https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei en-us 2021-04-27 13:19:19 UTC 2021-05-04 02:53:07 UTC hello@padlet.com cgbarnes https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1464191050 Right now climate change is a huge problem, but not many people seem to think it is a big problem.  Climate change has caused more frequent severe weather, the melting of the ice caps which will lead to flooding, and it is even causing the destruction of ecosystems.  There are many reasons why people do not act on global warming.  Usually these people are older. Older generations seem not to care because they know they won’t be alive for when it really becomes a crisis.  I do know that there are some people trying to help though, I know there was a Paris agreement signed, Trump did not enter, but Biden did, which many countries joined to try and help the environment.]]> 2021-04-27 13:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1464191050 cgbarnes https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1464204288 Main arguments
-The average temperature is rapidly increasing every year and by 2080 will be up by about 8 degrees Fahrenheit
-Climate change will lead to severe weather swings, with no rain during the summer, and flooding during the winter
-These frequent weather swings will lead to confusion for animals, specifically birds who migrate, and will cause them extreme pain.

Assess-  This is a useful source, it is the BBC which is well known, and it is very unbiased.

Reflect- This article from the BBC is very good because it shows some of the negatives that will result from climate change.  Animal extinction can sometimes pull at the heart strings of many people, especially if some of those animals are cute.  Also many people don't want to deal with constant changing weather.]]> 2021-04-27 13:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1464204288 cgbarnes https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1487711773 Main points
-Thunberg is urging congress members to make laws which will end fossil fuel subsidies
-Claims that while older generations no longer care, the younger generations will keep fighting, and one day policy makers will have to explain why they did nothing
-Greta noted that it's especially important for the U.S to start action because they are the biggest factor to climate change in history.

Assess- This is a useful source, as this time it does not explain the effects, but it shows how some people want to stand up to the apathy of people in powerful positions who do nothing to end the crisis of climate change.  The information is reliable because it is a center website, and it includes direct quotes from Greta Thunberg, a formidable climate change activist from Sweden.  This source is objective.

Reflect- This source is does fit my research and helps prove my point, because a major influence is now calling out the United States policy makers. She claims that they are doing nothing to solve the problem, and will regret it one day. This source just shows that many people, especially people of power, are indifferent to the issue of climate change, so apathetic to the point that people have begun to call them out on it.]]> 2021-05-04 00:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1487711773 cgbarnes https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1487754507 Main points
-Due to human caused climate change 328 billion tons of melted ice turns to ocean each year and glaciers in Alaska are retreating 115 feet each year.
-What was once thought to be permanent, unmeltalbe ice, is now actually melting.
-melting glaciers will cause many consequence, such as rise in sea levels, and drought in places that rely on melted ice for future decades.

Assess- USA Today is not a biased source, and it was a good article to show a different effect of climate change, this time on ice and water instead of wildlife.  

Reflect- This source fits into my research because it shows yet another issue that will arise from climate change other than wildlife issues. This article, added on to the others, will help convince people to start caring.]]> 2021-05-04 01:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1487754507 cgbarnes https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1487984332 If people continue to deny that climate change is an issue, then we will be doomed. Temperatures will rise, oceans will rise, wildlife will fall. Eventually it will get to the point that the damage is irreversible, and that point is a lot closer than people think. The biggest solution that was brought up was when Greta Thunberg wanted to push to end fossil fuel consumption. Even though this topic has been brought up for decades, nothing has really been done to change the way we view fossil fuels. I think the best we thing we can due is to eliminate fossil fuel usage, and go strictly to electric cars and other things that burn fuel.]]> 2021-05-04 02:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cgbarnes/pi9q6dk7lk4gnmei/wish/1487984332