Action for The Earth

Summary Response #1

According to the author of “Polar bears on thin ice” (2007), US law has tried to protect polar bears from becoming extinct. Polar bears are the biggest carnivore in the north pole, and they are totally dependent on the sea ice to survive. However, their habitats are facing disappearing recently because of global warming. Kert Davies claimed that American have the responsibility to take actions to save polar bears. Moreover, he said that the thick multiyear ice has been shrinking 8 to 10 per cent per decade and the Arctic could have no ice in summer by 2040. Therefore, the alarm of the Artic and polar bear reminds us that all people should pay attention to the climate change. There is only one thing important, he said, we must start cutting greenhouse gas emission or the polar bear will be extinct in our lifetime. The greenhouse gas production could increase the Earth’s temperature and cause the climate change. He argued that carbon dioxide, one component of greenhouse gases, is now rising at more than 2 percent a year. Considering all of the above, he said we need action not only from governments and corporations, but also from all of us.

It is very clear that our lives are influenced by the climate change seriously. From the Arctic to the deserts, from polar bears to sea turtles, all the living or non-living creatures are threatened by global warming. In other words, human being is the criminal of climate change. Recently, for better life quality, people have continued seeking the improvement of technology and have been unconcerned about the environment. Eventually, it leads to the destruction. Generally speaking, the emission of greenhouse gas is the biggest reason for global warming. For protecting the Earth, we have a duty to cut it down.

First, finding renewable resources, instead of oil and coal which has been considered to be nonrenewable resources helps reduce the carbon dioxide production. That means that people should be using a new pollution-free energy in order to decrease the rising of the Earth’s temperature. Today, solar capital is an ideal and unlimited resource. Many scientists have started working to transmit the solar capital to be a useful energy and have great achievements. For example, the innovation of solar-energy-heated water boiler makes the use of solar energy more efficient. As a result, it is can be expected that there will be the more applications of green energies in the future.

Second, the responsibility of reducing the emission of greenhouse gases is not only for particular countries or leaderships but for all human beings. If people would like to do some trivial things without extra effort or motion, it could be very helpful for saving the energy, for example, turning the computer off when you are not in the office. The energy you save from computer can print more than 100,000 pieces of paper. It does not take too much time to do that, but it is very beneficial strategy to contribute to the Earth.

Finally, preventing the Amazon from destruction is a big issue related to global warming. The Amazon has the biggest rainfall in the world and contains 40% of plants of the Earth. Every day, plants carry out the photo-synthesise and transfer of the carbon dioxide into water and oxygen. That is the reason that Amazon be called as the Earth’s lung. However, since the last century, people have been logging the wood unlimitedly in order to earn money. The decreasing of the trees is reflection of the fact that no matter how much people are concerned about this problem, there always will be some unreachable places. Considering that, Internationals must do some things to prohibit the immoderate logging.

To sum up, polar bears cannot fight for their habitats, but humans can. Most importantly, evidence shows that none planet has been found like the Earth which is suitable for all the species in the world. Therefore, it is an unavoidable duty to take actions changing the situation and fight for our planet.

Reference:
polar bears on thin ice. (2007). Greenpeace International. Retrieved October 23, 2007, from http://www.greenpeasce.org/international/news/polar-bears-on-thin-ice