Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was
the most important voice of the American civil rights movement, which worked for
equal rights for all. He was famous for using nonviolent resistance to overcome
injustice, and he never got tired of trying to end segregation laws (laws that
prevented blacks from entering certain places, such as restaurants, hotels, and
public schools). He also did all he could to make people realize that "all
men are created equal."
Dr.
King’s concept of “somebodiness,” which symbolized the celebration of
human worth and the conquest of subjugation, gave black and poor people hope and
a sense of dignity. His philosophy of nonviolent direct action, and his
strategies for rational and non-destructive social change, galvanized the
conscience of this nation and reordered its priorities. His wisdom, his words,
his actions, his commitment, and his dream for a new way of life are intertwined
with the American experience.
Global
warming and Climate Change
Climate is the
temperature, humidity, precipitation, winds, radiation, and other meteorological
conditions characteristic of a locality or region over an extended period of
time.
Climate change is
any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given
region experiences. Average weather may include average temperature,
precipitation and wind patterns .
The term Global Warming refers to
the observation that the atmosphere near the Earth's surface is warming. This
warming is one of many kinds of climate change that the Earth has gone through
in the past and will continue to go through in the future. It is reasonable to
expect that the Earth should warm as the amount of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere increases. It is known for certain that atmospheric concentrations of
greenhouse gases are rising dramatically due to human activity. It is less well
known exactly how the increases in these greenhouse gases factor in the observed
changes of the Earth's climate and global temperatures
Human beings can contribute to global warming and climate change by polluting and
cutting down rainforests, but humans can not control the climate or change it.
The climate system and the Planet Earth is very complex and has many variables
and components. Human beings do not control all the variables and components .
Any
organization or person that is saying things like "we can solve the
climate crisis" or "we can stop global warming" are making
statements that are just "Advertising Slogans" impossible to accomplish.
To actually
"stop global warming" or "solve the climate crisis" human
beings would have the ability to control the following to name a few:
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The Sun
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Volcanic
Activity
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The Weather
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The Atmosphere
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All Human
Activities
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The Oceans
No matter how
aggressively heat-trapping emissions are reduced, some amount of climate change
and resulting impacts will continue. Consequently, there is a need for
adaptation and mitigation.
“Adaptation”
–
improving our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts or taking advantage
of newly favorable conditions
Mitigation is
defined as -to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or
pain; moderate- to make less severe. At best human beings can slightly modify
climate change.
“Mitigation”
–
reducing the amount of climate change, for example, by reducing heat-trapping
emissions or increasing their removal from the atmosphere
We should try
to be the best protectors of the planet as much as we are capable and
adapt to and prepare for the changes in the Earth's Climate that are
inevitable.
Our
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