The idea of Global Warming made a first appearance in the nineteenth century from scientists, such as Svante Arrhenius, who “argued that variations in trace constituents—namely carbon dioxide—of the atmosphere could greatly influence the heat budget of the Earth” (“Svante Arrhenius : Feature Articles”). In other words, elements in the atmosphere could significantly change the Earth’s heat depending on how much radiation was contained in the atmosphere by those elements. This proposition was later expanded and the term global warming was first used in a 1975 article by Wallace Broecker who said that humans would cause an increase in global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels. The term global warming has now become vastly used all over
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The first major sign of evidence is the melting of ice caps such as Antarctica. “Antarctica has been losing about 134 billion metric tons of ice per year since 2002”(Macmillan). That is an astonishing number which will harm animal habitats and cause flooding. Also, as a result of the melting ice, and ultimately global warming, “global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century” which has raised a red flag to scientists around the globe.(“Climate Change Evidence: How Do We Know?”). The rise in sea levels and the melting of the ice caps will eventually affect every part of the world. The outcome would cause flooding along coastal regions around the globe where animals and humans would move inward. Likewise, there is abnormal weather because “earth’s rising temperatures are fueling longer and hotter heat waves, more frequent droughts, heavier rainfall, and more powerful hurricanes”(Macmillan). As a consequence, the Earth will keep increasing in temperature and extreme weather will continue grow.. To reiterate, global warming has and will cause the loss of stability for humans at the coasts as water rises, cause abnormal weather, and damage animal …show more content…
For instance, “over the past 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history” (Macmillan). The increase in the heat records just shows how far Global Warming has gotten as the temperatures have “increased by about .8° Celsius(1.4° Fahrenheit) since 1880 (Carlowicz).” The rise in temperatures supports the idea that ice caps are melting more. In contrast,the argument about Earth being in mere cycle resurfaces but is put down as there is a “strong correspondence between temperature and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere”(Temperature Change and Carbon Dioxide Change). This is strong support that Carbon Dioxide increases and temperature increases are in direct correspondence. Given these points, one can see that the studies on temperature and Carbon Dioxide concentration have gone higher than ever expect and are continually increasing because the world has not done enough to address this
The first major sign of evidence is the melting of ice caps such as Antarctica. “Antarctica has been losing about 134 billion metric tons of ice per year since 2002”(Macmillan). That is an astonishing number which will harm animal habitats and cause flooding. Also, as a result of the melting ice, and ultimately global warming, “global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century” which has raised a red flag to scientists around the globe.(“Climate Change Evidence: How Do We Know?”). The rise in sea levels and the melting of the ice caps will eventually affect every part of the world. The outcome would cause flooding along coastal regions around the globe where animals and humans would move inward. Likewise, there is abnormal weather because “earth’s rising temperatures are fueling longer and hotter heat waves, more frequent droughts, heavier rainfall, and more powerful hurricanes”(Macmillan). As a consequence, the Earth will keep increasing in temperature and extreme weather will continue grow.. To reiterate, global warming has and will cause the loss of stability for humans at the coasts as water rises, cause abnormal weather, and damage animal …show more content…
For instance, “over the past 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history” (Macmillan). The increase in the heat records just shows how far Global Warming has gotten as the temperatures have “increased by about .8° Celsius(1.4° Fahrenheit) since 1880 (Carlowicz).” The rise in temperatures supports the idea that ice caps are melting more. In contrast,the argument about Earth being in mere cycle resurfaces but is put down as there is a “strong correspondence between temperature and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere”(Temperature Change and Carbon Dioxide Change). This is strong support that Carbon Dioxide increases and temperature increases are in direct correspondence. Given these points, one can see that the studies on temperature and Carbon Dioxide concentration have gone higher than ever expect and are continually increasing because the world has not done enough to address this