Moly Ellrodt
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I just read the article, Arctic Meltdown?, by Andrew C. Revkins on The New York Times Upfront. This article is mainly about how the floating cap of Arctic sea ice is melting. The amount of ice there was this summer was a record breaking small amount. nearly 500,000 square miles less than in 1979! You may wonder why this is a bad thing or why this ice is so important. For one, the arctic ice cap is known as the world's air conditioner; it cools the earth. Another reason this isn't good is because the increase of ice melting will increase the amount of water in the Arctic leading to major flooding problems. It is also hurting animals such as polar bears who live on the ice. They can't just walk around in water. Scientists have discovered that the Earth's average temperature has increased one degrees Fahrenheit in the past year which is clearly part of the cause of the ice melting. Scientists also believe that greenhouse gas emissions are a cause of the ice melting. Overall, increase greenhouse gas emissions and increase in the climate will definitely have a great impact on the Arctic's ice region and will lead to problems.
The author of this article did a very good job of using factual information and statistics about climate change, and the change in ice melting. He made the article sound like it was written by and intelligent person and that the writer was well informed about this topic. The author also was able to get his point across that the ice melting is caused by both human actions and just natural changes in climate without hammering it into the reader's mind. He didn't try to make us believe that ice melting was caused by only one thing. He used facts that supported both sides and sounded very informing.
I find this topic frightening. With this information you can kind of get an idea of what the future might be like and how we are slowly destroying our world. Many of us don't realize the real impact some of our actions have on our world. It's scary to think that we can so easily melt hundreds of thousands of square miles of ice in what is actually a very short amount of time. It's also scary to think that the government hasn't done very much to help this. But the truth is, it's hard. It's not easy trying to make everyone in the world cut down on luxuries, like having a car, to save the planet. Not everyone wants to listen, or will take the time to listen, and really see what we are doing to the Earth. I find this article very interesting and I enjoyed reading it.
wow molly. i really love your article. it was very interesting and it made me think a lot about the world. love ya boobooz
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you. I'm scared, but so many people just enjoy their luxuries and don't care. People think about this topic a lot, but no one takes that much action. I find this age ring that people have the nerve to be lazy when there's an Earth threatening crisis. The scared, hardworking people will suffer because of people who aren't doing anything. We have all these things lie cars and electricity, we believe that we need to change the environment's conditions, but sometimes we just don't do anything about it.
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