Understanding Climate Change

Air pollution is a serious public health concern globally [1]. Exposure to ambient air pollution increases mortality and morbidity [2]. Ambient air particulate matter (PM) is the main component of air pollution and has a significant impact on human health [3]. Epidemiologic studies have shown that lung function of people is adversely affected by exposure to airborne particulate matters (APM) pollution [4-6]. In the other words, there is evidence from past studies that ambient air PM (such as PM2…

My experience in a Hurricane On august 25th, 2015 I had the most tragic day in my life. I got to experience Storm Erika in the Commonwealth of Dominica. When I first heard the announcement the day before I was not worried, I thought it wouldn’t be effective and will last for two to three hours. When I woke up that morning about 6: 45 a.m. I was greeted by darkness and the sound of rain splashing on the roof of my house. My siblings were not doing their morning routine, but was soundly asleep.…

CONSERVE FOSSIL FUELS The climate change is a hard situation and a big problem. Everybody is informed about the climate change, everybody knows how climate changes affect our planet, the people and our nature and environment. The biggest reason why we have climate change is because we use fossil fuels. I live an ordinary life, I go to school, I have friends and a good family. Today the majority of people in the world live a good life, we have money and we have food on our table. But how can…

The collapse of societies and the events that lead to the fall of a society have always been of great interest in scientific study. The story of environmental distress causing collapse on the island of Rapa Nui has become very relevant to modern society in the past few decades. The fall of the Polynesian society on Rapa Nui is popularly attributed to the inhabitants destroying their environment (Middleton, 2012, p. 270). This account of events is used as a model in the public eye in an attempt…

An Argument Against Automobile Pollution: The Correlation of Automobile Carbon Emissions and Global Warming in Field Notes of Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert and Down the Asphalt Path by Clay McShane Exposition: In Field Notes of Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert, the most important focus of this book is to define the ecological ramifications of man-made global warming, which is defined through the various effects on differing species of life. In this context, the mosquitoes named the…

demand for scarcer energy supplies and natural resources; disruptive climate change; energy poverty, which is dividing the world electricity-haves and electricity-have-nots; rapid accelerating biodiversity loss, as plants and animals go extinct at rising rates; and a massive transfer of wealth to oil-rich countries and their petro dictators. Friedman thinks that these concerns and how we manage them will define the energy-climate era. The book informs the reader of the three main aspects that…

The story begins with rainfall, creating an ominous mood, forshadowing a fortokeing event. Within the text rain symbolizes change because the main character transforms from a human to a bird. Societally rain symbolizes the individuality and uniqueness present in America. The disparity between raindrops represent American people and their different cultures, livelihoods, or beliefs.I chose to make the main character in the story a bird to symbolize freedom and independence. These are two ideals I…

profit. As a potential future, this is entirely possible, considering the current economic and environmental climates that are suffering as a direct result of late capitalism and the disaffectedness of the corporations causing the most damage. Feed explores issues perpetuated by these major corporations that have become far more prevalent in today’s world such as the effect climate change has on our planet, the preying on the sick and dying, and the harmful and often dangerous…

The Grand Canyon Boulders Taller than the Great Tower of Seville by Garcia Lopez de Cardenas and The Most Sublime Spectacle on Earth by John Wesley Powell are two stories with different opinions of The Grand Canyon. The first story shows how The Grand Canyon can be very annoying and not worth of seeing. The second story shows how The Grand Canyon can be very fascinating; therefore the author has trouble explaining his whole trip. Boulders Taller than the Great Tower of Seville by de Cardenas…

Well-discussed Marissa. You are correct that the ocean acidification implies to the fundamental changes in the chemical balance or chemistry of the Earth’s oceans due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere caused by burning of fossil fuels (e.g. coal, fuel oil, and natural gas). Ocean acidification is distinct from global climate change; however, the global threats to ecosystems resulting from ocean acidification are theoretically similar as global warming and also, both are…