Global-Warming

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This paper examines the increase in global temperatures and how this is directly related to human activity. The writer looks at a report which states that the current decisions made by the majority of developed nations are a direct contribution to global climate change and that climate change is reversible with minor financial commitment and infrastructure change on the part of these developed nations. The paper explains that in order for positive change to occur, it is necessary for all countries to commit to reform. The writer notes that researchers have developed low-cost strategies to curb the precursors to global warming. The paper concludes that these strategies are likely to improve the economies of most countries through increasing job opportunities, and by helping to stop global climate change while the planet is still able to recover.

From the Paper:

"Each year, almost one million persons are lost within sub-Saharan Africa to drought, water shortages, and lack of food (Young, Dooge,& Rodda, 62). Global warming has been linked directly to these outcomes, as well as other changes in ecologies throughout the world. Researchers argue that global climate change will potentially be the single greatest challenge faced by the human race, but also that if actions are taken immediately then the negative outcomes of global warming can be stopped. Moreover, there is a moral imperative that global warming be stopped in order to help those hardest hit by its outcomes, such as those currently dying in sub-Saharan Africa."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Avery, Dennis T. & Singer, S. Fred. Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2006
• Gore, Al. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It. New York: Rodale Books. 2006
• Michaels, Patrick J. Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media. New York: Cato Institute. 2004.
• Philander, S. George. Is the Temperature Rising? The Uncertain Science of Global Warming. New York: Princeton University Press. 2000.
• Young, Gordon J., Dooge, James C. I., & Rodda, John C. Global Water Resource Issues. London (UK): Cambridge University Press. 2004.

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