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Linda Penrod
Professor Hughes
English 1201
17 March 2019
Working Bibliography
My essay will attempt to answer the question if global warming is real, and what is The
United States of America doing to combat this problem. I want to know if America is taking this
Stephen Jackson writes about a multitude of different aspects of how the climate can
change. From greenhouse gasses, weathering rock, to continental drift and how they affect the
climate around us. His work will be critical to my essay because he not only explains what can
change our climate, but how our climate is affected by these changes. He writes about how
volcanic activity can affect our climate, and gives an example of the eruption of Mount Tambora
on the island Sumbawa had caused the year of 1826 to be known as “the year without a
summer”. Some might say that green house gasses are supposed to raise the global temperature,
and not decrease the temperature, right? In some cases, yes, but due to the incredible amount of
pollutants in the air at this specific period of time, instead of the sun’s rays being trapped in the
Earth’s atmosphere, the pollutants were so great that the sun’s rays didn’t even penetrate the
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atmosphere; they were reflected back into space. He also talks about how chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) deteriorate the ozone layer by directly breaking down the ozone (O3) on a molecular
level. All of this information is just on the first page of this article. I will use this information to
support my claim by giving information and statistics that show that climate change is real.
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/global-warming-
101?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpuWyw_LQ4AIVMCCtBh227wAWEAAYAiAAEgL79PD_
Amanda MacMillan goes more into detail, and spells out how greenhouse gasses can
create the greenhouse effect. The article has multiple citations including ones from scientists and
engineers. She also explains how climate is the temperature globally, and not of just a specific
area. This is why there are skeptics, because they personally see no difference in the weather
around them. Sadly, they cannot realize the difference between climate and weather. This article
pertains more to my topic than Stephen’s article, because it talks more about our country, and
what is has done (or not done) to deal with these upcoming problems. Referencing Trump’s
repeal of the Paris Agreement, which ultimately, turns a blind eye to the problems that are
emerging. This answers part of my research question, because it answers that as of now, the
United States isn’t legally obligated to follow the strict guidelines of the Paris Agreement, which
shows that as of now, we (The United States) aren’t taking serious precautions for what might
Schneider, Stephen Henry, and Terry Louise Root. Wildlife Responses to Climate Change.
http://sinclair.ohionet.org:80/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=tr
2019.
415-419
The authors of this book discuss how wildlife is adapting to the changes in climate.
Including butterflies migrating north, plants of the Colorado Rocky Mountains blooming earlier,
coral bleaching, etc. They, however, do not know what this may mean for us in the long run, but
it could cause more endangered species, in example, the grizzly bear. Us humans can adapt far
more rapidly than the wildlife that are forces to face the harshness of the outside world, but
someday it may become difficult for us as well. This researched information is critical to my
essay because it illustrates how detrimental the warming of the planet can be.
Paris Climate Promise : A Bad Deal for America : Hearing before the Committee on Science,
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4-20
This article is very unique. It is written during the time when Obama signed the Paris
Agreement. In this article, it has multiple scholarly people speaking about their take on Obama’s
actions, and as far as I can tell, the opposing side id mostly concerned with the amount of money
it would take for America to uphold their part of the agreement. They believe that The United
States is being treated unfairly, because the country runs on mostly coal burning energy, and
since we use more coal than most countries, The United States would have to sacrifice a lot of
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their funding to go towards something that sounds seemingly impossible. Long story short,
America doesn’t want to spend the money for something that isn’t “proven”. But what wull it
take to prove it? Will it take lives to probe this life-threatening theory? Considering climate
change cannot be “proven” until the worst of it’s forces hits us, the American government will
not lift a finger because “fixing a problem that hasn’t yet risen” is a great risk, and that’s not
good for the economy. The information provided in this article will be detrimental to my essay
because it answers the second half of my research question. No, the American will not take
precautions to tchis life-threatening theory. It also poses counter-points to my claim, which will
Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1989--S. 1610 : Hearing before the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress,
First Session, on S. 1610 ... November 6, 1989. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by
the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1991, 1991.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-106shrg85521/pdf/CHRG-
106shrg85521.pdf#?.
This article is written after the the U.S. congress in 2000. The entire article is about the
congress and Senate acknologing the severity of climate change, and are proposing solutions to
this arising problem. These solutions include setting expectations on the miles per gas on small
trucks and suvs, and harvesting CO2 from the atmosphere and putting it into the soil. This helps
my claim by showing that the U.S. once took this theory seriously. This may be detrimental to
my essay, because this article proves that climate change has become a political issue, instead of
a wellbeing issue.
Hess, Darrel, et al. McKnights Physical Geography a Landscape Appreciation. Pearson, 2017.
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227-244
Darrel Hess wtore a textbook entitled Physical Geography: a Ladnscape Appreation. The
main point in these pages is to inform the reader about the current, ongoing couses and effects to
climate change. I know that this is a credible source because the information here is to be taken
as true, and I know this because it is in a school textbook.This textbook is going to be one of my
strongest sources. In these pages, the book explains the damages of certain pollutants. This
chapter is important because it shows the most statistics and proof that the Earth is truly
warming. I believe that this source will be taken the most seriously out of all of my sources
because the facts that it provides comes straight out of the textbook.
climatenexus.org/policymap/.
This article shows which states have already adopted policies to delay climate change.
This well help my essay because it shows what positive and negative actions each state took that
affects the planet. Instead of this source being a true article with an author, it just has facts of
which state has done what. I can trust this article because it’s only reason for publishing such a
thing is it inform it’s readers. I will use this source to prove to the readers that America as a
whole is not taking any action towards slowing down climate change, which will answer the