Understanding Climate Change

Jack O’Keefe Ramsdem, Stephen W. "Total Eclipse of the Sun." Sky Watch (1089-4888), Jan. 2017, p. 48. EBSCOhost, With less than a year left, America is getting closer to its solar eclipse. This major event should be happening on August 21st 2017. The solar eclipse will be a one time thing for some people in their lives and they would ever want to have to miss a once in a lifetime opportunity. With social media and just the media in general, this event will be one of the most popular phenomenons…

claims that our society is doomed unless we make drastic changes, and flip what we know upside down. Daniel Quinn goes on to say how we need new minds to come up with a solution, rather than old minds coming up with programs and how we need to orient our movement toward how tribes used to be, a simpler, more efficient time. Now, whether or not I agree with Quinn’s statements, is another thing. My first impressions of this “manual for change” and the programs vs. old minds chapters were very…

The article ‘Is geoengineering a bad idea?’, by Karl Mathiesen, is about techniques that could be used to reduce the effects of climate change. The two techniques are, carbon dioxide removal and albedo modification. The first is self-explanatory, remove carbon in the atmosphere and put it underground. The second technique makes the earth more reflective so the warming by the sun isn’t as intense. Interestingly enough, increasing the earth reflection could be possible right now, but may lead to…

No Impact Man: A Journey of Self Discovery Summary The brainchild of history writer Colin Beavan, No Impact Man is a life experiment, an online blog, and personal narrative. The story opens with a worried and frustrated Colin who preaches liberal environmental politics to those who impetuously wreck our environment without recognizing he as well is complacent about his own behaviors. Instead, he is on the spectrum of liberals who feel superior with their intellectual resources and acknowledges…

In Eco-Imagination African and Diasporan Literatures and Sustainability written by Irene Assiba d’Almeida, Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson and Thelma Pinto, we see how the course objectives, “the narratives of environmental justice in developing countries” (Missihoun, Syllabus) is effecting our world. This paper will clearly define palimpsests, and the double bind. It will also include their effects on the issue of the environment. We will also see the critique in The World’s Environment: Ecocriticism…

The Forest and The Trees Individuals are always changing the world which they live in to find their best fit, their comfort zone. Humans do whatever changes they want to in order to meet their needs. Global warming in particular are one of these changes which is caused by the burning of fossils fuels that adds acidity to oceans and infinite carbon in the atmosphere. Author, Elizabeth Kolbert portrays the notion of destruction through global warming in chapter eight, “The Forest and the Trees,”…

Karim M. Ali 900140625 Dr. Richard Tutwiler Sociology 3085: Environmental Issues in Egypt October 19, 2017 First Essay Assignment Essay Question: What opportunities and challenges does the natural environment provide the people and society living in Egypt? Outline I. Introduction II. Egypt’s geographical and climatological features: Opportunities a. Geographical categories and how each one is useful 1. Coastal Areas 2. Desert Areas 3. River Valleys b. Climatological features of each…

The Tragedy of the Aral Sea Before and After 1960 (TASC) On the date of 1960, a crisis began to occur within the Aral Sea. The sea which was very significant in size started to lose the water in its banks. The cause of this complication was striving to guide the rivers’ Amu Darya and Ayr Darya to help bring water through the desert (SOAS). This decision was made to help the citizens of the towns. By diverting the sea’s water, the workers hoped that the action would help produce more crops (TASC)…

thousands of pollutants enter our atmosphere, and this has had a profound effect on our entire lives. As companies pump gasses and chemical into the air , everything from our health, to our weather, to our quality of life has been affected. These changes have led to deteriorating conditions to our health and the natural balance yet very little is done to stop it. Air pollution has had detrimental effects on the health of people around the world. In nations like China, the air is polluted to…

producing carbon emissions, it is causing many global disasters around the Earth. There has been a rise in storms and many other disasters due to this. Many want to change and help out the cause of global warming and climate change but don 't actually put the effort into it. Even though some scientists believe the evidence supporting climate change is profit-based, the U.S. and other nations should cooperate with each other and try to figure out a plan to reduce the carbon emissions, because…