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Date Submitted: 06/04/2012 07:03 PM
Global Warming
Abstract
At the current state of the science, the fact that global climate change is occurring is undeniable and the only question that remains is to what extent humans will be affected and in what ways we can mitigate damages. Island countries such as New Zealand need to pay particularly close attention to predictions of rising sea levels and often severe changes in weather patterns. With predictions of these rising sea levels and increasing storm surges impacting the west coast and decreasing participation impacting the east coast, the problems facing New Zealand are rather clear and also warrant immediate action to ensure the stability of New Zealand's economy and society even in the face of these formidable challenges. It is because of this inevitability of change that New Zealand must prepare itself in ways ranging from monitoring new coastal building regulations to strengthening irrigation infrastructures. As a final note, more attention should be spent studying often dramatic methods of reversing some of the greatest impacts of global warming. (167 words)
1.0 Introduction
Global warming is not only a hot topic in the news but is also one of the most significant and serious issues facing the world today (Spencer, 2005). Internationally, damages attributable to global warming are being reported and scientists are continuing to study and report about the extent of global impacts. Recent studies estimate that New Zealand will experience major changes to the coastline and impacts to agriculture that have the potential to seriously impact the local economy. Therefore this report aims to identify the threat that global warming poses to New Zealand and offer recommendations to mitigate the extent of potential losses. (103 words)
2.0 Literature review
Chris Spence (2005) defines global warming as the phenomenon of long term ascending of the surface temperature of the earth and the mean temperature of sea. In...