Topic > Climate change: irreparable or potential damage to...

Some argue that large quantities of greenhouse gases have been produced, which trap heat in the atmosphere. It is already too late to save the planet as extreme weather conditions such as heat waves, extreme rainfall and droughts have already taken their toll currently. Furthermore, it is a fact that “extremely hot days in Australia are getting hotter, with the rate of very hot daytime temperatures (above 40°C) increasing since the 1990s.” (Healey, 2014) Furthermore, global warming accelerates the melting of ice. In the Arctic, ice cover in September 2007 is less than 80 percent of what it was in the 1970s, and winter ice extent is increasing by 4 percent every decade. (Henson and Clark, 2006) “When snow and ice melt, they become less reflective and retain more heat because the darker surface reflects less