Whew! Summer’s in again and the weather is rising to an extreme level. Everybody’s going to the beach or the pool and just stay there for hours and hours to refresh themselves. But have you noticed? It just gets hotter and hotter everyday? This is just a very little effect of global warming.
According to Manila Bulletin’s Magazine article, global warming refers to an increase in average global temperatures, which in turn cause climate change. Our atmosphere is mainly made up of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, methane and carbon dioxide as well as water vapor. These gases help in the absorption of heat thus reducing the amount that escapes back to space. As the atmosphere absorbs heat, this causes the oceans and including the surface of the Earth to become warm. This process is called the greenhouse effect. Notice that in a greenhouse, it is made up of glass thus allowing heat or sunlight to enter so that the plants may harness it and use it for their photosynthesis. But notice that the environment inside the greenhouse is humid and warm because only very little amount of heat energy is able to go out. This is what is happening to the world right now. As the amount of Carbon Dioxide and greenhouse gases increases, the more it keeps heat energy from going out Earth. Because of these things that happen in our world, scientists have observed that as the temperature rises, the more we should get to worry. Why? As simple as a blink or maybe a snap of our finger everything would disappear. A very serious effect engaging Global Warming is that as the temperature rises making the glaciers and ice caps in Polar Regions melt making a very big increase or rise of sea level causing massive floods in very low regions including the United States, India and some parts of Asia and Africa. Come to think of it, millions or should I say billions of people are living in these areas and if that massive flood will strike that area, it will claim billions and billions of lives. This is just ONE effect of global warming that we will get to experience in the near future, yet there are still lots and lots of these effects that scientists haven’t discovered and observed yet.
But can we do anything to stop global warming? Yes, there is but then we couldn’t make it without the help of the people in our community. The government has been thinking of ways on how we could stop global warming. The government has planned of effective ways to lessen the use of diesel which can also contribute to global warming. That is, the Bio- diesel act passed by Congressman Miguel Zubiri. And if we just follow rules concerning the environment, I know we can prevent all the unwanted effects of Global warming to happen.
This is not just a nation wide but also an international alert. Here in the Philippines, we maybe experiencing so many changes in the weather but these are the first effects upon global warming. Our life here on Earth is just borrowed and according to one unwritten law of nature, “Mother Nature knows best.” And that is what Mother Nature is doing. She is trying to take her revenge for the indiscriminate use of the natural resources by the people. Yet, if we help each other in our continuing fight against Global warming, I know, in maybe just a matter of years, we can replenish the Earth. And this is now an emergence to all nations of the world, to join and unite to help in the replenishment of our Mother Earth. =)
According to Manila Bulletin’s Magazine article, global warming refers to an increase in average global temperatures, which in turn cause climate change. Our atmosphere is mainly made up of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, methane and carbon dioxide as well as water vapor. These gases help in the absorption of heat thus reducing the amount that escapes back to space. As the atmosphere absorbs heat, this causes the oceans and including the surface of the Earth to become warm. This process is called the greenhouse effect. Notice that in a greenhouse, it is made up of glass thus allowing heat or sunlight to enter so that the plants may harness it and use it for their photosynthesis. But notice that the environment inside the greenhouse is humid and warm because only very little amount of heat energy is able to go out. This is what is happening to the world right now. As the amount of Carbon Dioxide and greenhouse gases increases, the more it keeps heat energy from going out Earth. Because of these things that happen in our world, scientists have observed that as the temperature rises, the more we should get to worry. Why? As simple as a blink or maybe a snap of our finger everything would disappear. A very serious effect engaging Global Warming is that as the temperature rises making the glaciers and ice caps in Polar Regions melt making a very big increase or rise of sea level causing massive floods in very low regions including the United States, India and some parts of Asia and Africa. Come to think of it, millions or should I say billions of people are living in these areas and if that massive flood will strike that area, it will claim billions and billions of lives. This is just ONE effect of global warming that we will get to experience in the near future, yet there are still lots and lots of these effects that scientists haven’t discovered and observed yet.
But can we do anything to stop global warming? Yes, there is but then we couldn’t make it without the help of the people in our community. The government has been thinking of ways on how we could stop global warming. The government has planned of effective ways to lessen the use of diesel which can also contribute to global warming. That is, the Bio- diesel act passed by Congressman Miguel Zubiri. And if we just follow rules concerning the environment, I know we can prevent all the unwanted effects of Global warming to happen.
This is not just a nation wide but also an international alert. Here in the Philippines, we maybe experiencing so many changes in the weather but these are the first effects upon global warming. Our life here on Earth is just borrowed and according to one unwritten law of nature, “Mother Nature knows best.” And that is what Mother Nature is doing. She is trying to take her revenge for the indiscriminate use of the natural resources by the people. Yet, if we help each other in our continuing fight against Global warming, I know, in maybe just a matter of years, we can replenish the Earth. And this is now an emergence to all nations of the world, to join and unite to help in the replenishment of our Mother Earth. =)
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