Kolber in class response

The claim that Kolber makes in Butterfly lessons is that not only is global warming very real, it is already causing drastic changes to our environment.  In “Butterfly Lessons” he says “The equilibrium warming associated with doubled CO2 is estimated to be between three and a half and seven degrees, and with tripled CO2 between six and eleven degrees. A global temperature rise of just three degrees would render the earth hotter than it has been at any point in the past two million years.” So now we know that global warming is occurring based on what he has said, but we also know that the degree of warming will far exceed the range that we have regarded as being natural for the earth to undergo. He is pointedly saying that it is in fact humans causing the problem and we don’t know what the repercussions might be. This may have to do with my issue as far as deer may go. I can remember that we used to have a lot of both deer and owls in my neighborhood. But in the past few years there hasn’t been very many of them. This could mean that they have moved away from the woods in my backyard to an environment that better suits them.

Butterfly Lessons

This article tells us some very interesting facts about how organism distribution works. It talks about temperature plays such a big part in organisms habitats. The butterflies are used to demonstrate how organisms habitats have changed over time with different species occupying different ares then they previously did. It is believed that the change in climate will cause an extinction of as much as 37% of species if global warming continues as it is now. Another thing that is used to measure changes is when insects enter their hibernating state. different insects in different regions use different indicators to tell when they should enter their hibernating state. changes with these indicators are causing insects to enter their hibernation states earlier then they did previously. This shows that global warming is already creating an impact on the evolutionary system. This is physical proof that if we don't make changes then there will be even more serious consequences for the earth then are already being felt now.

Essay intro paragraph

The environmental crisis has become a serious issue. the us finally managed to shake their dependence on fossil fuels but it came too late. In the past the major companies reliant on fossil fuels and supplying them were reluctant to change over to more environmentally friendly fuel sources. They waited so long that to many greenhouse gases were released into the air and when they finally did convert it was to late. There were steps proposed that, if they had been implemented sooner, would have helped to slow down climate change and allowed more time to work out additional solutions. The US government should have put in place stricter policies regarding emissions on vehicles, as well as gradually requiring households to switch to more efficient, greener appliances, as well as attempting to lower prices on these appliances. All at once these changes would have been overwhelming and it was because of this the government did not want to make these changes mandatory, but spread out over time these would have helped by allowing more time to improve environmental conditions.

The Meaning of Denial

Being in denial means that you know that something is true and you choose to tell yourself that it is for one reason or another. This is different from not believing in something because when you don't believe in something it isn't necessarily about something you have any knowledge of. It can be about anything, for instance you don't believe that this weekend is going to be a very pleasant weekend as far as weather goes. The difference is that if you were in denial, you would already have knowledge that the weather was going to be bad over the weekend, but you chose to say that it wouldn't be bad even though you know it will be.denial can be a very serious issue and can also cause people to do things that they know is not a good idea to do. For instance, people know that it is a bad idea to smoke, but a lot of them tell themselves that they won't get cancer and then go ahead and do it anyway. Denial has a very negative connotation to it and is almost never a good thing.