September 26, 2009, the date when typhoon Ondoy devastated Metro Manila. Saturday morning, everybody thought that it’s just a gloomy morning. But when the hard rain started to fall endlessly the flood continue to rise. And few hours passed, some of the towns were submerged from the flood. Some of my classmates were stranded for 24 hours because some of the roads are in-accessible because of the flood. Ondoy brought the worst rainfall to Metro Manila among recorded typhoons since the start of rainfall record keeping, according to PAGASA, producing only moderate winds but hours of extremely heavy rain. President Gloria Arroyo declared a "state of calamity" encompassing most of Luzon after at least 86 people were initially reported dead in landslides and other incidents. Flood water levels reached a record 20 feet in rural areas. As of October 24, 2009, at least 464 deaths in the Philippines were officially reported from the typhoon. This tragic incident is one of the results of Global Warming.
Global warming/ climate change is the heating of earth because of the trap greenhouse gasses. Increasing of the temperature is associated. Green house gasses that traps on earth is the main cause of this problem. Because of the anthropologic activities regarding too much emission of carbon dioxide, earth’s temperature continues to rise. Effects are now being exhibited. 1.) The melting of polar caps in North and South Pole. 2.) The rising of sea level that some of the island sank. 3.) Increase of the magnitude and force of the typhoons. Those three effects are only some of the results that global warming offers.
This issue is not just a consumerist idea but rather a fact. Many scientists confirmed that this event is happening in our planet. Not only had the scientists concluded that this is real but also the signs/ effects are now being experienced. Also some of the international organization launched treaties regarding global warming. The famous treaty is the Kyoto Protocol in which the first world country must reduce the emission of their carbon dioxide. But sad to say one of the most industrialized countries is not appealing to the said treaty because they don’t want to reduce their production.
On the other side, some of the scientists concluded that this event is just cycle of our planet and normal. They said that the condition of earth will go back of time of ice age.
Scientists identified some solutions for the prevention of global warming. This is the usage of renewable energy. This energy does not emit carbon dioxide because of its natural property.
In the seminar of Al Gore held here in the Philippines he said this statement. “An asteroid didn’t hit the earth, we did”! This Al Gore’s statement is very precise and real. When we heard it, we’re very afraid for the cause that might we experience. But we didn’t realize that little by little the human race is destroying mother earth.
People now must be aware on this serious situation because we’re now experiencing the consequences of our irresponsible act towards Mother Nature.
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