The Consequences Of Climate Change

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Climate Change: We play a role, but Earth does too. For a majority of people, it isn’t new news that the Earth’s climate is changing and increasingly getting warmer. For quite some time now, people have been arguing about what the actual causes are and what role humans have played in the current condition of the earth. A good bit of people seem to be in agreement that due to the actions of humans, the earth’s climate is increasingly getting worse and that if things don’t change, than everyone living on earth will be facing the consequences. However, this is not entirely true. The fault of climate change does not fall solely on the shoulders of mankind, but on the earth as well. According to an essay titled “Why Bother?” by Michael Pollan, he is in agreement with the NASA scientist James Hensen who exclaimed that there is “ten years left for us to act and start cutting the carbon emission or we will be facing a different planet” (767). I, for one, do not agree with this statement. People are not the only …show more content…

Michael Pollan expresses in his essay that he believes that our actions are the leading factor in climate change. While the actions of mankind is a contributing factor to the rate of which it is occurring, I don’t believe that the fault falls totally on us. The earth too is responsible to a degree for climate change due to its natural processes to warm the planet and change its climate along with the ability of adapting to what’s going on around it. With that said, however, I do still believe that we should take some responsibility for our actions and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that we emit. There are so many ways to do so, but not every option is for every person. Find the solution that works best for you. Pollan’s essay presents a good question in his title of “Why Bother?” Why should we? Because if we don’t, then who will? We should be the change that we want to see in the

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