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1. Question:
'Fears about global warming are often exaggerated and alarmist.' Do you have any sympathy with this view?
2. Dissect:
Fears - anxieties, Global - universal; international, Warming - to gradually heat up Often - usually, Exaggerated - far-fetched, Alarmist - a person who tends to raise alarms, Sympathy - empathy;kindness, View - perspective
Paraphrase:
Anxieties that involve an international heating are usually over the top or said by a person who raises alarms. Do you obtain any kindness about this perspective?
3. Audience:
People living today and in the future that can be effected by the damage of global warming.
4. Frames/Focus:
- Appreciation of Nature
- Balance
- Cause and Effect
- Choices
- Community
- Environment
- Influence
- Nature
- Technology in Society- good or bad
- Effects of the Past
5. Layers:
- Biology and Life Sciences
- Earth Sciences and Geology
- Science
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Technology
6. Viewpoints:
Viewpoint 1 - Global warming is a major concern and should be an important issue that we pay attention to.
Viewpoint 2 - Global warming is extremely over exaggerated and people should not be as worried about it as they are.
7. Main Points and Examples for Viewpoint 1:
Main Point 1 -
Source - Time Magazine
http://time.com/28721/global-warming-climate-Schange-gallup/
Scientific Organizations are standing up to take action about global warming.
Example - The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is trying to cement the connection between man-made climate change and environmental and social disaster, to the point where the public will support steps to reduce carbon emissions.
Main Point 2 -
Source - Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/29/global-warming-action-must-happen-soon-scientist/
Taking action must happen soon to reduce our carbon emissions and to save the environment.
Example - The longer it takes nations to cumulatively lower greenhouse gas emissions, the more difficult it will be to limit warming, and to avert the most severe effects of global warming.
Main Point 3 -
Source - The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/global-warming-concerns-grow.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A14%22%7D&_r=0
The growing level of emission gases are killing the Earth and it must be our main priority.
Example - 58 percent of people that were questioned said protecting the environment should be a priority. “Economic growth is important, but if we don’t take care of the environment, we won’t be here to enjoy it."
8. Main Points and Examples for Viewpoint 2:
Main Point 1 -
Source - Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/19/new-study-says-threat-global-warming-greatly-exaggerated/
The threats that are said to be overwhelming are just exaggerations and there are no real signs of global warming causing a disaster.
Example - The Heartland Institute's Bast told Fox News that there are no climate models used by proponents of global warming that predict a lull in warming.
Main Point 2 -
Source - The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/may/06/top-ten-global-warming-skeptic-arguments-debunked
Skeptics argue that the global warming is strictly the fault of the people and can not be produced so much as to have hurt our society.
Example - The IPCC stated with 95% confidence that most of the global warming since 1950 is human-caused, with a best estimate that 100% is due to humans over the past 60 years.
Main Point 3 -
Source - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/upshot/americans-are-outliers-in-views-on-climate-change.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As&abt=0002&abg=1
To most people, global warming is not even a concern.
Example - Americans rarely cite environmental concerns when asked in polls to name the most important problem facing the country.
9. Introduction Points:
- global warming is concerned by many people
- global warming however is also presumed to not be that deadly
- both sides show concern about the topic, but only one side considers taking action and trying to diminish the carbon emissions we make
Opening statement - Global warming is perceived to be a major concern for the Earth to survive, but not everyone thinks it is such a big deal.
10. Conclusion Position:
I think that global warming something to be worried about in the near future and we should take action about it soon.
Points:
- the amount of carbon emissions each year are becoming so high as to trap green house gases into the atmosphere and heating up the Earth
- ocean levels can rise causing any places along the coast to become submerged
- most people find this disastrous event to be a priority