Understanding Climate Change

Lewis and Felix (2015) describe the recent climate discussions taking place in France between negotiators of 195 countries in the Reuters article “After Leaders’ Rhetoric, Climate Negotiators Start Work on Deal”. While these talks are necessary to develop a plan to slow climate change, disagreements are prevalent according to the article. However, it is clear that the main obstacle that most parties agree on is the issue of financing. Reducing negative impacts on the environment, such as…

Free Trade is a Free Pass to Oppose Climate Control Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything Capitalism vs The Climate argues that in order to begin to solve the issue of climate change we must abandon the free market system American democracy is based upon. Klein states, “We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism” (Klein 18). Here, I will be focusing on the claim made by Naomi Klein that free market…

1-4 Global warming is a significant issue, which could cause numerous negative effects on Canada. This could include severe damaging to the environment, along with the endangerment of the health of future generations. Climate change is not only harmful and could produce a few beneficial impacts as well including increasing the farm and agriculture production, and assisting the health of Canadians as the temperatures increase. The government of Canada has both…

The world is starting to reach a tipping point with regard to global climate change. In fact, “several studies have suggested that temperature stabilization at or below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial temperatures should be the goal of climate change policy. Warming above this level would likely cause large areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet to melt, would put the West Antarctic Ice Sheet at substantial risk, and would cause widespread disruption to global ecosystems and the hydrologic cycle.”…

are derived from the connection between culture and climate. The educational product will be better for a campus whose culture and climate are positive versus negative. The school campus culture and climate can be reformed but in order to do so, the distinctions between culture and climate need to be understood and significant changes are needed starting with climate first as it is climate that influences culture. In the article School Climate, Gruenert (2008) uses the analogy of the…

1. What is your understanding of the concept of climate change and the urban heat island effect? My understanding of the concept of climate change and the urban heat island effect is that they are both becoming more progressively harmful to our human health, the air we breathe, and water supply in our communities. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from auto and factory emissions acts as a blanket, trapping long-wave infrared energy coming off the earth making our planet much warmer. Most radiation is…

Annotated Bibliography: Global Climate Change This is an annotated bibliography for research on the causes of global climate change. I am researching on human activities that are responsible for global climate change. Watson, Robert T. ‘’Human Activity Causes Global Warming’’ Global Warming. Ed. James Haley. San Diego: Greenhaven press, 2002 Opposing Viewpoints in Context.Web.3 Aug.2015. Global climate changes, including episodes of global cooling and warming, have occurred many times…

between natural climate changes and human-induced climate changes. In other words, interdisciplinary ways of seeing can reveal how anthropogenic and natural alterations of the environment work together, and assess potential risks for people and their habitats. The approach then brings to the table different disciplines, stressing dynamics that link natural and social worlds together as one interrelated whole. Multidimensional expert knowledge can thus contribute to better understanding of both…

Ashley Colombe ENGWR 300 December 6, 2014 The Theory of Global Warming and Climate Change: What It Is, What It Has Done, and How to Fix It The world is constantly going through changes, from freezing winters to hot summers. In recent years weather conditions, among many other things, have changed. Global warming and climate change is one theory that scientists believe has caused these recent occurrences. They have shown vast effects on the environment and the oceans throughout the United States…

control it. But is this scale of temperature control even within human capabilities? Some claim that climate change is merely Earth 's natural agenda and that humans couldn 't control it if we wanted, while others believe it is a direct result of human activity. Whatever the case may be, Earth is warming at a substantial rate and humans must decide if action should be taken, or if Earth 's climate should be left alone to run its course. For the past few…