This Week You Studied Air Pollution And Efforts To Reduce It
This Week You Studied Air Pollution And The Efforts To Try And Reduce
This week you studied air pollution and the efforts to try and reduce the amounts of air pollution in specific countries. The discussion this week follows a similar path and poses a question regarding global warming. Most climate experts believe that the Earth is currently experiencing global warming. Your textbook discusses efforts to model how global warming might affect surface temperatures between now and the year 2100. Most models suggest that the Earth's mean surface temperature will increase between 1.4 and 5.8 degrees Centigrade by the end of the 21st century.
This large range of possible surface temperature increases results from an inadequate understanding of the Earth's climatic system and uncertainties in the data that were entered into the models. Despite allowances for errors in the climate models, critics of claims for global warming still believe that the quality of the climatic data is greatly overestimated and that no reliable conclusions about future surface temperature trends can be made at this time. Do you believe that we will experience significant global warming during this century due to air pollution? Why do you feel this way? Must be in APA format, have an insight citation and at least one reference. This is a discussion only needs to be around 150 words.
Paper For Above instruction
Global warming is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, and air pollution plays a significant role in this phenomenon. Many climate models project a rise in surface temperatures, but uncertainties remain due to incomplete understanding of Earth's complex climate system and data limitations (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2021). I believe that we will experience substantial global warming during this century, primarily because human activities continue to emit large quantities of greenhouse gases and pollutants, which trap heat in the atmosphere. Air pollution, especially from fossil fuel combustion, not only degrades air quality but also contributes to the greenhouse effect, exacerbating global warming (Stern, 2007). As evidence, rising concentrations of CO2 and other pollutants are closely linked to temperature increases observed over recent decades. Despite uncertainties in predictive models, the overwhelming scientific consensus suggests that ongoing emissions will lead to significant temperature rises if current trends persist. Therefore, concerted efforts to reduce emissions are crucial to mitigate the impact of global warming.
References
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2021). Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Cambridge University Press.
Stern, N. (2007). The science of climate change: A guide to the scientific consensus. Environmental Research Letters, 2(4), 1-4.