Environmental Studies Coursework

Environmental Studies : Global Warming

Over the history , human beings have caused environmental imbalances in the world . Technological advances discovered by humans caused economic progress at the expense of hastening environmental destruction . Thus human beings should be the first to be responsible of protecting the environment . Even for economic progress sake , environment should still be shielded from danger

Nowadays , the worsening atmospheric conditions in the earth 's surface have been increasingly alarming . Global warming has become one of the most critical problem which has developed due to humans ' neglect of the

environment . Global warming cause an increase in the Earth 's surface temperature , as a product of the increased concentration from the emission of greenhouse gases (Global Warming , 2008 , n .p

Through the years , the evolution of human beings caused the widespread emission of harmful greenhouse gases creating imbalance on the earth 's temperature , thus making a significant impact on the earth 's climate Because of these imbalances , the earth has shown indicative factors of its worsening state . The planet is now experiencing extreme changes in the temperature causing heat waves and unusual warm weather , changes in precipitation patterns , glaciers in the north and south poles have melted , and there has been a significant increase in the sea level and occurrences of coastal flooding (Global Warming : Early Warning Signs 1999 , n .p . Thus , if this situation will not be controlled , global warming is foreseen to cause the spread of diseases , occurrence of droughts and fires , heavy rainfall , flora and fauna range shift and population changes (Global Warming : Early Warning Signs , 1999 , n .p

Though the dynamic interaction between men and environment has always been present , this interaction already caused harmful effects . As human knowledge became more sophisticated and as humans reached the limits of their societal development , it has gone to the point of utilizing large quantity of resources making them unsustainable (Climate and Society n .p . Thus , developing countries must maintain balance on nature 's effect , even with the aim of industry development . Due to these situations compromising the state of environment , countries must work on moderating the emission of greenhouse gases and anticipate its impact on the world 's climate and climate change (Climate and Society , n .p

Majority of the human population around the world has seen and suffered the effects brought by the effects of global warming . Conducting a well-funded research will help solve the problem by acquiring facts and information that will help in to reduce and avoid the anticipated impacts of global warming . Through an intensive research on global warming , we could look for possible ways or strategies that will help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and prevent the worst effects of the greatest environmental challenge of modern society

References

Global Warming . Climate Change and Energy (2008 . SciDev .Net . Retrieved May 8 2008

from http /www .scidev .net /en /climate-change-and-energy /definitions /climate-c hange /g

Global Warming : Early Warning Signs (1999 . Retrieved May 8 2008 from http /www .climatehotmap .org

Climate and Society . The Earth...