Global Warming

Shannon Norwood

SOC 202 – Current Event Log 4

09/08/06

On the LexisNexis site I found an article from Independent Newspapers (UK) Limited Source: Financial Times Information Limited whose headline read: We’re witnessing the birth of a new protest movement to force action on global warming. (http://libproxy.uncg.edu:2084/universe/printdoc) The article talked about an environmentalist protest camp in Selby, North Yorkshire. At the camp, the six degrees Celisus of separation that stand between us and the global crop failure, the melting of 40 percent of the Artic ice shelf in the past 40 years, and the evacuation of the world’s low-lying islands, were all discussed. The protesters were also making the point that it would be more effective for the planet if there was political activity that imposed legal restraints on everyone instead of just some people recycling paper which is cancelled out by someone else taking a flight. The article also made the point that the freedom we have does not mean we can trash the habitat in which we need for survival.

The force of hurricanes has grown over years and the ice has begun to melt, this is due to global warming. I believe that North Carolina has become warmer and there has been less snow in the winter. This may be due to global warming but I do not have any research or proof of this. Global warming is affecting all places on the planet.

The problem of global warming is increasing. Our planet as a whole needs to work together to help the situation but I do not know if this is realistic. I think the article made some good points but something on a larger scale needs to be done.