18,000 years ago, half of the Earth was covered by glaciers and deserts: a place where everybody cannot live. Years passed, glaciers turned down as grasslands, woodlands and forests bloomed. This is the right place where people can live but after many more years, it changed again and became a warmer place to live.
As I was writing this article, my father was shouting "Carlo kunin mo yung dalawang timba diyan!". Two trashcans full of fallen leaves, plastics and other waste materials are what my father is pertaining to. I immediately picked up those trashcans and handed it to my father at the backyard. He was on the mid of burning our daily trashes and then he added the two cans I have in my hand. Smoke started to lift up to the sky, thinking that this could be one or should I say this is really one of the factors damaging our ozone layer that causes ozone depletion and then gradually becoming a catastrophe called “Global Warming”.
Global warming is a serious, abnormal state of the Earth having high temperature, leading us to effects that we are not usually aware of.
Global warming is the effect of everyday consumption of energy, living transportation and daily use of toxic chemicals. Greenhouse gases are the main contributor of this problem. Carbon Dioxide, a gas which every human and animal gives-off is one of the contributors. Power plants, cars, airplanes, infrastructures emit carbon dioxide too. Other gases are methane (animal manure) and nitrous oxide (engines, surgery and dentistry). Before, when heat from the sun enters the Earth, it easily radiates back to the space. Because of these greenhouse gases, heat from the sun was being trapped. This process continues as people did never notice how they contribute every single waste, chemical and various matters that really affect our own environment and soon—us and every living creature here on Earth.
Signs and Symptoms
It was very limpid to everybody what our Earth is suffering right now. From being a superb God’s creation, it turns out to be a threatening situation. Disasters, catastrophes, and other dangerous calamities may strike every country right now or later. From the past years until now, changes of climates can be felt. Something crazy about this is that summer must be hot days!--but PAGASA forecasted that summer would be rainy days since many storms will pass our country. Sometimes that sounds ironic, because everyone feels the heat of the sun when you walk through the street particularly during afternoon and even earlier. The superfluity of a certain thing is always bad, like the overexposure of your skin under the sun’s Ultraviolet (UV) rays. It may harm your skin and worst, it can lead to skin cancer. Intolerable heating of glaciers from the North and South Pole will eventually increase sea levels. I have read that big cities near coastlines like Tokyo, New York, and Los Angles will be in danger. The fact that our country is an archipelago it has the more possibility to be affected than to other big land masses. Tropical typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes, hailstorms and droughts are now hitting different sides of the world. United States is still coping after the tragic hurricane “Katrina” which has killed hundreds of people and destroyed many homes and infrastructures. In our country, corals were immune when ocean’s water became acidic. While in Antarctica, ice-thickness decreased about 45 percent. All of these truthfully happened. But these are more than enough sufferings for our home. Earth is crying!
Wake Up Call!
I found out that many agencies, organizations, private sectors, and our government as well as media around the world over hundred plus of countries are now starting to make a step calling out attentions to this unusual condition of our Mother Earth. Many projects and awareness ads are already made for this serious type of problem. Last year, a Hollywood film/documentary narrated by Leonardo Decaprio (star of Titanic) was showed in cinemas all over the world. It tackled about the global state and its environment. I haven’t watched it yet but for sure it’s interesting to know. These past few weeks, our country has been joining the “Earth Hour”- a thrifty move to help lessen the contribution of gas emissions to the atmosphere saving energy consumption at least an hour. The “Earth Day” which was celebrated last 22nd day of April, is an annual movement over 174 countries making the environment more healthy and wealthy with their programs and activities. When media acted, they released different awareness advertisements, articles, and notes with warnings for the people of every nation. Media, for having a widest coverage, can awake every man. Lately, a fine kind of awareness advertisements about global warming (it's effects and way of prevention) is regularly aired at QTV channel 11 and in GMA at channel 7. Another one is “Signos” a documentary of GMA 7, was aired last April 20 focusing on environmental issues today specifically the world’s changing climate. Actually, when you search for the key words “global warming” over the net, you’ll find a lot of sites with its concerns. May these projects and movements work and wake us up!
Call the Doctor Very Quick
It is very tough to have a battle against nature. But there are ways we can do about it. Global warming is cause by mankind; therefore we are the one responsible for fixing it. We are the doctors and we can cure the wound we have created. There are several medications and treatments we can give to our patient. First one and the most classic way is recycling. Recycling reduces the amount of fossil fuel being emitted. Separate biodegradable to non-biodegradable. When at home, try to save energy as soon as possible. Change your bulb, unplug your appliances when not in use, if you have enough money you can use a motion-sensor so that lights automatically turn-on when somebody is at the room and turn-off when somebody is in need of light.
“Earth Hour” can be a daily habit! “Earth Day” can be everyday! Be involved to some organization or foundation aiming to save the Earth. We, CICT students must be aware that gadgets too affect global warming as they release CO2. According to a source, if a million digital photo frames are sold, the average carbon dioxide emissions a year will be 11,000 tons. All of the solutions will work if everyone will put it into action. Let’s all act as time pushes the Earth into its unsightly face. Let’s face the truth that we humans are the cause. Feel the heat. See the difference. We must act against it. Remember that “GLOBAL WARMING is not COOL”.
---John Carlo Brigino---
As I was writing this article, my father was shouting "Carlo kunin mo yung dalawang timba diyan!". Two trashcans full of fallen leaves, plastics and other waste materials are what my father is pertaining to. I immediately picked up those trashcans and handed it to my father at the backyard. He was on the mid of burning our daily trashes and then he added the two cans I have in my hand. Smoke started to lift up to the sky, thinking that this could be one or should I say this is really one of the factors damaging our ozone layer that causes ozone depletion and then gradually becoming a catastrophe called “Global Warming”.
Global warming is a serious, abnormal state of the Earth having high temperature, leading us to effects that we are not usually aware of.
Global warming is the effect of everyday consumption of energy, living transportation and daily use of toxic chemicals. Greenhouse gases are the main contributor of this problem. Carbon Dioxide, a gas which every human and animal gives-off is one of the contributors. Power plants, cars, airplanes, infrastructures emit carbon dioxide too. Other gases are methane (animal manure) and nitrous oxide (engines, surgery and dentistry). Before, when heat from the sun enters the Earth, it easily radiates back to the space. Because of these greenhouse gases, heat from the sun was being trapped. This process continues as people did never notice how they contribute every single waste, chemical and various matters that really affect our own environment and soon—us and every living creature here on Earth.
Signs and Symptoms
It was very limpid to everybody what our Earth is suffering right now. From being a superb God’s creation, it turns out to be a threatening situation. Disasters, catastrophes, and other dangerous calamities may strike every country right now or later. From the past years until now, changes of climates can be felt. Something crazy about this is that summer must be hot days!--but PAGASA forecasted that summer would be rainy days since many storms will pass our country. Sometimes that sounds ironic, because everyone feels the heat of the sun when you walk through the street particularly during afternoon and even earlier. The superfluity of a certain thing is always bad, like the overexposure of your skin under the sun’s Ultraviolet (UV) rays. It may harm your skin and worst, it can lead to skin cancer. Intolerable heating of glaciers from the North and South Pole will eventually increase sea levels. I have read that big cities near coastlines like Tokyo, New York, and Los Angles will be in danger. The fact that our country is an archipelago it has the more possibility to be affected than to other big land masses. Tropical typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes, hailstorms and droughts are now hitting different sides of the world. United States is still coping after the tragic hurricane “Katrina” which has killed hundreds of people and destroyed many homes and infrastructures. In our country, corals were immune when ocean’s water became acidic. While in Antarctica, ice-thickness decreased about 45 percent. All of these truthfully happened. But these are more than enough sufferings for our home. Earth is crying!
Wake Up Call!
I found out that many agencies, organizations, private sectors, and our government as well as media around the world over hundred plus of countries are now starting to make a step calling out attentions to this unusual condition of our Mother Earth. Many projects and awareness ads are already made for this serious type of problem. Last year, a Hollywood film/documentary narrated by Leonardo Decaprio (star of Titanic) was showed in cinemas all over the world. It tackled about the global state and its environment. I haven’t watched it yet but for sure it’s interesting to know. These past few weeks, our country has been joining the “Earth Hour”- a thrifty move to help lessen the contribution of gas emissions to the atmosphere saving energy consumption at least an hour. The “Earth Day” which was celebrated last 22nd day of April, is an annual movement over 174 countries making the environment more healthy and wealthy with their programs and activities. When media acted, they released different awareness advertisements, articles, and notes with warnings for the people of every nation. Media, for having a widest coverage, can awake every man. Lately, a fine kind of awareness advertisements about global warming (it's effects and way of prevention) is regularly aired at QTV channel 11 and in GMA at channel 7. Another one is “Signos” a documentary of GMA 7, was aired last April 20 focusing on environmental issues today specifically the world’s changing climate. Actually, when you search for the key words “global warming” over the net, you’ll find a lot of sites with its concerns. May these projects and movements work and wake us up!
Call the Doctor Very Quick
It is very tough to have a battle against nature. But there are ways we can do about it. Global warming is cause by mankind; therefore we are the one responsible for fixing it. We are the doctors and we can cure the wound we have created. There are several medications and treatments we can give to our patient. First one and the most classic way is recycling. Recycling reduces the amount of fossil fuel being emitted. Separate biodegradable to non-biodegradable. When at home, try to save energy as soon as possible. Change your bulb, unplug your appliances when not in use, if you have enough money you can use a motion-sensor so that lights automatically turn-on when somebody is at the room and turn-off when somebody is in need of light.
“Earth Hour” can be a daily habit! “Earth Day” can be everyday! Be involved to some organization or foundation aiming to save the Earth. We, CICT students must be aware that gadgets too affect global warming as they release CO2. According to a source, if a million digital photo frames are sold, the average carbon dioxide emissions a year will be 11,000 tons. All of the solutions will work if everyone will put it into action. Let’s all act as time pushes the Earth into its unsightly face. Let’s face the truth that we humans are the cause. Feel the heat. See the difference. We must act against it. Remember that “GLOBAL WARMING is not COOL”.
---John Carlo Brigino---
1 comments:
Yes, indeed. Global Warming is one serious thing that all of us must act upon to. And the clear root is pollution. Pollution that is slowly claiming the lives of many people in many countries, in countless numbers...
It is good that many countries, including Japan, is making use of their technololgy not to destroy but to preserve nature, making use of recycled garbage for fuel, one of their great projects, can be used here in the country. But of course, it will require capital, but the results will be more...
Watch in your local television. Channel 13, and be amazed, at projects being done in Japan, that with effective implementation can both benefit mother earth, and the people of today and next generations.
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