Bush\'s Broken Enviromental Promises

7 Pages 1690 Words

instance, trees use the process of photosynthesis, easily absorbing the carbon dioxide naturally emitted. But when there is too much carbon dioxide the planet cannot keep up. A recent comparison of today’s carbon dioxide levels and the levels from Renaissance times revealed, “Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has increased from about 270ppm in the year 1600 to about 350ppm today” (Baarschers 125). Normally the plants should only have a increase of 10ppm every 20 years. This is a drastic increase over a relatively short length of time.
Phil Radford explained in his article “Bush’s Hot Air” on the path the United States is now heading down, global warming will inevitably lead to a ten-degree rise in the world’s temperature by the end of the century, which will cause the ice glaciers to melt. This will increase the sea levels at a rate that will sink small islands, such as Hawaii, by the end of the century (para. 3). There are more effects to the rising sea levels a...