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Where Did The Glaciers Go Research Paper

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Nicholas Teschler
Mr. Jones
English Language Arts 3-4
10 November 2015
Where Did The Glaciers Go? Ever wonder why glaciers are disappearing? People constantly debate why the Earth's temperature is changing. Some think global warming is a hoax, but others think the planet is gradually warming. Scientists theorize that that carbon dioxide, gases, agriculture, technology and human activities are the reason for the sources of the global warming. On the other hand, the non-believers feel that a less than one degree increase over the past 100 years does not merit the global warming term. The constant debates between if the climate change is real or not, makes this a perfect conspiracy theory. In this essay you will encounter different …show more content…

“Eight years on, and the Earth is still warming” (NASA 2014). This is just adding fuel to the fire for the argument of the conspiracy theory. Douglas writes “Some believe global warming is scam manufactured by those who have something to make out of it”. The believers in the conspiracy theory feel that the scientists that report on global warming have a hidden agenda and stand to profit in some way. Some of the reasons that people can profit from the theory of global warming is for research funding, political funding, green scams or nuclear energy. If there was something to make from it, then people will do …show more content…

The three percent that still don't agree is still enough to make a conspiracy theory. But, as a whole population, 37 percent of Americans believe that global warming is a hoax. All of these debates makes fertile ground for a conspiracy theory. Most scientists may believe that global warming in real but of the whole american population 37 percent don't think so. “When something big happens and people want answers they turn to cover ups and other non reliable resources.” (Douglas 2). Reasons stated like the ones Douglas stated are another big cause for conspiracy theories. An example would be the moon landing. As soon as we “landed” on the moon a bunch of conspiracy theories came about. Some people said the Moon landing was fake which lead others to believe that maybe we did not actually land on the moon. Same thing has happened with global warming. It may have just started out as a cover up or a non reliable

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