Young Environmentalist

Project 7

Q: Find out about an environmental issue (e.g. global warming, climate change, soil erosion, deforestation, and haze). Write a short article on the issue in about 300 words.

The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases such as methane gas has been increasing quickly. This causes the glacier to melt quicker and faster, thus shortening the length of when all the glaciers in the world would melt. There are many disadvantages to this problem. 

When glaciers melt, because that water is stored on land, the runoff significantly increases the amount of water in the ocean, contributing to global sea level rise. Hence, if all the glaciers were to melt and be completely gone, the sea levels would increase drastically by about 70 meters. Based on the internet, that means that the ocean would cover all the coastal cities, meaning that our land area would have shrunk significantly. 

There are many ways to stop glaciers from melting. However, the many types of ways to stop glaciers from melting are beyond our budget. The least that we can do is to decrease the rate of glaciers melting. We can do this by saving power at our homes by taking shorter showers, turning off the lights when they are not in use, turning of the water tap while we are brushing our teeth, etc. 

At this rate, it would take 5000 years for all the ice in the world to melt. Although that amount of time seems long, considering how long the earth has been around, it actually is just an extremely tiny portion of how long the earth has been around for. 

In conclusion, everyone should play their part and try their best to save power in their house to decrease the rate for glaciers melting. 

 


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