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GLOBAL WARMING

GLOBAL WARMING “Since our leaders are behaving like children, we
“Global warming is not a prediction. It is will have to take the responsibility they should
happening.” Said James Hansen, who is a have taken long ago.” Said Greta Thunberg,
scientist studying global warming and climate an eighteen-year-old activist who skipped
change. James Hansen was also the one to warn school one day and inspired an international
the world about climate change in 1988, and movement to �ight climate change and became a
looking at the current situation planet earth leading voice in the �ight against climate change
is in today, I needn’t say he was 100% right. and inspired millions of people to join her on
Unironically 1988 turned out to be the hottest this journey. She became known for challenging
year since instrumental records began in the world leaders to take immediate action against
19th century. Unfortunately, that record was climate change with a straight forward attitude
broken almost every following year after 1988, and won many awards since she started her
and people of the Earth have done very little to journey of raising awareness on these severe
prevent it. Globally the hottest year on record and dangerous issues that, unfortunately, many
was 2020. refuse to acknowledge.

What is global warming, you might ask. Global Most people think that they can’t change
warming is the unusually rapid increase of anything as one person, which is true if we want
Earth’s average surface temperature due to fossil to save our planet. However, there are many
fuel burning, greenhouse gasses, deforestation, things that one can do to help slow down global
overpopulation and many other reasons. Global warming, like turning off the lights in an empty
warming affects every living asset that you room, not wasting food and water or even
can imagine, from a tiny bacteria just warning people around you
to an entire ecosystem; it is not about global warming. Actions
something to be ignored. like this that you might think
Sadly, many people have are pointless might inspire
been overlooking the someone, and they can
rising temperatures inspire others. Every
and thinking that it little action counts. We
will not affect them can’t prevent global
or worse; there are warming alone, and
many people, even we need everyone’s
world leaders, who help to save our
stated that they did planet.
not believe in Global
warming and that it
was not real. Duru Şengöçmen

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