Jude Bato Biology
Mrs. McClellan Due: May 23, 2014
Chang, Kenneth. "The Big Melt Accelerates." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 May 2014. Web. 20 May 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/science/the-melting-isnt-glacial.html?ref=science>.
It is apparent that the world is getting warmer. Ice caps in the North and South poles are melting, causing sea levels to rise, with new research, many of these melted glaciers have passed a point of no return, which could set off a chain reaction for many other ice caps, and place covered in ice.
Even if global warming halted completely, the climate of the Earth had already reached a tipping point. The whole Earth climate, atmosphere and temperature have began to swag towards the more humid and wet, because of these melted sums of ice.
“We as people see it as closing doors and limiting our future choices,” said Richard Alley, a professor of geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. “Most of us personally like to keep those choices open.”
While some glaciers are holding steady or even growing slightly, most are shrinking, and scientists believe they will continue to melt until greenhouse gas emissions are halted. “It’s possibly the best evidence of real global impact of warming,” said Theodore A. Scambos, lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
“But the mountain glaciers have been telling scientists what the West Antarctic glacier disintegration is now confirming: In the coming centuries, more land will be covered by water and more of nature will be disrupted. A full melt would cause sea level to rise 215 feet.” He is saying that the most problematic situation is the Antarctic, because it is located near the coldest places on the Earth.
“During recent ice ages, glaciers expanded from the poles and covered nearly a third of the continents. And in the distant past there were episodes known as Snowball Earth, when the entire planet froze over. At the other extreme, a warm period near the end of the age of dinosaurs may have left the earth ice-free. Today the amount of ice is modest — 10 percent of land areas, nearly all of that in Greenland and Antarctica.” The future of this planet may lead to a new ice age, by which most, if not all, the bodies of water will freeze and cause the Earth’s median temperature to decrease dramatically.
Jude, you did a great job of accurately and orderly presenting the article's topics. You explained how the world is getting warmer and taught us, where we are at the moment, when it comes to global warming. I really liked how you emphasized, “Even if global warming halted completely, the climate of the Earth had already reached a tipping point.” This really goes to show how we are almost at the end of our options. You did a great job of explaining this to your audience in the review. You were able to summarize the article in a chronological order. You were in depth and explained the major points. I learned many things from your review and article; I learned more about how glaciers areas are found. Impressed by the fact that 10 percent of land areas are in Greenland and Antarctica. If Greenland ice melted almost 26 feet of water levels would rise across the world. I wish you would have added a little side notes on how we can fix this issue. Would of made your article overall much better if you expressed your ideals. You were focused on the article which is good. However, you lacked any opinions or notions from being expressed on your side. Great job, just next time I think you should explain our options, or how we can help prevent these issues from arising and just tell us your thoughts. This really sparked my interest in glaciers and global warming, really grabbed my attention.
ReplyDeleteJude, this was a very interesting presentation and I learned a lot about the future of this earth and what is bound to happen. I thought you had very good quotations and explained them in detail. You explained them very well and they related to what you were trying to say very well as well. Another thing I thought you did very well was adding pictures, this gave us a visual representation and something many others current events did not have. This really helped with visualizing what you were talking about in your article and I thought that it was very good that you added it. A third thing I felt you did very well was picking the topic. This was a very interesting topic and I was genuinely interested in what you had to say and you explained it very well. This was an interesting topic, something I actually cared to learn about and something that matters to us and the future of our planet.
ReplyDeleteI was interested with multiple things in this. One of these is that even if global warming stops completely the world has already hit a tipping point. This is scary in a way because it shows how we have hit a point of no return and in some respect we are screwed for the oncoming years. Another very interesting fact that I learned from your paper is that our planet is on course for another ice age. This is scary for that means many if not all humans will certainly die and it shows what future challenges lie ahead for us and will force us to prepare more for it.
I thought you had a great paper however one thing I think you could have done more on is included more information. Yes you did a lot of quotes and good analysis but I feel as if more actual raw information would have done better. I still think you did a good job just you could have improved on some things.