Jenna Schwabe

Professor Kretzer

English Composition 2

7 March 2019

Annotated Bibliography

My essay will explore how global warming effects animals, us ,and the consequences in

the future. I want to know how quickly our earth is deteriorating and how our style of living will

change because of that. I would also like to explore if our favorite animals will adapt or go

extinct. If they do become extinct, how soon? Is it too late to decrease the rate at which the earth

is deteriorating? How quickly should we take action?

Bump, Philip. “The New Divide in the Climate Change Fight: Immediately vs. Eventually.” The

Washington Post, WP Company, 25 Feb. 2019,

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/25/new-divide-climate-change-fight-immedia

tely-vs-eventually/?utm_term=.2ecde92c8b14. Accessed on 26 Feb 2019.

Philip Bump, a national correspondent for The Washington Post, writes that our

lawmakers are not taking action to the climate problem that is elevating quickly. A group of

students asked Senator Dianne Feinstein to support the Green New Deal, but she declined to take

apart in any of it. The article explores a little bit about the political fight over whether people

believe the earth is warming and those who deny that human activity caused it. Later on the

article shifts and explores the pace at which we should respond to climate change.

The writer’s purpose was to raise awareness about how quickly we should attack this

problem. I think this article is aimed towards the politicians in the government now. There are
charts with citation included in the article along with links to their evidence. This article would

be placed in my essay where I address if it is too late to change the pace of action.

“Climate Change Causes: A Blanket around the Earth.” NASA, NASA, 5 Feb. 2019,

climate.nasa.gov/causes/. Accessed 26 Feb 2019.

This article by NASA states the facts sand science behind why the earth is warming.

They break down the gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect and what role they play.

Reading deeper into the article, they touch base on how human activity has played a part in this

crisis. Our industrial activity has raised the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Towards the

end of the article, they state that human activity is not the only contributor. Solar irradiance is the

sun’s energy output which also plays a character in global warming.

The intended purpose of this article was to inform the general public about what is really

causing the earth to decay like this. I would put this in my essay where I explain what exactly is

causing such an enormous event. I can easily tell this source is credible because they include a

reference page at the bottom of the article as well as links to reports they used to back up their

evidence.

Lane, Jan-Erik. “Global Warming: preventing irreversibility.” Ebscohost, Sept. 2018

https://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=ea8c311f-1727-4d87-81f4-eea2c

f816642%40sdc-v-

sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=132932692

&db=fsr. Accessed on 26 Feb 2019.

Jan-Erik Lane explains in this publication that the UNFCCC, United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change, aims to decrease the carbon dioxide being put into the
atmosphere. Many people have remarked that global warming is becoming irreversible and could

cause human extinction. This piece explains a theory that the earth would warm up around 5

degrees each year, but that theory did not get attention until around 1989. Reading more and

more, the article lists many dangers of climate change. Lane includes charts and statistics about

ways we could change how we live to benefit the earth in the long run.

This piece is bringing to our attention how dangerous the impact of global warming can

be. It is calling out to people by showing charts and providing statistics to use different sources

of energy. This piece is very reliable because they cite many references and have the charts cited.

Lane also refers to many scientists work. I would use the information provided to explain the

affects global warming has on us.

Leonard, Lou. “Effects of Climate Change.” WWF, World Wildlife Fund, 2018,

www.worldwildlife.org/threats/effects-of-climate-change.

Lou Lenard is senior vice president of World Wildlife and taught climate change and

energy around the country. His article includes causes of global warming like burning of fossil

fuels and human contribution. He explores the effects of global warming on coral reefs,

elephants, dolphins, and more. Leonard goes on to say what we can do to help stop progressing

the climate change.

This article is reliable because Leonardo has studied climate change and energy. Also

included towards the bottom of the article are the references and their links. I think this article

will help me appeal to people’s pathos because of all of the animals and environments affected. I

would use this information to explain the effects of global warming.

Letzter, Rafi. “Climate Change Could Make These Super-Common Clouds Extinct, Which
 Would Scorch the Planet.” LiveScience, Purch, 25 Feb. 2019,

www.livescience.com/64852-clouds-extinct-climate-change.html. Accessed 27 Feb 2019

Letzter, a senior journalist for Live Science, writes how one of the most important cloud

could go extinct because of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The cloud Letzter is referring

to is the stratocumulus cloud. Although that type of cloud is complicated and fast changing, they

are very important. He goes on to explain that if the carbon dioxide levels reach 1,200 ppm then

the cloud starts to break up. Once those clouds are gone, they are less likely to reappear even if

the CO2 levels drop.

This article is reliable because they use references that are cited at the bottom of the page

and they also include cited pictures and videos. I think Letzter is trying to inform and reach out

to the general public. He is trying to convey that our actions have consequences that we have to

pay for later on. I would use the information in this article to help explain what our actions are

doing to the environment.

Pappas, Stephanie. “What Is Global Warming?” LiveScience, Purch, 10 Aug. 2017,

www.livescience.com/37003-global-warming.html. Accessed 26 Feb 2019.

Pappas is a writer for Live Science with a certificate in science communications. In this

article, Pappas opens up with what exactly global warming is. As you read deeper, she goes in

detail about how and why the earth is heating up. She mentions that since the beginning of the

industrial revolution humans have been changing the balance of gasses in the air. Later on she

goes in detail about how the ice caps are melting, ocean disruptions, and extreme weather.

I find this article very reliable. Pappas has a graduate certificate from the University of

California. She also lists an abundance of references and cited her videos and pictures. I feel like
she is trying to reach the general public to inform us and make us aware of what our earth is

going through. Out of all the articles, this is the one I find the most credible.

Wang , Lin. “Revisiting the Northern Mode of East Asian Winter Monsoon Variation and Its

Response to Global Warming.” Ebscohost, Nov. 2018,

eds-a-ebscohost-com.sinclair.ohionet.org/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=8b00cf54-c8f1-42

1f-9021-a27d14419af7%40sessionmgr102&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3D#A

N=132258111&db=eih. Accessed on 26 Feb 2019.

Wang writes about the East Asian winter monsoon. This winter brings servere cold and

heavy snowfall all over the East Asian region. Wang goes on to study how this winter is being

affected by global warming. They found that this winter is tightly coupled with sea level

pressure. The article is scattered with charts and predicts of what this winter is East Asia is going

to look like. The article is broken up into sections like what the results of global warming can do

and also data and methods to back up their claims.

I found this very article very interesting. It gives us another perspective on global

warming by showing its affects outside of the United States. I find this source very credible

because they include pages and pages of references and various charts. I would use this in my

essay to help describe the effects of global warming. This article will help me establish different

perspectives to this issue.