Persuasive Essay On Global Warming

“This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting americans right now. Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to droughts, more severe wildfires--all these things are having an impact on americans as we speak.” - U.S. President Barack Obama. Global warming is an issue filled to the brim with side effects, spilling all over the world right now. When people talk about it, they seem to take it a lot lighter than it is truly. It is causing more extreme weather, including droughts, hurricanes, floods, and fires. Do you know how many lives extreme weather has taken? 606,000 people have died from floods, droughts, and extreme storms. While 4.1 million people have been injured or made homeless. According to U.N. Officials the death toll will only increase, just like our temperatures. Allow me to slow down, after all, this isn’t an informative piece, but a persuasive one.
As more CO2 is put in the atmosphere, more heat is trapped. According to Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, the total concentration of CO2 has reached 400 ppm or parts per million. This measurement is the highest concentration ever recorded in history. Which means our global temperatures are going to go up more than ever. Yet, there is no going, it is happening. The hottest year has been 2015, with 2014 in second place (NOAA). Seeing how hot 2016 is, 2016 will soon replace 2015 as the hottest year. Not only are the temperatures rising though, so is the ocean. It rose 3.4 mm this year so far, but what does that show us (NASA)? Two factors, the water is expanding because of the heat and that the glaciers are melting at an incredible rate. Allow me to show you the rate: -281 gt/yr, Greenland’s ice mass, and -118 gt/yr, Antarctic’s ice mass (NASA). All this information tells you how the earth is getting warmer, but you need more proof,