Methane

The article “The Cooling World”, published in Newsweek, uses a plethora of rhetorical elements such as ethos, pathos, and logos to explain, in layman's terms, the impact and significance of the cooling of the Earth’s climate. The piece uses simple and plain language to easily convey the graveness of the implications that arise from the cooling of the Earth. The author of the artifact, Peter Gwynne, is a science journalist whose focus is to present hypotheses and arguments based on the scientific…

Considering an unusual amount of natural disasters recently, many people are asking if we can still treat climate change like some kind of folk tale. If the answer is no to the preceding question, the next one in line is what can we do to combat climate change? In his article, We Don’t Deny Harvey, So Why Deny Climate Change, Nicholas Kristof attempts to respond to these two questions. In this paper, I am going to start by summarizing his argument, then analyzing his claims, and ending with my…

The book, This Changes Everything Climate vs Capitalism, by Naomi Klein, was written to help readers better understand tactics needed to help control climate change. Throughout the book, we are able to see details of how our climate is changing and the effects we have on it. In the book, This Changes Everything Climate vs Capitalism, we see the theme of fighting climate change shine though in that Klein gives us specific examples. She gives us many examples though politics, economics,…

Many people in today’s society tend to treat global warming and the effect it has on all of our lives, as a joke. James R. Lee does a fabulous job, in his article titled “Global Warming is Just the Tip of the Iceberg”, talking about the effects of Global Warming and how it can lead to warfare and many conflicts of the 21st century. The article gives three different reasons for believing global warming could lead to warfare, the first being a conflict that could arise from a shortage of products.…

Although Al Gore presents a well-constructed and very compelling argument on the effects of global warming, many have found his claims to be wrong and misinterpreted. For instance, he claims that as the earth tilts toward the sun the earth’s inhabitants absorb carbon dioxide. In the next season, the earth tilts away from sun allowing plants to release carbon dioxide creating an effect of inhaling and exhaling. This pattern shows the levels of carbon dioxide increase and decrease throughout the…

The Industrial Revolution pioneered a new age of technology, making coal the primary source of power for the developing world. Coal is a combustible fossil fuel that is extracted by surface and underground mining mainly located in the United States, China, and Australia. The coal mining industry is thought of as a crucial part in the world’s job economy. And that without it we would not advance as a society due to coal mining originally driving advancements in the world.Despite allowing some of…

Underwater welding is very different from any ordinary career. Underwater welding is a career that requires a lot of training. It is a good career to pursue if you like to travel and are already an experienced welder above the surface. Underwater welding is a very dangerous, adventurous and complicated career that is very interesting. What is underwater welding? Underwater welding is the process of welding at elevated pressure which usually takes place underwater. Another name for…

One of the many conspiracy theories that people are going mad about is that global warming is a hoax. Global warming is when there is an increase in temperature that is thought to be caused by carbon dioxide created by humans and other animals (Geiselman). The global warming hoax has been going on since the 1980’s and is still an ongoing conspiracy theory today. With nobody knowing if global warming is real or not, some people think it is a hoax because global warming is just an earth cycle,…

Global Climate Change is a Reality Global climate change is an issue that is accelerating quickly and can become very dangerous if not taken care of soon. Climate change is a reality, and an imminent threat that is approaching more quickly than people realize. There are many people on Earth that believe that climate change is a hoax, but they do not look at the facts that prove that it is happening. When it comes to global climate change, there are some physical changes that can be seen to…

All of the cultures that we have discussed in the course thus far have been quite fascinating, and important lessons can be drawn from each and every one of them. The culture that stands out to me the most, however, is the Maya culture. It is perhaps due to the considerable amount of similarities that occurred before the Mayan collapse and between the problems that the world we live in is facing today. The Mayas were an incredibly advanced, powerful, inventive and long-lasting culture. However,…