“Scientific Consensus: Earth’s Climate Is Warming.” NASA, NASA, 5 Aug. 2022, https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/. accessed Oct.31.2023

Summery: 

The Earth has shown significant global warming since the 1980s. The last data drawn was in 2022. In addition, 2016 and 2020 are one of the warmest years since 1880. After gathering research from peer review studies, it is proven that human activity such as using fossil fuels directly causes the temperature to rise and its ocean basins. Under these circumstances, the Earth’s climate is impacted.

Analysis:

The Congress did almost nothing to help with the situation as the temperature continues to rise.If no actions are taken or if this is not taken seriously, we will suffer from high temperatures. The only law that passed to help with air pollution was the Clean Air Act passed in the 1970s. Even though new changes were made in 2022, such as adding more restrictions, it was not enough. If nothing is done to stop this trend, it is clear that severe consequences will take place affecting the life quality of future generations even when the current Congress members decline. 

Citation: 

“It’s important to remember that scientists always focus on the evidence, not on opinions. Scientific evidence continues to show that human activities (primarily the human burning of fossil fuels) have warmed Earth’s surface and its ocean basins, which in turn have continued to impact Earth’s climate.”