Global Warming Essay, Research Paper

In the article ?Happiness Is a Warm Planet? it tries to explain and tell how Global Warming is a good thing. It says ?mankind should benefit from and upward tick in the thermometer.? When in fact in today?s society it is proving to not be good.

Under global warming, winter temperatures would rise the most and summer temperatures the least. It is said in this article that ?more people die of the cold then of the heat; more die in the winter than the summer.? But the truth is that in the past two decades, we have witnessed new heat and precipitation records. More people have died from heat stress in the past years. Severe heat waves will become more common with global warming. Elderly and children are the ones who are most vulnerable to heat stress. Also with this heat infectious diseases will move in to new areas.

In addition, the article says ?less snow and ice would reduce

transportation delays and accidents.? Also ?A warmer winter could cut

heating costs, more than offsetting any increase in air condition expenses in

the summer.? These are all great ideas but in the long run will not save

money. ?Longer growing seasons, more rainfall and higher concentrations

of carbon dioxide would benefit plant growth.? This is not true, a warmer

climate will demand more irrigation and the range of certain pest. The only

positive effect is that it will extend growing season for some areas.

The articles says ?The optimal way to deal with potential climate

change is not to embark on a futile attempt to prevent it, but to promote

growth and prosperity so that people will have the resource to deal with

normal set of natural disasters.? This is not true due to the fact that with

global warming it cause more than the normal amount of natural disasters.

With Global Warming the water cycle will be disrupted. Some areas will

experience more severe droughts, while others will have increased flooding.

Overheating of ocean waters, as a result of global warming could lead to

coral bleaching which would make the coral unable to survive. The rising

of sea levels that the global warming will cause, will erode beaches and

coastal wetlands, destroying essential habitat and leaving coastal areas more

prone to flooding.

The major source of global warming is carbon dioxide pollution from

Power plants, automobiles, and industry. There are many solutions to this

problem. All of these could be solved and not cause the destruction that

global warming does.