Cause & Effect Essay: The Catastrophe of Global Warming

The Catastrophe of Global Warming

          Are you fully aware of what is happening to mother Earth? Open your eyes to the truth about mother Earth. Global warming is a very alarming issue worldwide and yet; we are taking mother Earth for granted. Global warming is the continuous increase in temperature of the Earth caused by greenhouse gases which trap the heat from the sun. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the effects of global warming which are typhoons, melting ice caps and dying coral reefs.

          Today, there have been many cases of strong typhoons in our world. Typhoons are formed because of heat. First, it starts from low pressure area surrounded by high pressure. Second, the air goes up and forms storm clouds. Third, the winds of opposing forces start to go in a spiral motion while going up. Fourth, the energy supply from the spiraling air stops and releases its energy causing strong rain and strong winds. Too much heat just makes the formation of storms faster and bigger. One typhoon is the hurricane Katrina which struck Florida in 2005. The hurricane Katrina was formed in the Atlantic Ocean. It started from small until it gathered water vapor from the Atlantic because of global warming. This is very surprising because Florida is not a tropical country. This kind of typhoon leads to flash floods which destroy not only the properties of people but also their very lives. This is happening because of the continuous global warming.

          Ice caps have also been melting because of global warming. When the ice caps at the North Pole and South Pole melt, the sea level increases. The ice in Greenland continues to decrease and if this goes on, the sea level may raise up to twenty feed worldwide. When that happens, other islands will submerge and people from low lands will be forced to go to higher land. There will be many evacuees and there will be less food for people because of smaller lands. Polar creatures will also lose their habitat because the ice caps which are their land will be gone. Polar bears will be forced to swim until they find land and if they are not able to find one, they will drown and die because they cannot swim forever. Eventually they will go extinct and will only be part of the history. The same goes to other polar creatures.

          Increase in temperature of seawater is also fatal. The coral reefs are greatly affected by the temperature of seawater. An increase of about one degree to two degrees Celsius can kill them. When they die, all fishes will also die. There will be no fish and this has a very big impact on us. There will be no seafood, thus decreasing our source of food. There will also be faster rise of temperature globally because the coral reefs emit an energy which forms clouds when they absorb too much heat from the sun (Gore cited in Bender & Guggenheim, 2006)

          What can we do to avoid these from happening? If only we are really determined to make a change, we can do the things to save mother Earth. We should save energy and continue to participate in Earth Hour where the world saves energy for an hour. We should also participate in talks about our environment, plant trees and stop the burning of trees, garbage and leaves. Let us act now rather than wait for tomorrow and be sorry because it is too late. It is the time to wake up to the inconvenient truth (Gore cited in Bender & Guggenheim, 2006).

Reference:

Bender, L. (Producer), & Guggenheim, D. (Director). (2006). An Inconvenient           Truth [Motion Picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.

Reflection:

I have decided to write about the catastrophe of global warming because as I see in our environment today, pollution keeps on going up. I hope that by writing this essay, I can get others to help in preserving our environment. I have watched the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” and I suggest that you watch it too. I was really struck by the movie and that encouraged me even more to write about global warming. The movie will wake you up. It can predict the worse things that may happen to our mother Earth if we keep on abusing our mother Earth. It is up to us if we will let mother Earth gradually die or we will make it live longer and be a better world for us. I am looking forward to see a better environment for us people to live in the future.