Understanding Climate Change

the very few corporations in power have been taking over to dominate the industry. By emphasizing one-sided issues, corporate media sways the public opinion to promote a certain political and economic agenda, which avoids the threat of global climate change. The media’s goal is to exploit the mass population, by airing information that challenges the scientific research of global warming. The creation of Fox News meant, “there was a news source available virtually everywhere in the United States…

National Climate Assessment conducted a study on the effects of climate change across all the regions of the United States. Three areas of concern that were induced by the study conducted in the Southeast region are rise in sea level, extreme heat, and decreased water availability. These matters bring devastating impacts on their own, however when observing the state of the Southeast, it is discovered that they are exacerbating problems the Southeast is already facing. The rate of change in…

The question of whether global warming is natural over time due to changes in solar activity or if it is being accelerated by humans comes is a great one but it comes secondary to the question of how each of us can minimize and raise awareness to the negative impact we can have on the earth. Though scientists overwhelmingly…

environment and have replaced them with industries, houses , and etc increasing the amount of carbon dioxide rapidly. This new change has erupted various catastrophic consequences such as climate change, that we are facing to this day. These destructive impacts are now reaching alarming rates and the government has come up with two solutions, cap and trade and carbon tax. Climate change, a consequence of global warming that has been haunting us ever…

“the gradual heating of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere” (Bradford, 2014), has been a significant topic of interest. Among politicians, environmentalists, and concerned citizens, the impacts of climate change have been heatedly debated. While a portion of America believe that climate change is not a serious threat, is not caused by mankind, or perhaps is not even real, another portion believe it is the most terrifying and imminent concern mankind is currently facing, and we should be…

It started off as just another typical trip to the beach, but little did I know that after this my opinion of the beach and everything associated with it would be completely altered. It was a thunderstorm to remember, I still remember it to this day and it was over ten years ago. I had never felt so small and powerless until the trip to the Outer Banks, where I had truly discovered the real power of nature. Our family for the past couple years, had taken trips to multiple different…

The Fruit of One’s Curiosity and Discovery Curiosity is the key to discovery. That is a thought that came to my mind when I started viewing the film No Impact Man. The thought stayed with my mind even more when I did my carbon footprint and took the quiz, however, the film resonated to me due to what the family have done to be environmental friendly, and where they did their experiment. The easing in to the green way of life to where the process started to have hurdles for the main characters…

Rachel Carson and Climate Change Today Rachel Carson, a renowned author of the famous text on environmental conservation, played a very significant role in influencing the way the world perceived and addressed environmental conservation. In her earlier publications, Carson tried to demonstrate and convince the world that people were not at the core of the earth’s ecosystem. She reinforced this view by describing the environment form the position of creatures that were not human . Her most…

In her article, “The Really Big One,”, Kathryn Schulz explores the topic of earthquakes that are expected to happen in the near future. Throughout the article, Schulz refers to a specific earthquake along the San Andreas fault line as “the big one.” Since the path of tectonic plates is highly predictable, geologists believe that an earthquake of 8.0 magnitude or greater will strike California within the next decade. This earthquake could potentially level the entire Northwestern United States…

A Poem in relation to Natural Selection When one thinks of a giant crack of lighting whitening the sky or the massive roaring of an erupting volcano, the first thing that might befall their mind is violence and destruction. Watching the wrath of mother nature before your eyes can be disheartening. Several movies have depicted her power such as San Andreas (2015), and Geostorm (2017). While these movies are fictional they do display how terrifying nature can be to the frailty of life.…