So you could say, “Who cares about global warming that’s been news forever? I doubt it’s going to have any effect on me!” Well, it is a common misconception and global warming can bring many tragedies more severe and devastating than “Hurricane Katrina”. For example, 1717 tornadoes hit U.S.A just in 2004 causing a huge amount of damages, species such as polar bears will soon be extinct because they started to drown due to the lack of ice floes, and pine beetles are attacking cities that used to be cold but now have become warm. Thinking that Greenland glacier is never going to melt is a mistake because “Larsen B” ice shelf was a very stable part of Antarctica yet it melted and was gone in just 35 days. Some diseases that have only existed in hot countries like Egypt are spreading in North America.
Because of all these problems and changes to our world, all of us, as a human, have to work together and contribute to this problem as an individual to work it out. If we try to burn less fossil fuels and generate more energy through sources like solar energy and other green energy, we can accomplish a great deal. Think of what we could achieve when we worked together for the problem on “Ozone Layers.” If every human drove a car that produces less carbon dioxide, the glaciers on Greenland would melt slower and if we rebuild every power plant as a green energy generator, the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere wouldn’t be as high. There are countless ways of preventing global warming and it is just absurd to not work on reversing these disastrous effects. Take your own action and do environmentally friendly things. There are ways such as driving only when necessary, planting a tree, unplugging un-used electronics, air-drying your laundries, and thousands upon thousands of other ways to reduce the CO2 level for our planet.
All these seemingly grand crisis and disasters can be prevented if we all work hard to invert this problem. There are very few people in our society that hasn’t heard of global warming yet very few people are trying to prevent and undo the effects of it. The effects are affecting every part of our world so preventing the dangers that global warming is causing the world, would be a benefit to you and everyone else. If you care for your own society, your own country and our Earth, you must take action and try planting a tree, driving a fuel-efficient car, Install a low-flow shower head because they reduce the CO2 level in our atmosphere. It is a benefit for your own self and your next generations so help the world prevent the problems that global warming is instigating.
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