TASK 2C: climate change -Six Degrees could change the world

Six degrees could change the world is about if the earth’s temperature increased by one degree, then what our world would be like.

In the video, scientists have established that the earth’s temperature have been risen about 0.7 degrees Celsius (1.2 degrees Fahrenheit) in the last century, it is the highest Earth’s temperature in recent history. A 2007 report by the Nobel Peace Prize – winning UN intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that the current earth’s temperature is highest in past 1,300 years, they also states that the temperature from deep sea have been also increased, and it is highest temperature in 1 million years.

According to the IPCC, Earth will warm up between 1.4 degrees Celsius and 5.8 degrees Celsius (roughly 2 degrees Fahrenheit to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. Six degrees may not sound like much, but it will dramatically change earth ecological environment, many species will be extincted, the sea level will be increased, and land area will be dramatically covered by sea. Based on the research, increasing 6 degrees would be enough to destroy much of life, and reshape our world.

There some real examples are happening around us: the snows of Kilimanjaro are melting away; massive boulders on the Matterhorn, snowbound for centuries, have begun to plunge in dramatic and dangerous rockfalls; and atoll nations of the Pacific are disappearing inch by inch under the waves.

The video wants tell us that the earth’s temperature is increasing; we have to be aware of the temperature rising. I think as humans who live on the mother earth, we should take the responsibility for our future; the good thing about this video is in order to show audience about the outcome of earth temperature increasing, if we don’t start the action now, the mother earth will turn into unprecedented disaster. I understand quite a lot of factories has already used new technology to reduced the carbon emission, but how about individuals; we should also start to find an alternative way to reduced CO2, and in order to protect our Earth.