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Amanda Bias
College Writing 1
7 December, 2018
It’s Not the End of the World As We Know It
Animals everywhere slowly disappear as their homes are destroyed for human desires,
citizens along the coasts watch on news channels as their houses are submerged underwater
Residents of California fear for their life as they flee their homes to escape the burning
destruction their houses endure. Those at the equator receive higher temperatures as heat waves
intensify while others experience more brutal winters. Global climate change is a strong force of
nature that mankind keeps hurrying along. Temperatures have dramatically changed, causing
record heat waves, uncontrollable and unpredictable precipitation patterns, and more intense
natural disasters. Scientists and environmentalists have continued to flood the news of the
dangers climate change and the long lasting effects they possess. The environment has strong
effects that work against all living things in almost every way, evidently creating unsafe living
conditions and speeding up the destruction of life. In recent decades, increased pollution of
chemicals and materials have dramatically affected these already existing conditions. The effects
have been relatively slow, but the path to change them will be much slower as the destruction has
already set into the Earth. The hopes of reversing global climate change will be long and tedious,
but still possible with the help of new laws and environmentally friendly materials.
Often when one thinks of saving the environment from climate change, acts such as
reducing straws, recycling and going vegan will result in big changes. As helpful as these factors
are, the big picture lies in industrial pollution. Gases and chemicals are pumped out on the daily,
the burning of fossil fuels for energy is a lifestyle, and deforestation takes place everywhere for

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factories, shopping malls or new homes to be constructed. Billions of pounds of trash is dumped
into the ocean yearly, killing the animals that help the ecosystem function, clean the water and
keep the food chain balanced. Thousands acres of trees are cut down, releasing endless amounts
of CO into the air, amplifying the greenhouse effect. The added gases from everyday life ₂
continue to create a thicker blanket around the Earth, trapping in heat. Arctic ice that has been on
the planet for hundreds of millions of years is melting rapidly. Sea levels have risen 8 inches in
the past century and is expected to increase 1-4 feet by 2100 (World Wildlife Fund). These
changes in the atmosphere and in the oceans have been causing more intense natural disasters
and unpredictable weather patterns. With continuous damage occurring every day, a need to save
the planet is necessary in order for life to continue to change, prosper and evolve.