Wikibooks: Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2018-19/Truth and the Environment

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Issues_in_Interdisciplinarity_2018-19/Truth_and_the_Environment

Is there such a thing as a universal and fixed truth? People s different opinions and values shape their understanding of what they believe to be the truth. But if everyone claims with certainty that their truth is absolute who is right? Today the is a polarising subject as people s contradictory views of the truth generate heated discussions. People have different truths and understandings of the world. Some people perceive climate change as a real issue which is a man made disaster of global scale. Our greatest threat in thousands of years Matt McGraph. BBC. Sir David Attenborough Climate Change our greatest threat . Available from http //www.bbc.co.uk/news/science environment 46398057 [Accessed December 1st 2018] . They are worried about the planet claiming that mass extinction will occur that resources will not be able to cope with our needs that we are experiencing global warming as ice caps are melting in the coldest parts of the world and temperatures are booming. Scientific evidence appears to prove the accuracy of these claims but do we know for a fact that it is true? = The Facts = When looking at the facts we see that the average temperature on the earth s surface has risen by 0.9 degrees Celsius since the 19th Century and most of this increase has resulted from carbon dioxide emissions along with other greenhouse gases. NOAA National Centres for Environmental Information. Global Climate Change Indicators . Available from https //www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring references/faq/indicators.php [Accessed 5th December 2018] Oceans have also experienced a substantial increase in temperature leading to the shrinkage of ice sheets at the poles and decreased snow cover which has resulted in a rise of sea levels NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ramp Up In Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Sea Level Rise . June 13 2018. Available from https //www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7159 [Accessed December 4th 2018] the alteration of the ocean s pH balance and an increase in its acidity by 30%. Intergovernmental Panel on ...