MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

RUBIANO INSTITUTE
ENGLISH INVESTIGATION
TOPIC:
GLOBAL WARMING
Student:
JOS RODRGUEZ
TEACHER:
MILVIA AYALA
LEVEL:
12 D
SUBJECT:
ENGLISH
DELIVERY DATE
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 272015
SCHOOL YEAR:
2016

Introduction
Global warming is already having significant and harmful effects on our communities, our
health, and our climate. Sea level rise is accelerating. The number of large wildfires is growing.
Dangerous heat waves are becoming more common. Extreme storm events are increasing in
many areas. More severe droughts are occurring in others.
We must take immediate action to address global warming or these consequences will
continue to intensify, grow ever more costly, and increasingly affect the entire planetincluding
you, your community, and your family.

Index
Global warming........................................................................................................................ 4
Impacts.................................................................................................................................. 4
Rising seas and increased coastal flooding............................................................................... 4
Longer and more damaging wildfire seasons............................................................................ 4
More destructive hurricanes................................................................................................... 5
More frequent and intense heat waves..................................................................................... 5
Costly and growing health impacts.......................................................................................... 5
Heavier precipitation and flooding............................................................................................ 5
Carbon dioxide levels are increasing in the atmosphere..............................................................5
Increased CO2 is the primary driver of global warming...............................................................5
We are responsible for the increase in CO2..............................................................................6
The planet's temperature is rising............................................................................................ 6
Solutions................................................................................................................................ 7
Smart solutions to reduce emissions........................................................................................ 7
The Clean Power Plan: a climate game changer.......................................................................7
A national blueprint for a clean energy economy........................................................................7
We Need Your Support to Make Change Happen......................................................................7
ANNEX................................................................................................................................... 8
Conclusion............................................................................................................................ 13
Vocabulary............................................................................................................................ 14
Infography............................................................................................................................. 15

Global warming
Global warming is happening now. The planet's temperature is rising. The trend is clear and
unmistakable.
Every one of the past 38 years has been warmer than the 20th century average. The 12
warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998. The hottest year ever recorded for the
contiguous United States occurred in 2012.
Globally, the average surface temperature has increased more than one degree Fahrenheit
since the late 1800s. Most of that increase has occurred over just the past three decades.
We are the cause. We are overloading our atmosphere with carbon dioxide, which traps heat
and steadily drives up the planets temperature. Where does all this carbon come from? The
fossil fuels we burn for energycoal, natural gas, and oilplus the loss of forests due to
deforestation, especially in the tropics.
The scientific evidence is clear. Within the scientific community, there is no debate. An
overwhelming majority of climate scientists agree that global warming is happening and that
human activity is the primary cause.
Impacts
Global warming is already having significant and costly effects on our communities, our health,
and our climate.
Unless we take immediate action to reduce global warming emissions, these impacts will
continue to intensify, grow ever more costly and damaging, and increasingly affect the entire
planet including you, your community, and your family.
Rising seas and increased coastal flooding
Average global sea level has increased eight inches since 1880, but is rising much faster on
the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Global warming is now accelerating the rate of sea
level rise, increasing flooding risks to low-lying communities and high-risk coastal properties
whose development has been encouraged by today's flood insurance system.
Longer and more damaging wildfire seasons
Wildfires are increasing and wildfire season is getting longer in the Western U.S. as
temperatures rise. Higher spring and summer temperatures and earlier spring snow-melt result
in forests that are hotter and drier for longer periods of time, priming conditions for wildfires to
ignite and spread.

More destructive hurricanes

While hurricanes are a natural part of our climate system, recent research indicates that their
destructive power, or intensity, has been growing since the 1970s, particularly in the North
Atlantic region.
More frequent and intense heat waves
Dangerously hot weather is already occurring more frequently than it did 60 years agoand
scientists expect heat waves to become more frequent and severe as global warming
intensifies. This increase in heat waves creates serious health risks, and can lead to heat
exhaustion, heat stroke, and aggravate existing medical conditions.
Costly and growing health impacts
Climate change has significant implications for our health. Rising temperatures will likely lead
to increased air pollution, a longer and more intense allergy season, the spread of insect-borne
diseases, more frequent and dangerous heat waves, and heavier rainstorms and flooding. All
of these changes pose serious, and costly, risks to public health.
Heavier precipitation and flooding
As temperatures increase, more rain falls during the heaviest downpours, increasing the risk of
flooding events. Very heavy precipitation events, defined as the heaviest one percent of
storms, now drop 67 percent more precipitation in the Northeast, 31 percent more in the
Midwest and 15 percent more in the Great Plains than they did 50 years ago.
Carbon dioxide levels are increasing in the atmosphere
Detailed measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) levels have been taken
continuously for more than 50 years. The data show that CO 2 levels have steadily increased
every year. Today they are 25 percent higher than in 1957.
What's more, scientists have detailed records of past CO2 levels from ice core studies, which
show that CO2 levels are higher today than at any point since our distant ancestors began
migrating out of Africa 800,000 years ago.
Increased CO2 is the primary driver of global warming
CO2 absorbs heat reflected from the Earths surface heat that would otherwise pass freely
into space. The CO2 then releases that heat, warming the Earths atmosphere.
As CO2 levels increase, the pace of warming accelerates. Satellite measurements confirm that
less heat is escaping the atmosphere today than 40 years ago. Though other heat-trapping
gases also play a role, CO2 is the primary contributor to global warming.
The climate has changed many times in the geologic past due to natural causes including
volcanic activity, changes in the suns intensity, fluctuations in Earth's orbit, and other factors
but none of these can account for the current rise in global temperatures.

We are responsible for the increase in CO2

Scientists can conclusively identify that human activity is responsible for the observed increase
in CO2. How? The carbon dioxide emitted by burning coal, natural gas, and oil has a unique
chemical fingerprint" and the additional CO2 in the atmosphere bears that signature.
The planet's temperature is rising
Trends in temperature readings from around the world show that global warming is taking
place.
Over the past 130 years, the global average temperature has increased 1.5 degrees
Fahrenheit, with more than half of that increase occurring over only the past 35 years. The
pattern is unmistakable: The 12 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998 and
every one of the past 38 years has been warmer than the 20th century average.

Solutions
Smart solutions to reduce emissions
In order to effectively address global warming, we must significantly reduce the amount of
heat-trapping emissions we are putting into the atmosphere.
The good news is that we have the technology and practical solutions at hand to accomplish it.
As individuals, we can help by taking action to reduce our personal carbon emissions. But to
fully address the threat of global warming, we must demand action from our elected leaders to
support and implement a comprehensive set of climate solutions:

Expand the use of renewable energy and transform our energy system to one that is
cleaner and less dependent on coal and other fossil fuels.

Increase vehicle fuel efficiency and support other solutions that reduce U.S. oil use.

Place limits on the amount of carbon that polluters are allowed to emit.

Build a clean energy economy by investing in efficient energy technologies, industries,

and approaches.
Reduce tropical deforestation and its associated global warming emissions.
The Clean Power Plan: a climate game changer
Until now, power plants have been allowed to dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into
the atmosphere no rules were in effect that limited their emissions of carbon dioxide, the
primary driver of global warming. Now, for the first time, the EPA has finalized new rules, or
standards, that will reduce carbon emissions from power plants. Known as the Clean Power
Plan, these historic standards represent the most significant opportunity in years to help curb
the growing consequences of climate change.
A national blueprint for a clean energy economy
We can make the transition to a clean energy economy today, while protecting our climate,
saving consumers money, and putting Americans back to work. What we need is a set of
smart, practical policies to jump-start this transition without delay and maximize the benefits to
our environment and economy.
We Need Your Support to Make Change Happen
We can reduce global warming emissions and ensure communities have the resources they
need to withstand the effects of climate changebut not without you. Your generous support
helps develop science-based solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.

ANNEX

Rising seas and increased coastal flooding

Longer and more damaging wildfire seasons

More destructive hurricanes

More frequent and intense heat waves

Costly and growing health impacts

Heavier precipitation and flooding

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More severe droughts in some areas

The Clean Power Plan: a climate game changer

A national blueprint for a clean energy economy

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We are responsible for the increase in CO2

Increased CO2 is the primary driver of global warming

Carbon dioxide levels are increasing in the atmosphere

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Conclusion
The bottom line it is coming (if not already here) and we have to figure out what we can do.
Waters rising will be a disaster, food will be affected and we gotta plan for catastrophies like
katrina. This is gonna hit everyone, not just the poor or the democrats or the catholics--we're
all in a heap of trouble and the sooner we accept this FACT. We should put serious effort to
overcome the problems due to it. We must try our best to solve the problem and strive as
much as possible to reinstate our earth for sake of future generation.

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Vocabulary
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Acid Rain
Lluvia cida
Carbon Dioxide
Dixido De Carbono
Chemicals
Sustancias Qumicas
Climate Change
Cambio Climtico
Conservation
Conservacin
Contaminant
Contaminante
Contamination
Contaminacin
Deforestation
Deforestacin
Eco-Friendly
Que No Daa El Medio Ambiente
Ecological
Ecolgico
Ecologist
Ecologista
Ecosystem
Ecosistema
Effluent
Aguas Residuales
Endangered Species
Especies En Peligro De Extincin
Environmentalist
Ecologista
Environmentally Friendly
Que No Daa El Medio Ambiente
Extinction
Extincin
Garbage Disposal (Us)
Eliminacin De Residuos
Garbage Separation (Us)
Separacin De Residuos
Noise Pollution
Contaminacin Acstica
Nuclear Radiation
Radiacin Nuclear
Organic
Orgnico
Ozone-Friendly
Que No Daa La Capa De Ozono
Ozone Layer

Capa De Ozono

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Infography
http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/global-warming/science-and-impacts/global-warmingscience#.V-nfFmd5NSs
http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/global-warming/solutions/global-warming-solutions-prepareimpacts#.V-qigWd5NSs

http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/global-warming/solutions/global-warming-solutions-reduceemissions#.V-qikGd5NSs

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/ozone-hole-and-gwfaq.html#.V-qiuGd5NSs

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