By 2047, Coldest Years May Be Warmer Than Hottest in Past,
Scientists Say
JUSTIN GILLIS
Published: October 9, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/science/earth/by-2047-coldest-years-will-be-warmer-than-hottest-in-past.html?ref=earth
The article talks about the possibility If greenhouse emissions
continue their steady escalation in the rate they are going now, in the year
2047, the temperature of the earth will be hotter across most parts of the
planet than they had been at those locations in any year between 1860 and 2005.
In other words in 2047 plus or minus years, “the coldest year in the future
will be warmer that the hottest year in the past”. This kind of extraordinary
but terrifying climates will arrive sooner in the tropics, the coral reefs
which are the supply of food for millions of people that depend on fishing and
the world’s greatest forests. Dr. Mora who is specialist in using large sets of
data to illuminate environmental issues explains it by saying “Go back in your
life to think about the hottest, most traumatic event you have experienced,
what we’re saying is that very soon, that event is going to be the norm. The
article also states that if we make an effort to bring an emission under
control, the occurrence might be delayed by 20-25 years. Other scientists
believed reducing emissions would have bigger effect in the long run lowering
the risk that the climate would have a bigger effect in the long run, lowering
the risk that the climate would reach a point that occurs changes.
The reason I choose this topic is because it explores a very strong, huge
and negative effect of the result of global warming and emission in the
atmosphere. It shows the detailed objects that happen when we discontinue caring
about our surroundings, increasing in carbon emission and other kind of
pollutants in both atmosphere and water bodies. They show the disturbing
environment we could form and it’ll be really difficult to impossible rate to
undo.
One of the interesting things I found in this article was lower emissions
would push off the event to 2072. For Beijing, climate departure would come in
2046 under high emissions, or 2078 under lower emissions. The dates for Moscow
are 2063 and 2092; for Washington, 2047 and 2071. So it gave me hope that if we
try our best to improve our environment even now we’re like on a D stage to an
F. ' F' being the event occurring, we can still make some changes even though we
can’t skip to an A, we can still make it better
somehow.
As I read through the article I realized that everybody is
affected but not equally, especially people living in the tropic; the article
states that they are poor, with less money to adapt to climate change, than
people in mid latitude countries generally speaking. But the irony is that the
main causes for the event are the rich countries which are not the tropic
countries so people in all places should take responsibility to their actions
not to take the blame later, and even for their sakes because the world is one
somehow whatever happens to one side will happen to the other, it’s just a
matter of time.
continue their steady escalation in the rate they are going now, in the year
2047, the temperature of the earth will be hotter across most parts of the
planet than they had been at those locations in any year between 1860 and 2005.
In other words in 2047 plus or minus years, “the coldest year in the future
will be warmer that the hottest year in the past”. This kind of extraordinary
but terrifying climates will arrive sooner in the tropics, the coral reefs
which are the supply of food for millions of people that depend on fishing and
the world’s greatest forests. Dr. Mora who is specialist in using large sets of
data to illuminate environmental issues explains it by saying “Go back in your
life to think about the hottest, most traumatic event you have experienced,
what we’re saying is that very soon, that event is going to be the norm. The
article also states that if we make an effort to bring an emission under
control, the occurrence might be delayed by 20-25 years. Other scientists
believed reducing emissions would have bigger effect in the long run lowering
the risk that the climate would have a bigger effect in the long run, lowering
the risk that the climate would reach a point that occurs changes.
The reason I choose this topic is because it explores a very strong, huge
and negative effect of the result of global warming and emission in the
atmosphere. It shows the detailed objects that happen when we discontinue caring
about our surroundings, increasing in carbon emission and other kind of
pollutants in both atmosphere and water bodies. They show the disturbing
environment we could form and it’ll be really difficult to impossible rate to
undo.
One of the interesting things I found in this article was lower emissions
would push off the event to 2072. For Beijing, climate departure would come in
2046 under high emissions, or 2078 under lower emissions. The dates for Moscow
are 2063 and 2092; for Washington, 2047 and 2071. So it gave me hope that if we
try our best to improve our environment even now we’re like on a D stage to an
F. ' F' being the event occurring, we can still make some changes even though we
can’t skip to an A, we can still make it better
somehow.
As I read through the article I realized that everybody is
affected but not equally, especially people living in the tropic; the article
states that they are poor, with less money to adapt to climate change, than
people in mid latitude countries generally speaking. But the irony is that the
main causes for the event are the rich countries which are not the tropic
countries so people in all places should take responsibility to their actions
not to take the blame later, and even for their sakes because the world is one
somehow whatever happens to one side will happen to the other, it’s just a
matter of time.