonderful thing when it comes to predicting what the planet may be like in the future. This way if a simulation says Earth is doomed, humans can take precautionary steps to prevent the worst from …show more content…
The author claims global warming is causing extreme temperatures and this in turn has caused thousands of people to die since the year 1900. Climate change has raised humidity levels and humidity can prevent the body’s natural cooling method from happening. Sumner does not go into detail about how high temperatures can stop people from sweating, but by the 2060s, he predicts that 250 million people across the globe will face deadly levels of heat and humidity. On the flip side, fatal cold fronts will become less common and cause less casualties. Climate change redirects Arctic winds which means areas that are normally hit with this chilly weather are