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Shantel Harding
Professor Dursema
English 1010
24 Apr 2015
Eradication of Earths Population
Animals, people, crops, and life on Earth are at means to an end. Everything loved and
known are in danger if habits are not changed. It remains necessary for the people residing on the
Earth to decrease a few of the major activities hindering the Earths climate, thus slowly
eradicating life and vegetation. The climate is always changing because of the huge contribution
of human activities altering the Earths atmosphere in large amounts of gases, deforestation, and
lack of knowledge. It is vital for humans to do their part in decreasing the health hazard that is
destroying lands, killing animals, people, and causing water to rise from the melting glaciers.
Global Warming is a major conflict affecting the world as a whole. It continues to persist as a
problem humans are creating, but luckily there is a chance at redemption.
It may seem that the climate changing does not bear much effect, but the impact is slow
and will hit hard within the next one hundred years. A few of the many human causes of climate
change resides as the consistent increase of fossil fuels burning and the carbon dioxide released
from the cars running. With the rapid improvement of modern technology cars, fireplaces, gas
stoves, etcare hindering the Earths atmosphere because of overpopulation and over usage.
Justin Gilles explains, Global emissions of greenhouse gases jumped 2.3 percent in 2013 to
record levels, scientists reported the latest indication that the world remains far off track in its
efforts to control global warming. The increase of these and other gases from human activity has
caused the planet to warm by about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the preindustrial era, which is

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causing land ice to melt all over the world. The oceans are rising at what appears to be an
accelerating pace, and heat waves and torrential rains are intensifying. If something is not done
to stop, or at least slow down the pace of hindering human activities, then Earth citizens may go
extinct.
Another major form of human activities influencing climate change is deforestation.
Deforestation destroys animal habitat reducing the survival rate of all species. The worlds rain
forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation. Forest
soils are moist, but without protection from sun-blocking tree cover, they quickly dry out. Trees
also help perpetuate the water cycle by returning water vapor back into the atmosphere. Without
trees to fill these roles, many former forest lands can quickly become barren deserts. Trees also
play a critical role in absorbing the greenhouse gases that fuel global warming. Fewer forests
mean larger amounts of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere and increased speed and
severity of global warming. The Editorial Board from the New York Times states that the world
is losing the equivalent of fifty soccer fields of forest every minute. This is affecting everyone
because trees release oxygen and trap carbon dioxide. But once the trees have fallen, they release
the carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. This does the Earth no good because it created a
counterproductive response from a human-made decision.
Why is the earths climate rapidly changing? How does it affect the people? Why does
knowing matter? It is vital to know and understand what causes the climate change, why the
earth is warming, and what can be done to preserve it to save the Earths population. Shelley
Tanaka shares that scientists have been warning everyone about global warming for more than
three decades. But many of the people are only now starting to get the message. The planet is
getting warmer, and the warming is happening at a rapid rate. (Tanaka 11). Carbon dioxide is one

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of the major gases contributing to global warming, and increasing its concentration will affect the
amount of warming that occurs. The climate change is causing the oceans to raise, the ice to
melt, and the animals to die. The oceans are rising, the hurricanes are intensifying, and the deaths
are increasing. In the Antarctic, the ice is melting, creating a conflict to the polar bears and other
polar region animals. In the western states of America, droughts reside as a problem. The winters
are growing shorter, the rainstorms lessen, and the wildfires intensify. Because the earth is so
warm, when the climate produces precipitation, it provides an almost counterproductive response
because the sun evaporates it quickly. This is because the climate is not providing enough rain to
balance what is normally evaporated. The black tar roads are formed and absorb heat, which is
one of the many factors contributing to the warming of the earth. Why does all this information
matter? Most of earths population does not understand or care to understand of the climate
change. Knowledge is vital in this circumstance because it is the day-to-day choices that
continue to effect the change of climate. It is the decisions of the people that control the fate of
the future.
So what does it matter that the earth is warming, the oceans are rising, and the
atmosphere is toxic? What does it matter if the population is slowly annihilating one another
through over use of automobiles poisoning the air through carbon dioxide, rapid cutting down of
the trees that release oxygen, and not owning an ounce of concern toward any of this? It does
matter and it needs to stop permanently. Jared Diamond shares, There is no other planet to
which we can run for help, or to which we can export our problems. Instead we need to learn to
live within our means. (Tanaka 78). What is great about man-made decisions, is that they can be
undone. The question is not the matter of if, but when. Currently, the world needs to adapt and
lessen the impact. If the burning of the fossil fuels end today, the warming trend will continue for

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several decades, as the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere continue to do their works.
Scientists estimate that the world would have to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by forty to
sixty percent just to stabilize the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Possible? Thomas
Carlyle states, Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended in action alone. (Tanaka 90). Steps that
should be abided by are reducing emissions and usage of automobiles; develop renewable energy
like solar energy, wind power, etcdevelop new technologies that do not collaborate with the
burning of fossil fuels, an extremely effective idea would be to plant trees that will potentially
live for a few decades. The questions one should ponder are how much do I really care about the
earth and all its inhabitants? Does the earth really need people on the planet? What can I do to
prevent the population from extinction? Like mentioned above, there are many factors
contributing to the rapid changing of the climate and most of them are man-made. The earth is in
no danger, but its people are. The population is in control of the fate of the future. Will they open
their eyes and put a stop to the obvious problem? Or will they sit in arrogance until it is too late?
What would you do?

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Works Cited
Editorial Board. Losing Ground in the Amazon The New York Times. The New York
Times, 15 Apr. 2014. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.

Gillis, Justin. Global Rise Reported in 2013 Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The New York
Times. The New York Times. 21 Sep. 2014. Web. 22 Sep. 2014.

Tanaka, Shelley. Climate Change. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2006. Print