If you ever wanted to see polar bears in the wild, your time is running out. Global warming is causing polar bears, and many other species to go extinct. Global warming, also known as climate change, is the rising of the Earth’s temperature due to greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, getting trapped in the atmosphere. When the gases can not leave the atmosphere, they absorb radiation and sunlight from the sun and make the atmosphere warmer. Global warming is being caused by humans and something should be done about it. The reason global warming is so prevalent is because people do not know they are hurting the environment and some people do not believe it is real. There will be consequences to everyone if nothing is done about it.
Around the world, less than half the people in the UK (43 percent), Germany (49 percent), and Norway (34 percent) believe that global warming is caused by civilization (Le Page). Most people do not realize that the things they do affect the entire atmosphere and anything they do to change it helps. Small things like having a campfire or driving their car affect our atmosphere and how warm it is. Our society need to be taught that everything they do affects their future and their world. In a 2016 study, a third of teachers in the U.S. believed that global warming is caused naturally. 70% of middle school teachers and 55% of high …show more content…
The reason global warming is so prevalent is because people do not know they are hurting the environment. Society should learn that global is a real and pressing problem that affects their future in one way or another. Species will go extinct at a faster pace and ecosystems will change all around the world. Humans are the reason global warming is prevalent and if everyone pitches in, it can be reduced. Animals all around the world will be thanking humans for limiting their carbon emissions if global warming is