Global Warming

The following are powerful images that successful communicate the threat of global warming.

This is a picture comparing a coast in 1999 and 2004.  Global warming has caused severe storms and sea levels to rise and the result has been dramatic coastal erosion.  I like this picture because the change is clearly obvious when the two pictures are placed next to each other.  This is strong evidence for those that believe global warming won’t begin to affect the earth for centuries.

   This second image shows the increase in the earth’s average temperatures.  It’s scary to see how much temperatures have jumped in recent years.  Most of this jump in temperature can be blamed on the significant increase in CO2 in the atmosphere.  This is a good piece of risk communication because it is easy to understand and effectively shows how temperature have increased dramatically in recent years, which also emphasizes that we need to act now to stop temperatures from increasing even further in the future.

This third image was taken in Africa and shows a dead zebra who died from starvation.  This picture displays how wildlife is being impacted by global warming.  Global warming has caused devastating droughts and poor countries like Africa have suffered most from them.  In my issue analysis I mention some of the animals that are becoming exstinct and this is a good example of exactly how these animals are dying.  I believe if my audience sees how these animals are dying they will feel more obligated to work to stop global warming.