Global Warming: A Global Issue and A Personal One too

Greenland icesheet melting faster

Commentary:

Global Warming had been a big issue since the beginning of the 21st Century, there had been many signs to show the effects of global warming and research had been done to show the root and the cause of global warming, and action was taken to counter the global warming, but it was not effective.

In this article "Greenland icesheet melting faster", is just another article that emphasizes on global warming, more specifically the cause of the global warming. This article is to warn the citzens of the globe to take action and stop the global warming. We shall talk about the causes and the effects due to global warming, then suggestions could be made to slow down the process of global warming or possibly stop it completely.

There are many causes to global warming. A few examples would be the air pollution that the industries produce, they are the different harmful gases that thickens the ozone layer thus causing more heat to be contained in the Earth's atmosphere, thus leading to global warming.

Although the industries produce a large amount of harmful gases, as long as there are certain things that are able to absorb the hamrful gases, and the only thing or medium that is able to do that is trees generally, ranging from small shrubs that grows in deserts to large trees that grow in rainforests. As long as we have those trees, we would be able to survive even with the constant emission of carbon dioxide. But the trees are being cut down rapidly and there are not enough to replace them.

Those were just the basic causes of global warming, the effects are the extreme to be talked about. Global warming basically causes endangerment of certain species, natural disasters. For example, the polar bear, due to the fact that the globe is rising in temperature, the polar caps starts to melt just like tha article says, then polar bear would have no land to stand on, and since it is a mammal, it would drown in the ocean, thus leading o first endnagerment then extinction.

The above were the causes and effects of global warming, now for the solution of global warming. We could use other sources of energy, like the wind energy or the solar energy. Although they are currently used, they are not a common sight. Thus we can direct ourselves towards alternative sources of enegy. Another solution would be planting more trees. Currently there are many groups of people trying to protect the environment try to prevent people from cutting down the trees by hugging them. We should protect and plant more trees while we have the chance. In these ways, global warming could be slowed down or even stopped completely.

Recently, my group had debated on the topic regarding the poor environmental practies in general around the world. When I chose the topic, i was just thinking about the grades, however as i researched about it, i realise the depth and the seriousness of the global warming, and how important it is to prevent it. Through the interclass debating competition during the english lesson, the impats of global warming had become not only a global issue but also a personal one.

Though young, no matter how small your action might be, it is bound to make a difference to the world. As long as everybody takes part in saving the world and prevent global warming, we could be living in a better place with no air pollution and no extinction of animals.

I conclude by saying that even the slightest act of protection of the environment can always make a difference, and we should start now while we have the chance.