Global+Warming+puts+species+at+risk

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/world/wwf-extinction-report-intl/index.html SriPallavi Yendamuri 2A
 * Global Warming Puts Nearly half of species in key places at risk**
 * Written by: Joshua Berlinger on March 12 2018**


 * Summary :**This article talks about global warming is affecting animals in places where tourism is dominant and where large habitats of these animals live. There are longer periods of drought which would mean that the animals are not able to receive the nutrient that they need. This goes in hand with the other problem that there are more intense storms and the animals are not able to find the shelter that they need. It is predicted that if temperatures rise globally then 80,000 plants and 35 diverse and wildlife rich ares cold become extinct. For example if temperatures rose by even 4.5 degrees Celsius then elephants in Africa would lack water supplies and 96% of all tiger breeding grounds in India would be submerged in water. The World Wildlife federation tells us that if we were to lower temperatures by just 2 degrees Celsius we could cut the number of species lost by 25%.
 * Relation to class:** This Relates to the course because we talk about global warming and how it is affecting our species. Global warming is defined as Natural or human induced increase in the average global temperature of the Atmosphere of the Earth's surface. Global warming occurs when greenhouse gasses such as methane, carbon dioxide, CFCs, and water vapor gets trapped in the stratosphere. All this leading to the Greenhouse effect which is when the gases act like panes of glass in a greenhouse causing the earth to warm up. As we release these pollutants into the air we are degrading the ozone layer. This layer keeps us humans protected from UV radiations and dangerous chemicals in the air. Our health concerns go up as we degrade the environment. (Miller chapter 23)
 * My Opinion**: In my opinion we should be looking to more environment friendly ways of producing energy. The main reason that we have so many pollutants is due to the fact that we use nuclear power plants and coal factories to produce our energy. We use a lot of energy as an industrialized country as a product of that is that we release a lot of pollution. One way to help this is to look to conservational ways of energy such as solar, hydro, and will electricity. Although they cost more they are much more efficient and are able to be used to many more years. We should strive to educate people on the benefits of using these methods because the main reason that people do not use these methods are because they do not know that they exist. We also rely on cars a lot which do produce a lot of pollution and we need to looks to more energy efficient ways of travel such as public transportation; the main issue with this is that we do not have the infrastructure to implement it.
 * Environmental laws:**
 * Energy Policy Act of 1992** - This Act provides for improved energy-efficiency. It includes provisions to allow for greater competition in energy-sales and amendments to section 211 of the Federal Power Act.