Erica Cline

English 1010
Dr. George
December 8, 2015
Essay #4 Global Warming
Is global warming a real thing? Does it require more attention than it has been given in past
years? Is it something we should be taking lightly and not worrying about? What do we already
know about global warming and does it worry us? Is it coming from paranoid scientists or is
there really proof that it is happening as we speak? Global warming has some people fearing for
the existence of mankind and preaching the end of the world, but most people seem to take these
allegations lightly. Global warming is a real thing and it is in fact having adverse effects on our
planet and existence, its something we should be paying closer attention to and taking extra
measures to reverse.
Global warming is something most people are either obsessed with, overwhelmed with or simply
dont know enough about to care what it is. Its an issue that has people worried when it is put
into the news and media, but quickly fades out when not put in the spot light. We have witnessed
the bipolar weather patterns and the adverse effects they are having on our planet. Yet still people
care so little for helping with global warming and the problem it is causing us and our future
generations. People claim the weather has had bipolar patterns for hundreds of years now. People
who doubt global warming have made claims such as: Climates have changed before. No,
Climate reacts to whatever forces it to change at the time; humans are now the dominant forcing.

Its the sun causing this. Actually, in the last 35 years of global warming, sun and climate have
been going in opposite directions.
The earth is actually cooling in recent years. The last decade 2000-2009 was the hottest on
record. Temperature records are unreliable. The warming trend is the same in rural and urban
areas, measured by thermometers and satellites for complete accuracy. Al Gore has no idea
what he is talking about; he did it for more fame. It's worth pointing out that Al Gore is a
politician, not a climate scientist. Debunking Gore does not disprove anthropogenic global
warming. 1934 was the hottest recorded year and nothing has happened since then. 1934 was
one of the hottest years in the US, not globally. Records show the planet Mars is warming also.
We know so little about Mars that it's impossible to say what trends in climate the planet is
experiencing. Oceans are cooling down. The most recent ocean measurements show consistent
warming. Polar bear numbers have increased not decreased. Polar bears are in danger of
extinction as well as many other species. Animals and plants can adapt. Global warming will
cause mass extinctions of species that cannot adapt on short time scales. Co2 is not a pollutant.
Through its impacts on the climate, CO2 presents a danger to public health and welfare, and thus
qualifies as an air pollutant. Co2 limits will harm the economy. The benefits of a price on
carbon outweigh the costs several times over. Global warming stopped in the late 90s. Global
temperature is still rising and 2010 was the hottest recorded. The proof is in the scientific studies.
The records dont lie. People can doubt global warming all they want but the truth is it is humans
and the way we are treating this world and the pollutants we continue to put into the air that is
causing defistating effects to the earth.
Global warming