Assignment: Climate Change Proposal
SCI/245 Axia College University of Phoenix
June 17, 2012
Will Romine

Assignment: Climate Change Proposal
June 17, 2012
Dear Senator Lugar,
I know you are a very busy man and I also understand that this is your last year as a senator for this wonderful state of Indiana. Therefore I believe that it is you that can help make a change in the senate. You would be speaking for everyone around the world who will be affected by global climate change. I do not pretend to be an environmentalist but I do know that global warming is real.
The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years. In recent years there have been more and more devastating storms, many of magnitudes not seen in many areas. The climate is changing and we need to do what we can now to either slow that change down or stop it altogether.
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. The Himalayas are sometimes called the world's "third pole" because they are covered with thousands of glaciers. Water from those glaciers helps feed some of the world's most important rivers, including the Ganges and the Indus. As those glaciers melt, they will contribute to rising sea levels. Nepal alone has more than 2,300 glacial lakes, and experts say at least 20 are in danger of bursting. Glaciers are not the only thing in danger of melting, if the ice cap of Greenland continues to melt at the rate it has it recent years, it will soon be gone it is predicted that the ocean level will rise 20 feet. If the polar ice caps continue to melt, the sea levels will rise 210 feet. Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century.
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