Climate Change Due to Global Warming and Its Effect in Metro Manila
CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING
AND ITS EFFECT IN METRO MANILA
A Research Paper Presented to
Prof. Edna P. Cortez
Mapua Institute of Technology
In partial fulfilment
Of the requirements in
English for Academic Purposes 2
(ENG11)
by:
Norman P. Laña
Patrick Henry R. Espiritu
Arjel Job C. Francisco
Carlo Angelo Hina
December 2009
I. Introduction 3 1. Global Warming due to Greenhouse gases makes Metro Manila’s climate uncomfortable to live in II. Body 7 2.1 The beginning of Climate Change is inevitable. 2.1.1 Global warming has begun thousands of years ago, according to globalwarmingarchieve.com/Histroy; in fact the first theory of global warming just came to us on the year 1824. Several scientists estimated that 15,000 and 30,000 years ago the Earth was covered by large sheets of ice and these years were believed to be “Ice Age”. The Earths’ temperature began to rise 7,000 years ago, the Ice Age came to and end. 2.2 There are disasters due to Climate Change. 2.2.1 Large reductions in the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheets, accelerated global warming due to carbon cycle feedbacks in the terrestrial biosphere, and releases of terrestrial carbon from permafrost regions and methane from hydrates in coastal sediments are accelerating. The melting of ice sheets may open new paths for transportation but it may also cover a lot of small nations, which are the developing countries. 2.2.2 Global warming may bring other effects such as global cooling, melting of poles and abnormal natural phenomena. Any country can not develop if these problems are preventing the development.
2.3 There are effects of Climate Change in Metro Manila 2.3.1 Recently, a typhoon came in the Philippines known as typhoon Ondoy. It is a devastating typhoon leaving many dead people and destroyed many properties. 2.4 Here are ways to
AND ITS EFFECT IN METRO MANILA
A Research Paper Presented to
Prof. Edna P. Cortez
Mapua Institute of Technology
In partial fulfilment
Of the requirements in
English for Academic Purposes 2
(ENG11)
by:
Norman P. Laña
Patrick Henry R. Espiritu
Arjel Job C. Francisco
Carlo Angelo Hina
December 2009
I. Introduction 3 1. Global Warming due to Greenhouse gases makes Metro Manila’s climate uncomfortable to live in II. Body 7 2.1 The beginning of Climate Change is inevitable. 2.1.1 Global warming has begun thousands of years ago, according to globalwarmingarchieve.com/Histroy; in fact the first theory of global warming just came to us on the year 1824. Several scientists estimated that 15,000 and 30,000 years ago the Earth was covered by large sheets of ice and these years were believed to be “Ice Age”. The Earths’ temperature began to rise 7,000 years ago, the Ice Age came to and end. 2.2 There are disasters due to Climate Change. 2.2.1 Large reductions in the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheets, accelerated global warming due to carbon cycle feedbacks in the terrestrial biosphere, and releases of terrestrial carbon from permafrost regions and methane from hydrates in coastal sediments are accelerating. The melting of ice sheets may open new paths for transportation but it may also cover a lot of small nations, which are the developing countries. 2.2.2 Global warming may bring other effects such as global cooling, melting of poles and abnormal natural phenomena. Any country can not develop if these problems are preventing the development.
2.3 There are effects of Climate Change in Metro Manila 2.3.1 Recently, a typhoon came in the Philippines known as typhoon Ondoy. It is a devastating typhoon leaving many dead people and destroyed many properties. 2.4 Here are ways to
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