Global Warming: What It Is Really Doing to Our Planet

By: Adriana Mitreska

March 20, 2012

When I think about global warming, the first thought that comes to my mind is how it has an impact on the environment, on people, on plants, and on the ecosystem. Global warming is when the Earth heats up and the temperature rises. When this happens, green house gases trap heat and light from the Sun in the Earth’s atmosphere and this then causes the temperature to increase. This has a major impact on people, plants, and animals because many can’t take the heat and they might even die because of it. Also, increasing global temperature can cause sea levels to rise, glaciers are melting and there is even an increase with intense weather extremes. We will see more changes in our climate and in our environment.

Global warming can occur for a number of reasons. Electrical pollution is an example of how global warming occurs. Electricity causes pollution in many ways. Burning fossil fuels can create electricity. Pollutants are then sent into the air when fossil fuels are burned. Some of these chemicals can be called green house gasses.

Here are some examples of using energy and how it pollutes the air:

       Turning on a light

       Watching Television

       Riding in a car

       Using a dish washer

       Heating food items in the microwave

       Washing or drying your clothes

            When you do these kinds of things on a daily basis it does add up. You are then creating more green house gases to be sent in the air. The less electricity you use, the better it is for the environment.

            From what I have now said, my outlook on global warming is that it can have major impacts on many things and it can even be life threatening. There are a lot of powerful hurricanes and severe heat waves these days because of this. If the Earth keeps getting warmer, then the negative effects will outweigh the positive ones. If we learn more about how climate change affects people and the environment, then the more we can see why people need to take action to reduce these green house gas emissions that are causing climate change. Also, we can take some steps to prepare for changes that we know are coming. The negative impacts on global climate change will be less severe overall, if we reduce the amount of green house gases that we are putting into the atmosphere. If we continue to produce these kinds of gases at what is now current or at faster rates, it will be worse for everyone.