Weather change refers to increases in temperature at the earth’s
surface and creates different scenario, such as frequent hot days and fewer
cool days. “Storms, floods, and droughts
will generally be more severe as precipitation patterns change. Hurricanes may
increase in intensity due to warmer ocean surface temperatures” (Riebeek pg.1).
“Climate change
refers to the broader set of changes that go along with global warming,
including changes in weather patterns, the oceans, ice and snow, and ecosystems”(
Frequently Asked Questions pg. 1).
Meaning when oceans get hotter, and ice caps are melting together they describe
the word climate change.
The term global warming means when the greenhouse gases
build up in the atmosphere; the gas intakes some of the sun’s heat and does not
release it into the atmosphere. This causes the earth to be much warmer due to
the extra heat at the earth’s surface. This extra heat affects plants, animals,
and humans.
I believe we are currently moving extremely fast towards
another ice age. I think this because everything on our planet follows the rule
of equilibrium. Due to that fact, I think humans’ helping global warming is
just making the ice age come faster.
Milutin Milankovics theory states that every 100,000 years
an ice age occurs, and it always follows that pattern (Milankovitch Cycles pg.
1). Since the last ice age was about 10,000 years ago, means we will have another ice age in 90,000 years ago, but I personally think that will happen before that time.
The article states that we are not going through global
warming but supports the idea of going through global cooling. The article supports
the idea of global cooling by giving us a few facts about increasing population
of polar bears, water vapor in the air has declined and less vapor means lower
temperatures. (Schaefer pg.1 ).
http://images.skymetweather.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/global-warming-global-cooling.jpg
Work Cited
"Frequently Asked
Questions." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, 09 Sept. 2013. Web.
25 Apr. 2014. <http://www.epa.gov/climatestudents/faq.html>.
"Milankovitch Cycles." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Apr. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2014.
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycle>.
Riebeek, Holli.
"Global Warming : Feature Articles." Global Warming : Feature Articles.
N.p., 03 June 2010. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
<http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/>.
Scaefer, Keith.
"-So-Hot Facts About Global Warming Research–Global Cooling Part
III." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 18 Apr. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://news.yahoo.com/not-hot-facts-global-warming-150900216.html>.
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