Danielle Berry

A.P. language

Mrs. Ross 2​nd​ Period

January 8, 2014

Global Warming

Walking outside every day brings a different feeling every time. One day it will be

45 degrees and windy, and the next day it will be 60 degrees and calm. One reason this

happens is because of global warming. Everyday global warming is increasingly getting

worse. Many people know about global warming but think that it is not a big enough

issue to pay attention to. Global warming affects our everyday life and something needs

to be done about it.

There’s a treaty called kyoto protocol and it says that green-house emissions

need to be below the 1990 levels in five years. Australia and the Unites states did not

participate and they are one-quarter of green-house emissions (Source A). This is a big

problem for not just the United States and Australia. Everything we do affects everything

and everyone. The Kyoto protocol is a good first step in trying to repair the damage the

human has done. Even the animals patterns are being affected. Early- arriving birds

could overtake the food resources that the birds that only migrate during the

daylight(Source F). The birds that only travel during daylight will not get the food they

need and they will start dying off. Spring snowstorms could wipe out the columbine (a
flower) completely( Source F). Even the ocean in 1910 was an average -1.2 degrees,

but in 2004 it was about, at average, 0.5 degrees (Source B). That a big jump in under

one hundred years. If everyone doesn’t step in and try to make a difference, nature will

keep taking hits, Ultimately effecting us humans. Who wants to live with a scarce food

supply?

On the other hand there’s a major flaw in the Kyoto protocol. The protocol only

helps about three percent to eight percent for half of the developed world. Scientists

have suggested sixty percent global cut will be needed in order to make a sufficient

change (Source E). Just making one change will not be enough. Many things need to

change, such a gas or factories letting all of their smoke go into the air we breathe.

Global warming wont get too much worse in our generation than it already is. It will be

our great grand children that will have to live with our decisions.

Something needs to be done in order to save our planet. The kyoto protocol is a

start, but that shouldn’t be the only thing done. More ideas and changes need to be

done in order to save our animals, plants. water supply, and ourselves. What could you

do to help?