Mike Pearl Climate Change

A harsh cold reality on climate change is exposed to an unbelieving world in Mike Pearl’s “Phoenix will be almost unlivable by 2050, thanks to climate change” article. Mike pearl is a journalist for Vice Magazine in 2017, a rocky year after the election of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, in a less than stable political climate. As well as a less than stable living climate. According to Mike Pearl, temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona, may be unlivable by 2050 due to climate change. His article is more than effective, as it’s extremely terrifying as he stresses the importance of what this will mean with pathos, logos and ethos. Pearl first sets the stage by using his most sizable rhetoric for this essay, Logos, as anything to do with

If one doesn’t know, ² The Colorado River expands southwest and supplies water to southwest states like Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and even extends toward Mexico. Which means that states that already face drought could expect to see extreme drought in 2050 if the rate of climate change continues, an emotional though for someone who could be affected by drought. Pearl also quotes Arizona state university Climatologist, David Hondula when he talks about other factors such as "social service programs, homeless shelters, the opioid epidemic, [and] all these other intermediating factors," (Hondula) of the deaths by stating, “If we’re not paying attention to those at the same time we’re keeping an eye on the thermometers, we might really miss some drivers and some threat magnifiers.” (Hondula) This use of pathos can cause the reader to stop and think by playing on some of their underlying fears of climate change. Finally, Pearl uses ethos by using credible sources to strengthen the appeal of the article. Multiple times Pearl uses facts/statistics from many sources, much like Eric Holthaus who stated that, “Phoenix 's summer weather will be on average 3 to five degrees hotter by 2050.” (Holthaus) when talking to mike. Pearl also uses sources such as, ³ “The average number of 100 degree days will have skyrocketed by almost 40, to 132…” as a way to show credibility. With sources such as these, it’s hard to argue