Have you ever questioned if global warming was real? With this essay I will be showing that global warming is real using references and I will also be explaining the negative effects that global warming brings to the world. First of all, what is global warming? Global warming is the global rise in temperature that is caused by pollution and other factors that are mostly caused because of us, humans. For example, we are the main reason why there is excess carbon dioxide in the world which has a direct effect on global warming and also causing a greenhouse effect which increases temperature significantly every year leading to intensified climate events like “El nino”. There has been a debate over the years related to global warming over whether it is real, it’s effects, and whether we should take action against it. The climate event called “El nino” is a perfect example of how global warming affects the world since throughout the years many studies have shown that “El nino” is intensified by global warming. “El nino” is not the only climate event that goes through severe changes each year due to global warming, there are many other natural disasters that have no famous name that get intensified yearly due to global warming. Global warming is a clear threat to our planet and to humanity. It is affecting certain ecosystems and wildlife in various ways.

    The main controversy to global warming is whether it is real and the severity of its effects on the planet. Many articles actually explain the effects that global warming can have each year when it comes to intensifying climate events and raising global ocean levels. In the article “Does Global Warming Amplify Interannual Climate Variability?” by Tim Li and others, they talk about Global warming actually intensifies Climate events by the years. One of the best examples they bring to the table is the climate event that goes by the name of “El nino”, they talk about how is “Widely accepted that El Nino Southern-Oscillation(ENSO) is the strongest signal of interannual climate variability in the tropics”. According to this article and many others that I have read ENSO has been gradually getting worse by the years. Global warming affects natural equilibrium in our planet which can cause more precipitation, which is one of the leading factors that intensify ENSO each year. Additionally, Global warming is well known for increasing temperature globally each year due to the greenhouse effect which leads to a rise in ocean levels. According to the article “El Niño Events Will Intensify under Global Warming.” ENSO is also a factor that increases ocean levels each year apart from global warming. They state when ENSO takes place each year it causes the chances and severity of precipitation to be higher leading to increased ocean levels. This connects to one of the other but important effects that global warming has on our planet, which is damaging our wildlife and ecosystems. On the website www.nationalgeographic.com They discuss the effects of global warming on our planet and one of the topics discussed is the effects it has on wildlife. They discussed how due to the rise in temperature cold areas are becoming significantly warmer which affects the animals in that habitat. For instance, cold-adapted animals like polar bears would eventually not be able to adapt to the warmer areas which can lead to these type of animals to become extinct. This does not only affect the life of polar bears but also affects the life of many other animals. It will affect the whole ecosystem in which they live in since there will be one less animal present in the food chain which would definitely lead to disruption in the equilibrium of the ecosystem. This has a domino effect since after removing one animal from a food chain can easily lead to extinction in other groups of animals. With that being said, Global warming has very clear negative effects on our planet. The controversy that has been going on for years that questions whether global warming is real or not is useless to have since global warming clearly affects the way we live, wildlife in our planet and well-being of our planet.

On the other hand, Many people refuse to believe that global warming is significantly consequential and that it has any important effects we should be worrying about. The website article “Is Global Warming Real? Top 5 Arguments in Favor and Against It.” claims that there is evidence pointing towards the side of global warming not being real. One of the things they mention to back up their claim is that there has not been any significant prolonged rise in temperature since 1997. However, this is something that is debunked time after time even by the articles I have previously presented in this paper which claim that due to the rise in temperature there has been increased ocean levels throughout the years due to more precipitation and icebergs melting in the arctic and other places. Also, they claim that there is not enough historical data that backs the fact that global warming is real. This is something that is also proven wrong time after time since the articles I have presented in this paper have had some sort of research or studies done to support their arguments. There has been way too many studies arguing that global warming is real by showing their work and studies. Moving on, after proving that global warming is real in this paper and showing many of its negative effects on the planet, there is one thing that global warming does good. You might ask, how can something that is so bad be beneficial in any way, shape, or form? Well global warming is actually good at eliminating droughts by increasing precipitation in certain places. According to the article “Influence of Internal Variability and Global Warming on Multidecadal Changes in Regional Drought Severity over the Continental United States.” global warming increases precipitation and eliminates droughts in certain areas which is certainly beneficial to the landscapes that need the water. However, for those regions that are not in drought global warming increases precipitation which can lead to floods and damage to properties and landscape.

In conclusion, global warming has clear harmful effects to our planets such as intensifying climate events and rising ocean levels which leads to significant damage to wildlife as discussed previously in this paper. Some claim that global warming is not real and state many things that are always debunked by studies and research. The global warming debate or controversy in my opinion is a useless controversy since it is clearly real and humans, as the residents of this planet, should start to take action for a better stable tomorrow and for the other life this planet has.

S-Citation: He, Chao, and Tim Li. “Does Global Warming Amplify Interannual Climate Variability?” Climate Dynamics, vol. 52, no. 5-6, 2018, pp. 2667–2684., doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4286-0.

Summary: In this article the global warming effects are discussed and are also tested to see if they change the way climate works every year. Again, the article goes in to the effects of climate change and those are disastrous climate events as well as droughts and floods which are affecting the human population at an alarming rate for the past years. Additionally, the article talks about one of the most known climate events due to global warming which is “El nino”. Although it was a brief talk about the climate event, “El nino” is explained to be a cause of global warming in the article and it is also a climate event that affects the caribbean every year causing deaths, and expensive costs for the countries in danger. The article explains the research and data that they used to explain the positive correlation between climate variability and global warming. Their research and data mainly focuses on precipitation and vertical velocity to explain climate variability.

S-Citation: Ham, Yoo-Geun. “El Niño Events Will Intensify under Global Warming.” Nature, vol. 564, no. 7735, 2018, pp. 192–193., doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07638-w.

Summary: In this article “El nino” is talked about. “El nino” is a climate event that started due to global warming and as global warming worsens so will the climate event called “El nino”. The climate event is an event of natural climate disasters that happen around the same time of the year in the caribbean causing deaths and expenses to the countries at risk. The article goes on to state the effects of “El nino” which are increased ocean surface levels that overtime can cause floods and many other negative effects on the wild life that is in the ocean. The article uses references to support their research and to convey their idea that the climate event called “El nino” is intensified by global warming. They come to a conclusion that it does intensify it.

P-Citation: “Global Warming Effects.” Global Warming and Climate Change Effects: Information and Facts, 4 Feb. 2019, www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/global-warming-effects/.

Summary: In this website for the general public the main effects of global warming are explained showing that global warming is real and it is currently affecting humanity. The website states that the average global temperature has increased significantly, and it has increased especial in sensitive polar areas which can radically affect wildlife. The effects they mentioned of global warming were temperature rises, sea level increasing, and increased precipitation which are things that affect wildlife and world equilibrium in general.

P-Citation: “Global Warming Controversy.” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, www.sciencedaily.com/terms/global_warming_controversy.htm.”

Summary: In this website the controversy of Global warming is discussed. It explains how much of the problems related to global warming are human-induced. Also, they talked about how global warming is affecting the world by the year.

P-Citation: “Is Global Warming Real? Top 5 Arguments in Favor and Against It.” Conserve Energy Future, 25 Dec. 2016, www.conserve-energy-future.com/is-global-warming-real.php.

Summary: In this website we look at the things people say that are debunking global warming or are not in favor for global warming. The statements made to support that global warming is not real such as no significant temperature rise since 1997 are constantly debunked by other articles in this Paper.

S-Citation: Apurv, Tushar, et al. “Influence of Internal Variability and Global Warming on Multidecadal Changes in Regional Drought Severity over the Continental United States.” Journal of Hydrometeorology, vol. 20, no. 3, 2019, pp. 411–429., doi:10.1175/jhm-d-18-0167.1.

Summary: This article goes over one of the most overlooked but troublesome natural disasters ever which are droughts. Droughts occur in places where there is little to no precipitation and that leads to scarcity and dry lands. This can go on for several seasons or for several years as stated by the article which can affect wildlife in the respective ecosystems. This article looks at the relationship between global warming and the severity of these droughts. The article comes to a conclusion after observing global warming and its effects and sees that global warming can actually lower the negative effects of droughts in certain regions by causing more precipitation in those areas. This, however, does not take away from the other natural disasters that global warming can bring.