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GLOBAL WARMING
Global
warming has become a hot issue in the all country. The impact of global warming
is very dangerous for the environment. However, there are still many people who
think that global warming is just a mere issue and have no influence to our
earth in the future. Though, there have been many signs of nature that arise as
a result of global warming.
The
increasing of sea level has occurred in many areas of the world. This increase
is caused by the melting of polar ice caps due to the excessive heat of the
earth. In addition, we can easily see a lot of storms, hurricanes, and tornado
in various areas of the world. The global warming also makes a lot of farms
experiencing crop failures that decrease the food supplies.
Global warming is an increase in the temperature of the
earth’s surface and are the result of the green house effect. The green house
effect is a term to define trapped carbon dioxide which causes the earth to the
heat. Then, the global warming will much more and the climate on the earth will
continue to be hotter. You certainly feel that the current temperatures on
earth are so hot during the day. Then, we all must be thinking that there is a
problem with the climate change where everything becomes unpredictable. The
season that occurs in our earth cannot be predicted anymore as happened a few
years ago. You need to know that those irregularities are caused by global
warming.
In
detail, the global warming caused by human activity. Today, there are so many
factories are built. It means that they are going to produce carbon dioxide as
their waste. When they are built more and more, then the more carbon dioxide is
produced. Meanwhile, plant is the only element that can absorb the carbon
dioxide and then convert it into oxygen. However, the plants that are on the
earth continue to decrease due to illegal logging, forest fires, and the
diversion of forest as a place of human lodging area. All of those makes the
number of plants continue to decrease and are not able to absorb all the carbon
dioxide maximally. As a result, carbon dioxide trapped in the earth and makes
our earth becomes hotter. One of the visible effects of global warming is the
polar ice continues to melt so they can flood the coast line in the entire
world. Here are five causes and the effects of global warming.
1. Carbon
dioxide emissions from electrical generator
The
increasing use of electricity supplied from coal power releases a large amount
of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 40 % of CO2 emissions generated by the
production of U.S., and 93 percent of which comes from coal combustion
emissions in the utility industry. Each day, the market is flooded with more
and more gadgets which need power usage, but it is not supported by an
alternative energy. Thus we will hang more on burning coal for electricity
supply throughout the world.
2. Carbon
dioxide emissions from the burning of gasoline in vehicles
Vehicles
that we use are the source of approximately 33% of emissions. It affects to the
increasing of global warming. With the number of people which have been growing
until touch the alarming rate, of course, it will increase the demand for
vehicles more and more. It means the use of fossil fuels for transportation and
plant will be growing fast. When it has increased so high, then the best way is
reducing the use of vehicle and choose the public transportation.
3. Methane
emissions from farms and the Arctic seabed
Methane
is a greenhouse gas that is very strong which stands one level below the CO2.
When organic matter is broken down by bacteria in low oxygen (anaerobic
decomposition) then the methane will be generated. This process also occurs in
the intestines of herbivorous animals, and with the increasing amount of
concentrated livestock production, the level of methane that released into the
atmosphere will increase. Other sources of methane is methane clathrate which
is a compound containing a large amount of methane which is trapped within the
structure of icebergs. If the methane is out of the Arctic seabed, the rate of
global warming will increase significantly.
4. Deforestation,
especially tropical forests which used for wood, pulp, and farmland
Deforestation
results from human activities such as logging and shifting cultivation.
Even when logging is done selectively,
cutting down only large trees, many young trees are felled in the process.
Moreover, loggers often clear large areas to build roads to transport the
timber. Similarly, shifting cultivation causes farmers to clear a patch of
forest by cutting down trees and burning them to grow crops. When the soil
becomes unproductive, the farmers will leave the land and clear another part of
the forest. Because the demand for agricultural products keep rising, more
forests are destroyed. To sum up, humans are the most responsible for
deforestation.
The
use of forests for fuel (both wood and charcoal) is one of the causes of
deforestation. Worldwide consumption of wood and paper products has been
increasing fast in many decades. Also, the use of tropical forest lands for
commodities like oil palm plantations is also become a major cause of
deforestation in the world. It would result the release of carbon in the large
amounts into the atmosphere.
5. The
rise of sea level around the world
Scientists
predict that the sea level rise is due to the melting of two massive ice sheets
in Antarctica and Greenland, especially on the east coast of the U.S.. Many
countries around the world will feel the effects of rising sea levels. It could
force millions of people to search for a new home. Maldives is one of the
countries that the people need to find a new home which is due to the rising
sea levels.
The Solutions To Reduce Global
Warming
To
reduce the effects of global warming which have been rampant, you can try to do
a variety of the following tips. First, choose energy-saving lamps as the
lighting at your home. Energy saving lamps have a slightly more expensive price
than ordinary light bulbs, but the energy needed to light up is far less than
the bulb. In addition, this type of lamp is also more durable and long lasting.
Second,
save energy by turning off the lights before you go to bed or leave the house
during the day. replace regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent light
(CFL) bulbs. as a result, you will save energy and also money because CFL bulbs
last 10 times longer than regular bulbs, use two-thirds less energy, and give
off 70 percent less heat.
Third,
reduce or stop using styrofoam. Styrofoam is very easy to find. It’s light,
cheap, and easy to use. Even street hawkers use styrofoam to put in the food
they sell. Did you know that styrofoam is not good for our health since it
contains toxic and hazardous chemicals, like styrene, benzene, and ethylene?
Did you know that styrofoam is also not good for the environment because it
takes more than a million years for styrofoam to decompose? So let’s reduce or
stop using it for a healthier body and environment!
Fourth,
when shopping, use a reusable shopping
bag. we all know that producing and using plastic bags are not good for the
environment. Avoid using plastic bags
given by shopping center. Plastic is a material that is hard to be processed
naturally by the environment. It took hundreds of years to decompose it. if you have too many plastic bags at home,
it's high time for you to use totes bag and help reduce plastic bag
consumption.
Fifth,
to have a friendly environment, you can use a bicycle which will also be good
for your health. In addition, you have to always keep the condition of the tap
in your home to keep it in good condition. Based on existing research, a broken
tap is able to make hundreds of liters water wasted in vain. Though, the amount
of water that can be used on earth is not much anymore. Last, try to always
fill the courtyard with trees. Trees can release oxygen which makes the air to
be fresh.
Reference
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http://www.caramudahbelajarbahasainggris.net/2014/04/contoh-artikel-bahasa-inggris-tentang-global-warming.html
http://www.belajarbahasainggrisku.com/2014/10/contoh-explanation-text-tentang-global-warming-beserta-artinya.html
http://www.belajarbahasainggrisku.com/2014/09/contoh-artikel-bahasa-inggris-tentang-global-warming-terbaru.html
