Climate Change

In Hirsch’s (2005) article, “Animals ‘hit by global warming’,” he points out that because of the change in climate these days, many animals, especially migratory birds, face extinction. He states some of the results of the climate change such as dissolving ice, impacting of warm seas, and circulating deserts. The author mentions that the changing of some animals’ direction of their migration is one of the apparent responses to climate change that make the scientists notice it immediately. Also, he states that some animals can adjust to new environments, but others cannot adapt at all. The author explains why the climate change is an enormous threat to the animals with some examples. The author says that the global warming is changing quickly now, which causes many problems for animals and for the ecosystem. Finally, the author comments that the report sends an important message to explain the problem of this disaster and ask for global solutions to solve it.


I totally agree with Hirsch’s points that climate change will destroy the life of the animal on this planet. The author mentions that scientists have noticed which changes happen because of the climate change, but he did not mention what the causes are. The author did not discuss how we should participate to make it. The human being is the number one responsible for what is happening to the animal and earth.there are three helpful ways to reduce the effect of climate change: use alternative energy, take care of forests, and educate people.


First of all, one of the ways that reduces the effect of climate change is using new energy. People use different kinds of energy such as coal, diesel, and gas. Because of technology and industry, people consume a lot of energy that helps to make pollution. Old energy produces quantities of carbon dioxide. More carbon dioxide in the air helps to warm temperature which causes problems in the climate. For example, in China, people have many problems in their health because of pollution. There are a lot of alternative energies which are clean and pure such as solar energy, wind energy, and water energy. Solar energy and wind energy are two examples of alternative energies that help with global warming.


Next, protecting natural resources is the second way would that help to reduce the effect of climate change. Government should have plans to protect the forest. For example, some countries made a lot of national forests in their countries that would help to reduce the climate change. Cutting the trees is a big problem that faces countries which use wood in their building. Sometimes, natural disasters like volcano, earthquake, and tornado destroy the forests. Trees take the carbon dioxide from the air to do photosynthesis. In the United States, many fires in the forest in California each year cause a lot of pollution. More trees help to protect the earth from climate change.


Finally, educating people and government is the third way to prevent global warming. Now, people are concerned about the economic problems and stock market. It is not fair. They should make the global warming the first priority. The media must have useful programs to warn us of this huge disaster. In the United States, government raises the taxes for any products that hurt the environment. Governments should spend a lot of money to reduce this problem. Governments and companies must have a serious plan to rescue the planet from this disaster. Even though the solutions may result in different losses such as economic crash, our planet deserves this sacrifice. Making the global warming the first priority by educating people will prevent the earth from climate change.


In conclusion, using new energies, protecting natural resources, and using helpful programs are three methods that help to protect our planet from the threat of climate change.Leading country such as the United States and China must start stop affecting our planet by producing a lot of pollution from their factories and finding another solution for this serious problem. Also, they should force the other countries to use the clean energies. We lost a lot of animals and birds because human beings just care about themselves. We hope that the entire world takes this threat seriously and has a huge war against global warming such as the war against the terrorism. There are many solutions that just need concern from the whole world and support from the leading country.



Reference


Hirsch, T. (2005, October 5). Animals ‘hit by global warming’. BBC NEWS. Retrieved October 18, 2008, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sceince/nature/4313726.stm