Block C - Davies
3/12/13
Global warming may seem to some people like just a little
recycle symbol on your water bottle or some blue bins, but really global
warming is a global event that is occurring as I write this. Everyday our
environment becomes warmer and warmer and is at its warmest point today than it
has been in the past four thousand years. It has been recently predicted that
our earth is getting so warm that in the next few decades it will become the
hottest temperature levels ever seen on earth. Unfortunately, even with the
lowest possible human activity we could do, the temperature will still increase
and be warmer than hottest time of the Holocene, or the modern geological era.
Scientists like Shaun Marcott of Oregon State University and other earth
scientists, have studied the global temperatures over the past nearly 10,000
years, nearly the whole Holocene period.
The climate change of earth is not all because of human as the temperature
depends on the distribution of sunlight, the earths orbit and other events that
have happened in the past and are out of our reach. However, we are definitely
to blame for a portion of global warming. Interestingly, without humans the
Northern Hemisphere probably would have frozen over in the next few thousand
years but the large amounts of greenhouse gases from people might stop that.
However, graphs of the climate change that scientists are studying show that
the modern rise has recreated old temperatures and on the time scale, temperatures
like in the Holocene time are expected to be felt again. Even though there are
geological affects on global warming, humans still have their part. You should
still recycle your bottles and take care to follow all of the rules we now have
had hammered into us for years, such as walking when you can to avoid gas and
using public transportation, because what you do, no matter how little for
climate change, can still matter.
Life is
affected by global warming and how global temperatures are rising and are at
their heights since thousands of years in the past is frightening. With high
climate change comes struggle for life as plants and other types of species
will be injured from the changes in temperature. Also mentioned in the article
is how past climate changes have been steady and slow allowing different
organisms to evolve and adjust to the new climates, but the new changes in
temperature expected will be fast and put tension on numerous species including
humans as we are a part of nature as well. Plants and animals we eat or use for
food goods or other material might die out due to these severe changes in
climate and ultimately there is no good to come out of these fast climate
changes.
I found the
article to be fairly clear and concise which I praise. It is definitely hard
for a scientist or someone who is familiar with a scientific study to put it
into terms the every day person could understand as you need to put it into
words that make sense and also make sure the topic makes sense. This article
mostly did this well as I was able to follow along with the article and
understand what it was talking abut but eventually the article moved too
quickly and started jumping around with what it was talking about. An example
of this is when it mentions the Northern Hemisphere and how it is destined to
freeze over again, which seems like a very big topic someone could study for
years and is just passed by in a few sentences. I feel like the author should
have elaborated more on this as well as when the article mentioned at the end
how life would be affected. I feel the biggest reason why most people would stop
and read this article is because they know it will affect life and change our environment
and this article really only mentions that as an afterthought which somewhat
leaves the reader hanging.
Gillis, Justin. "Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years." The New York Times. N.p., 7 Mar. 2013. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/science/earth/global-temperatures-highest-in-4000-years-study-says.html?ref=science>.
Zach Shively
ReplyDelete4.7.13
Biology H
Current Event Blog Comment
Global Temperatures by Greg Mo
Overall Greg did a fantastic job explaining the article he read stated and then added in his own personal point of view to finish up his report. Specifically, I liked how he used gave the name of a real scientist studying global warming (Shaun Marcott of Oregon State University) rather than simply referring to the researchers as scientists. By giving the name it adds to the realism of his report. Furthermore, I loved that Greg found a way to connect with the scientists in saying, “It is definitely hard for a scientist or someone who is familiar with a scientific study to put it into terms the every day person could understand as you need to put it into words that make sense.” Though this does not fully relate to Greg’s main point, it gives the reader an interesting new point of view. Also his writing style and sentence structures made it a very enjoyable and stimulating piece of writing.
The fact that the earth’s temperature is at its highest in four thousand years frightens me. Lets just say I am going to do a lot more walking after reading this piece. Even more frightening though, is the idea that earth will see even hotter temperatures in upcoming decades.
To improve this report I would suggest that Greg did less analyzing and more presenting of facts. For example, when he explained how graphs showed temperatures will increase in the coming years, it would have been more interesting to see the graph or at least here the real statistics it presented.
Nice work Greg. You're summarization and analysis were on point and you always backed up everything with your own point of view. Greg found a great way of connecting with the article, relating the inadequacies scientists face.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, the article is somewhat alarming. The fact that the earth's temperature is it's highest in the last four thousand years is probably not a good thing. It's also not a good thing that the temperature will continue to increase in further years.
Improvement wise I don't see a need for much. Maybe a little less analysis and more summarization? If anything. Other than that I see nothing to change.
This report was very good and one thing that I really liked about it was the way it started with a hook. This hook got me caught and made me want to keep reading your article. Also, I liked how you had a tone throughout the summary that worried me. Lastly, I thought that your analysis in this summary was great and it was interesting to read your ideas on this article.
ReplyDeleteThere were a couple things that I did not know that were really interesting to learn. The one that really jumped out to me was that the earth's temperature is the highest its been in the last four thousand years, which scares me for our future. Also, the fact that humans are not the sole contributor to global warming was new to me reading this summary and another one on the blog and that interested me and scared me as well.
In general, I thought this report was very good, but I think you could've made it a little clearer when you were summarizing the article versus adding your own insight to it. It was a little unclear sometimes and it would be an easy fix if you just used a couple phrases such as in this article.
Greg, I thought you did a great job writing your current event report. First off, I thought the way you opened your essay was very impressive. It really grabbed my attention, and made me actually want to continue to read it. Secondly, the way you wrote your essay, your tone, really made your essay a lot more interesting to read. Thirdly, it really seemed like you connected to your topic really well. It seemed as if you were really interested, and did further research connecting to your topic.
ReplyDeleteI never knew the effect global warming is having on our world today. One fact that I was really impressed by, and did not realize, is our climate is at its warmest point today than it has been in the past four thousand years. Learning this fact worries me for our future, in the fact that it is still rising, and probably will be for a long time. That the hottest temperatures ever will be recorded on earth. Another fact that I found to be really interesting is that, without humans, the Northern Hemisphere probably would have frozen over in the next few thousand years but the large amounts of greenhouse gases from people might stop that.
I really thought this was a great essay. I don’t think this needs much improvement. I really liked how it seemed you were really interested in your topic and gave great opinions.
Bailie Jones
ReplyDelete4/22/13
Great job on your review greg. I thought it was very interesting and i learned a lot. First of all i thought your opening was very interesting. It hooked me right away and i wanted to keep reading. I also liked all the information you gave us in this article and how you combined fact form the article with some of your own opinions. One thing i think you could have improved was to summarize the article with a little more detail. Over all it was very interesting and i really enjoyed reading it.