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GLOBAL WARMING
Global warming ... excrete ammonium, an essential nutrient for
So many thoughts coral growth, through their gills.
rush up to my head [3] How can we help stop more coral reefs from
whenever I think of dying, stop the earth from getting warmer and
global warming. warmer and stop islands from sinking??
The world is heating • Reduce water waste.
up fast. Glaciers are • Wash your car with a mug, not a hose.
melting, 15.3 billion • When soaping while showering, turn off the
trees are cut down shower.
every year, sea • Reuse the water you use to wash vegetables
levels are rising at or rice to water plants.
alarming rates threatening some islands that may • Wash clothes in cold water. They get just as
sink soon, corals are also dying really fast clean with today’s detergents. Hot water
affecting the ecosystem. washes use five times the energy and create
five times the emissions. This could save you
Why is this even happening? nearly $100 a year.
There are many reasons that contribute to global • Buy less stuff, Reduce, re-use, and recycle -
warming. it’s not just about pollution, but this strategy
1. Our personal vehicles are a major cause of will lower your emissions too and help combat
global warming. In the U.S., vehicles emit global warming.
around 24 pounds of carbon dioxide and • Plant trees - More trees take in more carbon
other greenhouse gases for every gallon of dioxide, which is a green house gas that
gas consumed. contributes to global warming.
2. Wasting electricity: Over-charging of • [4] Create more sustainable transportation
electronics, leaving televisions running, using habits.
inefficient appliances and forgetting to turn o Instead of ordering a private ride, choose to
off lights are all habits that are ingrained in ride-share.
our daily lives. o Avoid rapid acceleration and braking and
3. Usage of plastic bags. turn on cruise control on longer trips.
4. Usage of disposables, and o Walk and bike to your destination whenever
5. Cutting down trees. possible.
o When buying a new car, choose a climate-
What are the impacts? friendly option.
• With all of these things and more, the earth's I believe that together, we can help Mother Earth
temperature increases causing the ice caps recover faster. Remember ... every action counts
and icebergs to melt, increasing the sea level in helping our earth. We only have one Earth. So,
causing floods and the Arctic animals have let us make it an amazing place to live in.
problems hunting. Problems affecting the Reference:
animals [1] www.wwf.org.uk
[1] The Arctic is warming about twice as fast [2] www.csmonitor.com
[3]
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/ten-personal-solutions-
as the global average, causing the ice that global-warming
polar bears depend on to melt away. Loss of [4] https://www.lemonade.com/blog/climate-change-
sea ice also threatens the polar bear's main solutions/
prey, seals, which need the ice to raise their
young. - Nidhi Niranjan Mailare, 13 years
• Rising temperatures cause and worsen
human health issues. For example,
dehydration, heat exhaustion and heatstroke
can occur and may even lead to death.
• The corals in the sea are also dying as they
are getting stressed by the waters getting
warmer and warmer.
[2] Coral reefs are an important resource for
large-bodied fish in the Caribbean. They use
the reef for shelter during the day and as a
hunting ground by night. Recent studies have
shown that coral reefs rely on fish, too. Fish

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