Essay Research Workbook for Climate Change

This essay research workbook focuses on the topic of climate change and explores the impact of human activities. It includes a detailed essay plan, arguments for and against the thesis statement, and a conclusion.

Project Research Workbook
Course Code and Title: FIBS3002 English for Academic Purposes,
Research and Study Skills
Student name:
Student ID:
Project : Essay Research Workbook
OUTLINE:
As part of the English for Academic Purposes, Research and Study Skills course you are required to
write an essay on the Topic of Climate Change; you are also expected to evidence the stages of your
essay research and writing progress in the Essay Research Workbook.
AIMS:
 To assess your ability to structure your essay in order to develop an argument with clarity and
your ability to capture your thinking in effective sentences
 To show that you have conducted research to develop your thinking

 To write in an academic tone and clearly reference the material you have used to develop and
support your ideas
As part of the project , you are required to submit the Canvas. Your workbook will be reviewed by
your lecturer and you will receive feedback. There will be an opportunity for you to have a tutorial to
discuss your draft research workbook development.
It is then your responsibility to work on your draft research workbook and address any suggestions
and comments given before handing in the final version –
RESEARCH WORKBOOK FORMAT:
Your workbook must be word processed, in Ariel font 12pt minimum with double line spacing. This
format is important as it makes it much easier for us to read. Word count: There is no minimum or
maximum word count for this part of the project .
Final hand in:
 a digital copy of your essay emailed to: [e-mail]
 a digital copy of your essay submitted to Turnitin via Canvas
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Unit: EAP, Research and Study Skills
LO1 to demonstrate skill and confidence in understanding, analysing and utilising information from a
variety of written texts likely to occur in academic contexts.
LO2 to demonstrate skill and confidence in writing in academic contexts with emphasis on the essay
to at least the standard required at their course level.
LO3 to use varied and accurate grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of English as used in an
academic setting to at least the standard required by their degree programme.
LO4 to demonstrate independent research skills to access, use and cite knowledge.
Task one:
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Indicate the title of your essay. Conduct a search for relevant sources and list them below using the
Harvard Referencing System. You should aim to use approximately ten sources in your final essay.
Document your intended essay reading materials below:
Essay Title: Is Climate Change a result of human activities?
Source 1 Huang, J., and et. al., 2020. Global desertification vulnerability to climate
change and human activities. Land Degradation & Development, 31(11),
pp.1380-1391
Source 2 Jiang, L., and et. al., 2017. Vegetation dynamics and responses to climate change
and human activities in Central Asia. Science of the Total Environment, 599,
pp.967-980.
Source 3 Mahmoud, S.H. and Gan, T.Y., 2018. Impact of anthropogenic climate change
and human activities on environment and ecosystem services in arid
regions. Science of the Total Environment, 633, pp.1329-1344.
Source 4 BBC. What is climate change? A really simple guide. 2020. [online]. Available
through: < https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24021772>.
Source 5 Causes of climate change. 2021. [online]. Available through:
<https://ec.europa.eu/clima/change/causes_en>.
Task 2:
Submit an Essay Plan Timeline outlining the tasks involved and the estimated time range for the
completion of each stage. Mark the actual completion date for each task as you it is finished.
Task Timeline
Time Task Completed
Preliminary groundwork; things you need to know; word/page count
division; Do task timeline; analyse question
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Preliminary research – locate sources, read and make notes
Essay Plan - outlining main points and evidence from reading materials
including an introduction, main body and conclusion
Revise Essay plan/edit
Research and Revise main points – including for and against arguments
Write draft 1
04.07.2021 Formative Submission - submit draft 1 for marking and feedback
Revise draft 1/edit
Further research and write draft 2
Edit
Proofread
Checking
08.08.2021 Summative Submission - submit final essay for marking and final grade
Task 3:
Make notes on at least three sources and record them below. Try to use varied note taking
techniques and ensure that notes are summaries in your own words and not direct copies from
original sources.
i. Cornell Notes:
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Topic: Climate Change Date: 1 st March
2021
Essay Title: Is Climate Change a result of human activities?
Reference:
In-text citation: (BBC, 2021)
Reference list: BBC, (2021) What is Climate Change? A really simple guide. (online) Available at:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24021772.
Key Ideas
 Earth temperature
increasing
 Greenhouse gases
increasing
 glacier’s melting
Notes
1. World temp. 
2. Temp. hist. – human induced – Indus. Rev. –
f.fuels/Co2/deforestation/1.1 °C
3. Greenhouse effect increasing due to greenhouse gases
4. Greenhouse gases are trapping sun’s heat to earth
5. Continuous rise in sea level due to melting of glacier’s de to
increasing earth temperature
ii. Linear Notes
Topic: Climate Change Date:
Essay Title: Is Climate Change a result of human activities?
Reference: Mahmoud, S.H. and Gan, T.Y., 2018. Impact of anthropogenic climate change and
human activities on environment and ecosystem services in arid regions. Science of the Total
Environment, 633, pp.1329-1344.
1.
– There is a strong relationship between human activities and climate change
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– Due to this relationship environment and ecosystem is getting impacted drastically
– increasing needs and requirements of human they are continuously harming environment
and resulting in climatic change
2.
– Human needs such as increasing need of land because of which they are cutting down trees
or clearing dense forest is resulting in change in amount of rainfall at that place.
– If climatic change from 1900 to 2021 it observed then it has been identified that after 2000
drastic change in climate was observed and increase in earth temperature has increased by
0.19. C
3.
– due to this sudden and drastic change in climate due to human activities, climate is
changing, earth temperature is rising and greenhouse gases are increasing
iii. Pattern Maps/Spider Diagrams
Topic: Climate Change Date:
Essay Title: Is Climate Change a result of human activities?
Reference: Causes of climate change. 2021. [online]. Available through: <
https://ec.europa.eu/clima/change/causes_en>.
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Task 4:
Write a detailed essay plan highlighting the main argument. Include arguments for and against the
thesis statement.
Essay Title: Is Climate Change a result of human activities?
Introduction
Humas are directly/ indirectly influencing climate and overall temperature of earth. Various studies
have provided evidences that most of the human activities are resulting in drastic climatic change.
General There are various causes because of which climate change is occurring
continuously but one of the main factor or cause is human activities. Due to
these human activity’s gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and
fluorinated gases are increasing in quantity drastically.
CO2 Methane Nitrous oxide
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Specific Human activities are resulting in drastic climatic change because of which
earth temperature is increasing.
Outline and
Thesis
Result of human activities: glaciers are melting, deforestation is causing either
no rain or heavy rainfall, temperature of earth is increasing continuously.
Yes – main ideas and support (humans cause climate change)
Due to burning fuels greenhouse gases are emitting and emission of greenhouse gases are
trapping sun’s heat and as a result temperature of earth is rising
Emission of pollution is further resulting in increasing temperature of earth
Deforestation is resulting in increasing changes of drastic weather change due to which
either those areas are experiencing heavy rainfall or no rainfall
Conclusion
Summary most of the human activities have resulted in drastic climatic change. Due to
various human activities, carbon dioxide level has increase, deforestation has
resulted in suffer change in rainy or sunny weather or increase in overall
temperature of that place.
Thesis this essay has clearly helped in understanding that overall temperature of
earth has been increasing continuously year by year. Not only this, greenhouse
effect is also an effect of human activities because of which earth temperature
is increasing
Recommendation it is important to focus upon identifying ways in which this negative impact of
human activities on climate change can be lowered and for this, various
nations are taking initiatives so that human activities that impact environment
or climate can be lowered or eliminated and its impact upon climatic change
can also be lowered.
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Task 5
Write your draft Essay Introduction:
Today humas are directly/ indirectly influencing climate and overall temperature of earth. Various
studies have provided evidences that most of the human activities are resulting in drastic climatic
change. This essay will focus upon exploring whether human activities have resulted in climate
change or not. In this essay various arguments will be provided in order to support this argument
by evaluating various research studies
Task 6
Write a draft paragraph in support of your argument:
There are various causes because of which climate change is occurring continuously. But
one of the main drivers of climate change is greenhouse effect (Causes of climate change, 2021). As
compared to naturally occurring atmosphere in changes greenhouse is one of the main factors
because of which climate change is occurring and this greenhouse effect is further leading to global
warming because of which overall temperature of earth is also increasing drastically. This
greenhouse effect act as a glass in earth atmosphere that traps sun’s heat on earth because of
which overall temperature of earth is increasing drastically. but one of the main reasons because of
which these greenhouse gases is increasing drastically is due to human activities (Causes of climate
change, 2021).
Due to these human activity’s gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated
gases are increasing in quantity drastically. Out of all the four gases CO2 is the largest producer of
greenhouse effect as a result due to this, solar radiations are changing, 0.1. C total temperature of
earth is increasing year by year (Causes of climate change, 2021). Some of the most common
activities because of which it is CO2 is increasing are: Buring coal, oil, gases, cutting down of trees
also known as deforestation, increasing livestock farming, increasing emission of Fluorinated gases.
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Write a draft paragraph against the support of your argument:
Some of the human activities such as planting trees or vegetation is resulting in reduction of drastic
impact of climatic change on a particular place. Various nations are taking initiatives so that human
activities that impact environment or climate can be lowered or eliminated and its impact upon
climatic change can also be lowered
Task 7
Write your draft essay Conclusion:
From the above essay it has been summarized that most of the human activities have resulted in
drastic climatic change. Due to various human activities, carbon dioxide level has increase,
deforestation has resulted in suffer change in rainy or sunny weather or increase in overall
temperature of that place. this essay has clearly helped in understanding that overall temperature
of earth has been increasing continuously year by year. Not only this, greenhouse effect is also an
effect of human activities because of which earth temperature is increasing
Task 8
Use the feedback annotations on your essay to make amendments to your essay. Once you have
addressed the points to edit, make sure you use them in the 2nd draft of your essay:
Teacher Feedback Amendment
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Task 9
Submit your final essay and this completed workbook by the deadline – Sunday 8th August 2021.
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