...We’re Thinking about Climate Change Wrong Climate Change. Also known as global warming, is the irreversible end that we will face if we do not change our ways. The effects of climate change have already started to take effect. Over 50% of The Great Barrier Reef is dead over the past two years. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent such as Hurricane Harvey and Cyclone Debbie. With all these natural disasters taking place, it begs the question, why do some people still don’t believe that climate change is a real issue? One of the most common arguments against climate change is that “If global warming is real, then how come it is cold outside?” or “Why is it snowing?”. This is a common misconception. People mix up the climate, with the...
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...The issue of climate change has gotten the most attention in the past 10 or so years. This attention is correlated to the fact that the long term effects of climate change have started to appear now more than it ever has before. Many on the opposing side claim that the issue of climate change is overblown and does not warrant the massive amount of attention that it’s getting. What they fail to see however is that the overblown nature of climate change is absolutely purposeful, but not in the way they think. Charles Krauthammer’s essay serves to question whether science is firmly settles, in particular whether the scientific analysis of climate change is accurate. He claims that “there is nothing more anti scientific than the very idea that...
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...COM172 June 2, 2104 Merrill Waterhouse Abstract This research paper is about the ideas, views and opinions of climate change. It further explores where the ideas originated from and what it means to the different types of people from different places and more importantly why we disagree so much about it. Climate change continues to remain a controversial subject amongst many and takes on a different meaning and purpose to everyone one. This research paper will also examine how mass media, politics and private groups in the fossil fuels industry have impacted our views on climate change. Working Title Why do we disagree so much about climate change? Climate change remains one of the most controversial subjects amongst politicians and their constituents. Yet with all the scientific evidence proving climate change, why do we continue to struggle against the evidence? Sometimes the truth is just too hard to face and when facts are distressing it is easier to just ignore it. Rather than fearing climate change or regarding it as a problem; climate change should be viewed as a concept, a world culture which reveals diverse individual and cooperative principles, attitudes and values about ways of living in the world. Climate change is not a recent problem; the subject of climate change began in the early 19th century when ice ages and other natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected and the natural greenhouse effect was first identified (Wikipedia 2014, May...
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...Climate Change – Anthropogenic or Natural? One of the biggest issues in today’s media is the argument of climate change and global warming, and whether or not it is the result of human influence on the Earth or if it is a natural occurrence. Many people will tell you that climate change is the result of human impact on the Earth, while other people will say that the change is just a natural cycle the Earth goes through. Though both sides can produce evidence as to why they are right or why the other person is wrong, only you can decide what to believe is right and what is wrong. What exactly is climate change? Climate change is the fluctuation in weather and temperature on Earth either in a specific part of the world, or even the entire world itself. Many people question if the climate is even changing, or if it just some conspiracy though up by the government in order to get money. There is no doubt that the Earth’s climate is indeed changing. The Earth is in warming stage that is being called global warming. Although many experts agree that the Earth is in fact warming, they argue over the cause of the warming. Some say that the reason for the warming is because of a natural cycle that the Earth goes through regularly, while others say that man is the cause of the warming. According to some experts the Earth’s temperature has been steadily increasing since the 1800’s. For this reason they are saying that the past two decades have been the hottest on record (http://news...
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...Arguments against anthropogenic climate change. • The temperature recordings are unreliable. • Global warming or climate change has become politicized which has closed down the debate on whether or not climate change is anthropogenic, in other words it creates a wealth of money that forces scientists to conform or lose their jobs. Those who believe that the change within the climate has no correlation with human activity have an abundant supply of never ending answers as to why climate change is not induced by mankind. One such argument that skeptics propose is that the temperature recordings that have been collected over the past century and even longer are inaccurate due to 9 out of every 10 weather stations failing to comply to their own...
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...Science of Uncertainty and Climate Science Even with researches on global warming starting as early as 1965, global warming is still hotly debated. At the present, almost all scientist acknowledge that the earth is warming up mainly due to human activities, but the public still somehow remain skeptical (Oreskes 169). Now that why global warming is even worth debating is a question for another day, but here we will discuss how the appeal in climate science as well as clarifying the several facts Bret Stephens gravely mistaken. In the scientific community, Hempel once suggested an idea in his 1965 essay, that no evidence can establish a hypothesis with certainty, and believing in a hypothesis will make one suspect to “inductive risk”, that is,...
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...com/shop/phi-210-exam-2/ Question 1 4 out of 4 points Which of the following practices would MOST likely be considered pseudoscience? Question 2 4 out of 4 points A set of statements designed to convince others that an action or idea is right or wrong is a type of _________. Question 3 4 out of 4 points Cliff wants to determine whether people prefer red apples or green apples. In order to obtain good results, he decides to conduct this survey at a car festival. Out of the 5000 people who attended the festival, Cliff surveys 10 attendees randomly. The survey reads, "Which do you prefer, red apples or green apples?" Seven of ten people surveyed answer that they prefer red apples. From his survey, Cliff concludes that most people prefer red apples. Cliff's results may not be reliable because of which of the following problems with his study? Question 4 4 out of 4 points Courtnie has been allergic to cats as long as she can remember; this requires her doctor to give her an allergy shot. On her 26th birthday she spends the day in a house with cats and has no reaction. Therefore the allergy shot has helped Courtnie overcome her reaction to cats. The explanation for why she had no reaction describes which of the following? Question 5 4 out of 4 points A student is designing an experiment to find out if the following statement is true: "If you get at least six hours of sleep, you will do better in class than...
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...com/shop/phi-210-exam-2/ Question 1 4 out of 4 points Which of the following practices would MOST likely be considered pseudoscience? Question 2 4 out of 4 points A set of statements designed to convince others that an action or idea is right or wrong is a type of _________. Question 3 4 out of 4 points Cliff wants to determine whether people prefer red apples or green apples. In order to obtain good results, he decides to conduct this survey at a car festival. Out of the 5000 people who attended the festival, Cliff surveys 10 attendees randomly. The survey reads, "Which do you prefer, red apples or green apples?" Seven of ten people surveyed answer that they prefer red apples. From his survey, Cliff concludes that most people prefer red apples. Cliff's results may not be reliable because of which of the following problems with his study? Question 4 4 out of 4 points Courtnie has been allergic to cats as long as she can remember; this requires her doctor to give her an allergy shot. On her 26th birthday she spends the day in a house with cats and has no reaction. Therefore the allergy shot has helped Courtnie overcome her reaction to cats. The explanation for why she had no reaction describes which of the following? Question 5 4 out of 4 points A student is designing an experiment to find out if the following statement is true: "If you get at least six hours of sleep, you will do better in class than...
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...Multi-Scale Approach The world’s climate is changing and will continue to change. The risks associated with these changes are real but highly uncertain. We argue that all societies are adaptive and there are many situations in the past where societiess have adapted to changes in climate and risks. But some sectors are more ssensitive and some groups in society more aware to the risks than others. Deailing this problem needs a teamwork. Everyybody and every cound should aware of the risks of the climate change and act together. In the past and still big countries such as US, Germany, France, Italy etc. They are making big efforts and signing several agreements about this topic. Is it enough? I think it is not. We should focus on the role of individuals in adaptation to climate change. Although we might feel like our lifestyle is insignificant compared to things like big industries and their big amount of carbon dioxide to enviorenment. But we forget one thing. We are the society. If we all work together to drive less, conserve electricity and create less waste, we can reduce our carbon footprint and help fight with climate change and global waming. Making a few small changes in our home can reduce greenhouse gases. Theese are just few examples. There are many ways that we can make a difference. In this topic, what I talked is called Multi-scale...
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...Mostly I agree with the statement that climate change has nothing to do with fossil fuels, despite there being some contradictable evidence. There are also some reasons why David Bellamy’s statement could be wrong. There have been many times in history where the world’s co2 has been from 3 to 10 times higher that it is now, however the climate itself hadn’t changed greatly, so why is the co2 so important nowadays? One of the reasons for this could be that the ipcc has been in charge of climate change reports since 1988 and although there are many scientists on the team the organisation itself is controlled by politics rather than the science, thus creating a manipulated result. Leading from this if climate change (global warming) wasn’t such a big scare, the public would give less money towards ‘stopping it’ and research leaving a large amount of people unemployed. This would mean the public body is being misled and the complete matter is over exaggerated to suit the government. Furthermore the world’s climate has always been changing with little to no help from human influence. This has been proven through both the little ice age and the medieval warm period. The little ice age happened between the 1500 and 1800 where global temperature dropped to an average of around -0.8 degrees. During this time around 1780 industrialisation began in England, leaving London burning a substantial amount of fossil fuels and yet the temperature didn’t increase properly till around the 1800...
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...The Global Warming Conspiracy The issue of climate change and the role humans have had in it is perhaps one of the most discussed topics of today. There are significant portions of the population that deny climate change, even though overwhelming evidence has proved climate change to be real. This causes serious problems in society. Daniel Kahneman’s article, “The Surety of Fools” discusses why people continue believing what they always have even when evidence proves them wrong. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published several articles, including one called “Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet” detailing the research and facts that prove that climate change is, in fact, real. An article by David Runciman, “How...
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...Climate Change What is climate change? Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. "Climate change" affects more than just a change in the weather, it refers to seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them.Because so many systems are tied to climate, a change in climate can affect many related aspects of where and how people, plants and animals live, such as food production, availability and use of water, and health risks. For example, a change in the usual timing of rains or temperatures can affect when plants bloom and set fruit, when insects hatch or when streams are their fullest. This can affect historically synchronized pollination of crops, food for migrating birds, spawning of fish, water supplies for drinking and irrigation, forest health, and more. Some short-term climate variation is normal, but longer-term trends now indicate a changing climate. A year or two of an extreme change in temperature or other condition doesn’t mean a climate change trend has been "erased.” Worldwide, people are paying serious attention to climate change. In Washington state, climate change is already disrupting our environment, economy and communities. We can help slow it down, but we must take action now. Since elementary days , maybe, some of you like me, always heard about how to manage proper segregation of...
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...Images of Organizations | | Briefly define Obama’s climate-change bill, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and what the Chamber’s position is on the bill in question and why. Obama’s climate-change bill focuses on decreasing greenhouse pollution, mainly carbon dioxide. He aspires to be a leader for the international community, and to prepare not only the U.S., but globally, the impact that global warming pollution will cause. In his combat against climate changes, he wants to limit how much carbon pollutions can be produced by large power plants in the U.S. by creating EPA limits, and to use clean energy, such as generating electricity through the usage of wind and solar energy. (Organizing for Action) The Chamber of Commerce acts as a voice for industries of all magnitudes. “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing the interest of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.” (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) The Chamber is against Obama’s climate change bill. Chamber president and CEO Thomas J. Donohue released the following statement on June 25, 2013 “The president’s plan runs a serious risk of punishing Americans with higher energy bills, fewer jobs, and a weaker economy, while delivering negligible benefit to the environment. (U.S. Chamber’s Donohue Comments on President’s Climate Change Proposals.) The Chamber feels that the benefits of this bill...
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...Climate Change What is climate change? Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. "Climate change" affects more than just a change in the weather, it refers to seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them. Because so many systems are tied to climate, a change in climate can affect many related aspects of where and how people, plants and animals live, such as food production, availability and use of water, and health risks. For example, a change in the usual timing of rains or temperatures can affect when plants bloom and set fruit, when insects hatch or when streams are their fullest. This can affect historically synchronized pollination of crops, food for migrating birds, spawning of fish, water supplies for drinking and irrigation, forest health, and more. Some short-term climate variation is normal, but longer-term trends now indicate a changing climate. A year or two of an extreme change in temperature or other condition doesn’t mean a climate change trend has been "erased.” Worldwide, people are paying serious attention to climate change. In Washington state, climate change is already disrupting our environment, economy and communities. We can help slow it down, but we must take action now. My reaction Since elementary days , maybe, some of you like me, always heard about how to manage...
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...Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. "Climate change" affects more than just a change in the weather, it refers to seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them. Because so many systems are tied to climate, a change in climate can affect many related aspects of where and how people, plants and animals live, such as food production, availability and use of water, and health risks. For example, a change in the usual timing of rains or temperatures can affect when plants bloom and set fruit, when insects hatch or when streams are their fullest. This can affect historically synchronized pollination of crops, food for migrating birds, spawning of fish, water supplies for drinking and irrigation, forest health, and more. Some short-term climate variation is normal, but longer-term trends now indicate a changing climate. A year or two of an extreme change in temperature or other condition doesn’t mean a climate change trend has been "erased.” Worldwide, people are paying serious attention to climate change. In Washington state, climate change is already disrupting our environment, economy and communities. We can help slow it down, but we must take action now. source: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/whatis.htm My reaction Since elementary days , maybe, some of you like me, always heard about...
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