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Argumentative Essay on Climate Change
Course: Philosophy (PSYC 1111)
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University: Occidental Mindoro State College
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Kylah Krysnah Cacho
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Argumentative Essay on Climate Change
One of the biggest problem that the world facing today is Climate change. Over the years,
scientists have been very vocal about the dangers and effects that a warming planet and changing
climates can have on the world. Some of these effects include a drastic change in the weather, the
possibility of drought, an increase in water demand coupled with a decrease in supply, and severe
health consequences. Nonetheless, people appear to be unaware of the gravity of their actions,
ignoring warnings and signs even when they are right in front of them. Regardless of decades of
accumulating evidence and numerous social and government efforts, one fact remains constant.
"Climate change is occurring rapidly."
Many studies suggest that climate change is primarily caused by an energy imbalance caused by
(1) variations in the greenhouse effect, (2) variances in the sun's energy reaching Earth, and (3)
changes in the reflectance of Earth's atmosphere and surface are the causes of climate change.
These occurrences are typically natural to the Earth, implying that they occur to restore balance.
In truth, the greenhouse effect is favorable to life on Earth. Instead of being discharged into
space, these gases trap heat from the sun in the Earth's atmosphere. Earth becomes warmer as a
result, making it more habitable than any other planet in the solar system. Natural phenomena
such as volcanic eruptions, variations in solar radiation, and natural levels of greenhouse gases
are assumed to have caused climate change over the past centuries.
Human activities and an increase in greenhouse gases (GHGs) created by humans, on the other
hand, are substantially to blame for the imbalance. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and
certain chloroflourocarbons or CFCs are examples of greenhouse gases ("Causes of Global
Warming"). CFCs, for example, can trap thousands of times more heat than carbon dioxide and
are capable of trapping variable amounts of heat. CO2, however, has the largest impact of all
these gases because to its high abundance in the atmosphere.