Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

We are facing a global climate crisis. We are entering a period of consequences.” (Al Gore). Global warming is dangerous and changing our world, as the quote stated above and we’ve haven’t done much to decrease it. Global warming is a serious topic because we realize (and have known this for a while) that it has made a very big modification to our world today. How you may ask? We have been polluting our earth and it’s atmosphere, it has been making drastic changes. We’ve also have been…

Throughout the book “the sceptical environmentalist”, the author Bjorn Lomborg argues against the “litany of our ever-deteriorating environment” (Lomborg 2001, 3). The litany refers to the popular view point of mass environmental destruction and rapid degradation caused by the human race; which is shaped by the media with the messages and images we see on a daily basis (Lomborg 2001, 3). The litany incorporates the issues such as declining food security, water quality, biodiversity loss and…

It is sunny and hot: to what extent does heat and sun imagery shape Meursault’s action In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, weather imagery plays an important role. Some of the most important imagery is heat and sun imagery. The main character, Meursault, is always aggravated when the sun is present. Sun and heat are shown to control his emotions. The intensity of the heat and the sum are the main controlling factors of his emotions. Heat and sun can be interpreted as the relationship…

Unpredictable climatic shifts described by Brian Fagan in “The Little Ice Age” had a large impact European history from 1300 through 1850, marked by significant temperature drops and turbulent weather. During this time, families suffered after the weather ruined agricultural crops and caused fish to stay further south, in turn negatively affecting economies. The wet summers and cold winters also aided in the spread of epidemics. The failing crop harvests as well as flopping fishing territories.…

The specific topic of Asadorian’s article entitled “The Rise and Fall of Consumer Culture” argues that consumerism has been embedded in our culture, to such an extent that we view it as a “natural” way of life. The purpose of this article seems to be that humans need to realize that our culture of consumerism has everything to do with our treatment of the environment, and it tries to explain exactly in what ways institutions, media, and the government have contributed to this unsustainable state…

The nexus between climate change, poverty and inequalities. The influence between climate change and inequalities need to be concerned to find the link of climate change and human rights. Climate change is a global phenomenon with impacts spread across the world, however, less developed countries are more likely to have a severe impact than that of developed countries (The Global Climate Risk Index 2018). Especially those in the region near the equator, such as Central America, the Caribbean,…

This paper will review and evaluate the article written by Carole M. Cusack, the professor at the University of Sydney. The article is called “Science Fiction as Scripture: Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land and the Church of All Worlds” and was published in journal Literature and Aesthetics in 2009. At that point professor Cusack was already a recognized expert on Religion Studies and Contemporary Religious Trends. She received her Bachelor degree in Religious Studies and English…

In recent time there has been rules and regulations put in place to try and reduce these concerns but it has been at a slow rate and many environmentalists are fearing that if something does not change there may not be a world worth saving in the years to come. In the article Carbon Tax Vs Cap-and-trade: what’s a better policy to cut emissions? Noah Kaufman goes into detail as to what the similarities and differences are and what benefits each would…

The most intense ten minutes of my life occurred this past fall. It was September 24th, the time was about 12:30pm. These ten minutes will stay with me for the rest of my life. They have made their mark on my family and I, and have changed our lives forever. I was just awaking from the crazy night before. Our high school football team played a great game, and some friends and I stayed out late celebrating. I had my fake baby in my room with me for my child psychology class. It woke me up a total…

Discussions/Conclusions: Out of all the factors, the sponge and the leaves had the most effect on climate in the model atmosphere. They had a range of 25 degrees Celsius from the base reading at 0 minutes, to the final reading at 20 minutes. The sponge started out at 19 degrees Celsius and ended at 44 degrees Celsius. The leaves started also started at 19 degrees Celsius and also finished at 22 degrees Celsius. The control experiment with no variables added had a range of 9 degrees Celsius from…