Is globla climate change man-made? That is the question.

1. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
CMC 1º BACHILLERATO
IES SALVADOR RUEDA (MÁLAGA)
Mª LUISA SÁNCHEZ MARTÍN

2. IS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE MAN-MADE?
ACCORDING TO SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, THE GLOBAL CLIMATE OF THE EARTH HAS
CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR PLANET.

3. IT IS KNOWN THAT IN THE PAST, THE RISING OF TEMPERATURES HAS
HAPPENED BECAUSE OF A NATURAL PROCESS CALLED GREENHOUSE
EFFECT, BUT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
(IPCC) CLAIMS THAT IN THE LAST 50 YEARS, MOST CAUSES FOR GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE BEEN MAN- MADE.

5. TO START WITH, THE RISING OF CO2 HAS BECOME FASTER AND FASTER EVER
SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION STARTED, OWING TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES
SUCH US FOSSIL FUEL BURNING AND CLEARING OF FOREST

6. SECONDLY, WITH REGARD TO THIS FACT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE CARBON
DIOXIDE TRAPS THE EARTH’S RADIATION, CALLED INFRARED RADIATION, IN OTHER
WORDS, HEAT.

7. AS A CONSEQUENCE, HUMAN ACTIVITIES ARE PROBABLY
INFLUENCING THE CLIMATE CHANGE

8. WE ARE GOING TO REMEMBER THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

10. NEVERTHELESS, SOME SCIENTISTS AND MEDIA RECKON THAT
NOWADAYS, THIS IS A NATURAL PROCESS, ALTHOUGH IPCC AND
COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SIGNED THE KIOTO PROTOKOL ARE
ASKING US TO REDUCE THE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.

12. WHAT IS MORE,IPCC GIVES US SCIENTIFICS REASONS
WHEREAS THE FORMER SCIENTISTS ONLY SHOWED
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

13. THAT IS WHY THIS ISSUE IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN OPEN
DISCUSSION . HOWEVER, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF
MANY SCIENTISTS, IT IS TIME WE FINISHED THIS
ARGUMENT.

14. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, “GLOBAL WARMING” IS JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG AND THE TERM “CLIMATE CHANGE” IS BECOMING MORE
AND MOR COMMON AS THERE ARE ACTUALLY OTHER CHANGES IN
ADDITION TO RISING TEMPERATURES

17. IN CONCLLUSION, WARMING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A
LONG TIME EVEN IF EMISSIONS STOP. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,
PEOPLE HAD BETTER THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.