The Climate of Man-1

It all started in the nineteenth century when a British man named John Tyndall experimented with the different types of green house gases. Over a century later, each one of those gases was exposed to the world, creating a problem that seems impossible to solve. “In the Climate of man-I,” by Elizabeth Kolbert, a young lady describes her journey through Alaska and Greenland’s territorial ice sheets and the horrors of global warming. Global warming is such a threat that natives of Shishmaref, Alaska had to develop a group that debated about relocating their small village. What was once known as a huge land bridge, has turned into a nice gigantic slushy. Because of this terror, ice lands all around the world have melted. However, ice ages aren’t the only thing that have been impacted; specious of all kinds have been affected.
Global warming continues to be a constant problem and many people are expected to suffer as heat rises. 1990 and 1991 have the record for the warmest days ever, but it doesn’t stop there. Kolbert was able to witness this firsthand. During her stay in Alaska, Kolbert realized that men hunted for food and women ripped the skin off the animals to prepare it as meals, but since many of the glaciers have melted, people have to find other sources of food. Food is limited for Alaskan natives, and it will only continue to worsen.
Polar bears are a huge source of extinction. Because of a rise in heat and sea level, polar bears are struggling to eat. Not only does heat affect global warming, but also green house gases. As the earth absorbs energy from the sun, it releases energy back to the sun. In order for the earth to be at a stable temperature it has to keep the amount of energy on earth equal with the amount of energy released. Whenever the earth is disturbed by the amount of energy released or absorbed the earth gets warmer or colder, but as of right now the earth has had increasing heat.
Global warming is affected by people’s actions. In a couple of years, about 2085, ice glaciers are expected to melt and temperatures are suppose to reach so high that people are expected to suffer or even die. Greenland already started showing signs of fading. Although it is filled with snow and ice lands, it is still expected to be one huge body of water. After Kolbert visited, she knew that Greenland wasn’t going to make it far. She said, “If I returned in another decade, the glacier would probably no longer even be visible from the ridge where I was standing. I climbed back up to take a second look” (Kolbert, p.15). The world will only continue to see global warming as a threat.
Kolbert, Elizabeth.“The Climate of Man-I.” The New Yorker. Copyright2005,The New Yorker