Global Warming vs. Ecological Change

Face the Truth

It’s almost summer, the burning sunshines fall on the earth. Under the extreme heatpeople may cry, The summers have been getting hotter! Indeed, summer is getting hotter.According to the United Nations Climatic Change Group, the Earth’s temperature has onaverage been rising 0.12˚C every decade during the last 50 years. It’s not just summer alone,it applies to all four seasons. Some scholars believe that global warming is the phenomenonof natural circulation while others believe it from carbon emission. Academia SinicaGeoscience Research Institute Researcher Wang Zhong-He pointed out that the Earthwas to develop toward the cold glacial epoch and human activities have accelerated thegreenhouse effect which led to the elevation of the Earth’s temperature.

In recent years, the global warming has drawn more and more serious attention. It is by nomeans merely a phenomenon of average temperature elevates. For those who are able tohide in the air conditioning room to avoid the heat, the issue of the temperature elevationmay not sound so urgent. But for those who live in the Earth’s natural environment, a lessthan 1 degree change may endanger the existence of a species and affect biological diversity.In addition, climate warming posea a prowing challenge for all mankind and biology.Interior Minister Li Hong-Yuan unceasingly reminds the populace through his lectures, “Wewill face the unknown world the warming brings, and the extreme climate will become thenorm in the coming 30 years.”

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