Source Critique of 'Global Warming' in English 102 Course, July 2018

This essay provides a critical analysis of an article discussing global warming, focusing on the viewpoints presented by Nsikak and Palmer. The essay examines the authors' interpretation of global warming as an increase in Earth's average surface temperature, highlighting the role of greenhouse gases from human activities like power stations, agriculture, and fossil fuels. It critiques the authors' emphasis on consumerist viewpoints and the lack of consideration for the intrinsic resilience of life. The essay also explores the authors' discussion of the effects of global warming on physical and biological processes, water shortages, food production, and the sociological, political, and economic climate of many countries. The author agrees with the validity of the content, emphasizing the importance of addressing global warming through various measures to avoid its negative impacts. The essay uses sources like NASA to validate the points.

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Fernando Orellana
Professor Baldwin
English 102
July 14 2018
Source Critique of Global Warming
In the Nsikak and Palmer article encyclopedia of “Global Warming and Climate Change,” they
interpret about contribution of global warming. According to the authors they have discussed that
global warming is basically the incrimination in the Earth’s average surface temperature (Nsikak,
and Palmer 87). Nonetheless, it is important to note that the greenhouse does contain gases
which are flowing to the atmosphere from the humans who might generate them. It can also be
observed that many human processes for example, could be power stations, power stations,
agriculture, fossil fuel and commercial activities. They have led to the production of the high
levels of the greenhouse gases for instance carbon dioxide (Nsikak, and Palmer 93). In this
example, the authors have noted that out of these activities agriculture has contributed as the
highest amount of the nitrous oxide and methane. This example has shown that there are eminent
dangers posed in atmosphere by the gases which are discharge due to the human activities. The
authors have tried to explain how individuals could reduce the discharge. These authors have not
explained about how they could generate them (Nsikak, and Palmer 87). It is crucial to note that
there might be a rise to the individuals utilizing the automobiles manipulation which could
include the nitrogen base fertilizer along with the breeding methane belching which could come
from the cattle.
As a starting point, I take as a reader that climate is warming due to the activities of the
human, although there are winners and losers. The overall impacts of this warming would be
dangerous to humankind. The issue of human responsibility and the climate policies are usually

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addressed in regards to the viewpoints made by the author and they emphasize on either
individual or perhaps collective responsibility (Nsikak, and Palmer 87). In this article it has been
divided into various sections. The introduction talks about global warming, what it all means.
There is also a section talking about carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor,
halocarbon gases, and the global warming effects. My general argument in regards to this article
is that the authors have considered consumerist viewpoints, and they have not shown some
essential elements of human life overlooked and are incomplete to address on the issue of global
warming. The reason as to why these authors have overlooked this could be because some of the
dimension ought to have been directly regulated (NASA).
The authors focused more on global warming as the driver to more biodiversity losses. They
needed to have also considered climate change as the mirror which reflects on how wild nature’s
ability to adapt to this change. It has seriously been undermined. An example highlights climate
change comes from various scientific fields. According to the authors they have highlighted that
it ranges from physics of how the greenhouse gases interact with the infrared radiation to the
chemistry as well as biology on how the carbon dioxide cycles between the life forms. This
approach example is to give people enough information in regards to the science in order to give
them clear understanding to the climate change.
In other words, it is more than escalation of destruction of nature. It has also been
observed from the article the intrinsic resilience of life into the face of the environmental
challenge, including the severe ones. For instance, the climatic upheaval has been weakened in
the sense that many of the species have been divested on their ability to cope. The authors have
failed to show how the species are able to adjust to climate change.

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The authors viewpoints on global warming effects has provided validity that human-
induced warming to over decade has been impacting on the physical as well as the biological
processes when it comes to the global scale. For example, it could be based on the other major
research finding their views hold on the aspects that there are changes in the climate temperature,
which are taking place along with the increase in the global averages air, as well as the ocean
temperature. It is also worth mentioning that the authors have also observed that as a result of the
climatic changes, a majority of the world population would likely expect to encounter shortages
in water by the turn of the century and this would result in the reduction of the food production,
particularly in the low attitude areas (Nsikak, and Palmer 87). The above example is an
important observation they have made since it would help individuals to address the issue of
global warming when they join forces together and work towards eradicating it.
Furth more others sources that prove that the authors points to be logical are when the authors
discussed on the indirect impacts of global warming (Nsikak, and Palmer 27). The authors have
highlighted that this aspect would have an impact on the sociological, political, along with the
economic climate of many countries. An example, global warming has remained an issue to the
widespread to the political debate often has split along the political lines. Many of the issues
have been settled within the scientific community, for instance responsibility to the global
warming which has remained the subject to the political motivated attempt to dismiss ideological
phenomenon categorized as the climate change.
This is true in the sense that there are many reports which have indicated that the aspect
of social, economic, and physical infrastructural indices have evolved from the adaptation of the
region society to the prevailing climate as well as hydrological conditions (Nsikak, and Palmer
43). This aligns with the articles investigation which has been done by the authors; this seems to

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be logical since it align with other reports. Therefore, it should be noted that in case there will be
frequent occurrence to the magnitudes to the phenomenon such as typhoons, floods, or even
droughts, they will alter on the habitability of the regions and this will hinder the social and the
economic activities of the residents (Nsikak, and Palmer 71). I strongly appreciate on this point
in that the direct effects on the global climate would likely cause many nations to suffer from the
increase in under-population, due to drought, and erosion. This point would surely educate
individuals on the impacts that would be brought by global warming so that they take the
necessary steps to address this issue before they experience it.
The authors have also elaborated on the problem associated with the environment which
might be aggravated, thus creating a recycling of the environmental disturbances as well as to
further the impacts of global warming. It could also be noted that the aspect of overpopulation
could also result in serious famine and poverty, there have been causes of close to zero health
care with the individuals who are suffering from the more serious curable and incurable diseases.
When it comes to the authors view in this article, I agree on all of them. The overall
validity of the content is on point. The authors have done a lot in this research on the effect of
global warming topic. They have incorporated wide array of effects to global warming. With the
facts which have been presented the authors have been able to accomplish the following aspect,
provided false misconception on this topic of global warming, helped individuals to address this
aspect and validated on the ideas relating to global warming.

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Work Cited
“A Blanket around the Earth.” NASA, 2 July 2018, https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/. Accessed 11
July 2018.
Nsikak, Benson and Rob Palmer. "Global Warming."Encyclopedia of Global Warming and
Climate Change, edited by S. George Philander, vol. 2, SAGE Publications, 2008, pp.
456-460. Gale Virtual Reference Library,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3073500295/GVRL?
u=las55353&sid=GVRL&xid=5a82a29e. Accessed 11 July 2018.