The climate throughout the world is changing. It has already
disturbed weather patterns by increasing rainfall in some areas and
decreasing it in others. The temperature is increasing day by day. It
results as frequent hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, etc.
Write an article in about 100-120 words for your school magazine on
the topic 'Global Warming: A Threat to Life'.
8 marks
(Hints : Global warming; Rise in avg. temperature, Melting of
glaciers, Due to pollution & human activities)
Answers
Answer:
Global Warming
Elon Musk has very wisely commented, "We're
running the most dangerous experiment in
history right now, which is to see how much
carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle
before there is an environmental catastrophe."
Our wise elders have given us various
maxims to live happily. One of them is 'Excess
of everything is bad. This maxim defines
the present state of carbon dioxide in our
environment quite aptly and relevantly. Excess
of this gas in our atmosphere has wreaked
havoc with the balance of our environment.
Owing to man's selfish greedy activities, this gas
assumed such a dangerous proportion in the
atmosphere that if no immediate action is taken,
it will soon bring an unmanageable catastrophe.
Global warming has already started
affecting the entire world. Climatic changes
are noticeable everywhere. Ice is melting
worldwide, especially at the Earth's poles.
This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets
covering West Antarctica and Greenland,
and Arctic sea ice.
In northern Greenland traditional Inuit culture
is already under threat. The sea ice that Inuit
use to hunt seals, walruses, and other animals,
is not staying as long as it used to. Global
warming's impact on sea ice and ocean currents
Melting of the huge ice sheet on Greenland will
raise the sea-water level by a few feet, leading
to submerging of habitable coastal areas and
compelling the inhabitants to move farther
inside the terrain. This would further have
ecological ramifications.
The people of the world must unite and stop
global warming from further rising. Green house
gases' emission must immediately be controlled
along with the large scale afforestation in all the
Countries, especially the developing countries.
Each man or woman living on this planet
must shoulder the responsibility of reducing
our carbon-footprint. We must replace
pollution causing fuels with clean and green
energy resources.
If the environment is not given the top priority
throughout the world, we will lose it forever;
losing it means the annihilation of the entire
humankind along with all other life-forms of
flora and fauna! Do you want it to happen? If no;
kindly start doing as much as you can for the
preservation of the environment!