Global Climate Change Argumentative Analysis

ProCon illustrates in "Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change" the affirmative and the negative case for whether or not humans are responsible for global climate change. In this, one sees the reasons for climate change and whether or not it is due to human activity. Different elite scholars and professors express their experience and how it correlates with this topic. The affirmative side showing the reasons why human activity is responsible and the negative side showing why human activity is not responsible.

The affirmative side, concerning climate change, illustrates how obvious climate change is and why it is most definitely due to human activity. In a quote from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) it states the affirmative side of the argument. "Human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history. Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and natural systems." The affirmative side shows...show more content... Proof is one of the those things where one needs to have it to make a judgement, but not necessarily for each topic. In climate change, it is the question if there is actual evidence that humans are responsible for climate change or if it is simply Earth's time. People thinking that humans are responsible state that it is obvious of human's influence the high rising greenhouse gases and their effect towards the Earth. Whereas, the side against, states there is no scientific proof that merely humans are responsible for the horrors of climate change but just Earth's way of what one would say "growing old" effect. The supporting side demonstrates the dangers of climate change and what humans have done to increase that, whereas, the negative side merely states how one can prepare for these things and that there is no correlation between them and climate

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Global Warming Can't Be Man–Made

Should America believe that global warming is man–made? There is not any definitive evidence proving this. As a matter of fact, the founding father of the man–made global warming ethos Claude Allegre renounced his position by admitting, "the cause of this climate change is unknown". In essence, there is so little evidence that it is man–made, the founding father of the man–made global warming theory disavowed his own theory. Global warming is a phenomenon with an ambiguous origin that Americans shouldn 't be concerned about until there 's evidence proving that global warming is man–made. We should know more before our country spends 22 billion dollars of taxpayers money on it.

Many climate activists believe that global warming is indeed a man–made phenomenon. There are many reasons why they have derived this notion and some are very logical. Two of them are, 1) human activity has increased co2 concentrations by 40Z% ( U.S National Academy of Science and Royal Society ), and 2) since 1880, the global average surface temperature has risen by 0.8В°C ( 1.4В°F ) ( NASA ). The two reasons stated in the latter paragraph are geologically sound but contestable, and here 's why. It 's feasible, that since co2 emission happens naturally, human activity would increase co2 concentrations. But human activity increasing the co2 level in the earth 's atmosphere by 40% is a bit of a stretch to think it 's a sole factor especially

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Is Climate Change Natural or Man–made? Introduction

The planet has been experiencing considerable climate change for the last several decades. There have been many explanations toward the main causes of the increased warming of the planet. On one hand are the environmentalists who believe that the major cause of this increased warming of the planet is the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere induced by human activities. On the other hand, the scientists believe that there are natural causes of global climate change. While the supporters of the man–made theory of global climate change reason that the major greenhouse gas causing global warming is carbon dioxide, the advocates of natural causes...show more content... In addition, human activities like deforestation may increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This is because forests help in carbon sequestration, which reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. It follows then that clearing such tress will increase the amount of carbon dioxide since carbon sequestration will not occur (3). The man–made theory of climate change also explains that when these harmful gasses reach the atmosphere, they form a blanket, which traps heat in the atmosphere. This trapping of in the atmosphere is the phenomenon that causes the planet to get warmer, hence the term global warming (Sharma, 4).

Current data reveals that the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is approximately 387 parts per million, which is roughly a 31% increase in the period 1750 to 2009. Consequently, it is evident that such increases in temperatures have caused a warmer planet (7). It is also evident that it is impossible to reverse the developments of industrial revolution. This means that as the advancements of industrial revolution continue and as energy demands increases, it is possible that this trend of climate change will continue for decades to come (McAloon, 8). The consent of the climate research community is that it most likely already affects climate noticeably and will compel significant