Introduction
In recent decades, the inhabitants of the Earth have been anxiously listening to scientific discussions in which researchers identify what to expect from the climate and weather. We are talking about global warming, a long-term increase in the average temperature on the planet’s surface. Climate change is a long-term, imperceptible, and gradual phenomenon that has little impact on daily life.
However, the media is alarmed that the irreversible consequences of these changes are already visible. Global warming is a contemporary subject that every major publication has addressed. The analysis of a primary scientific source and several secondary sources with subsequent revisions allows us to assess the scale of the global warming problem and create our perspective on this problem.
Resource Evaluation
The first secondary source is the article «Threats of global warming to the world’s freshwater fishes,» published by Barbarossa et al. in the «Nature Communications» journal in 2021. Global biodiversity is seriously threatened by climate change, yet freshwater fish have received little attention in studies of the phenomenon (Barbarossa et al., 2021). Therefore, the article evaluates the hazards riverine fish species pose by future flow and water temperature extremes.
The next source is the article «Global Warming: A Complex Situation» by Letcher, published in the « Climate Change» journal in 2021. Through an analysis of the available data, the study tried to find out how urgent climate change and global warming are. The available literature is examined using the document analysis technique (Letcher, 2021). It investigates the ways in which the sea level, sea surface temperature, borehole temperature, and global surface temperature are rising with time.
The third source is the article «Temperature Increases and its Effects on Fish Stress Physiology in the Context of Global Warming,» by Sébastien et al., which was published in the «Journal of Fish Biology » journal in 2021. They use several research studies that explain how temperature rise affects stress physiology under well-controlled laboratory settings, giving us an idea of what to expect in natural settings (Sébastien et al., 2021). The study investigates the effects of persistent temperature rises and an increase in the frequency of extreme heatwave occurrences on animal populations worldwide.
The fourth source is the article «Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels,» authored by Tebaldi et al. and published in the Nature Climate Change journal in 2021. Risk and hazard projections are increasingly expressed in terms of global warming levels as opposed to emission scenarios (Tebaldi et al., 2021). The paper’s authors employ a multimethod approach to explain how variations in mean sea level connected to a broad spectrum of global warming levels induce variations in extreme sea levels.
The fifth source is the article «Recent frontiers of climate changes in East Asia at global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C» by You et al., which was found in the «Climate and Atmospheric Science» journal in 2022. Significant climatic changes are currently occurring in East Asia, and these changes will probably worsen (You et al., 2022). Characterizing the climate control mechanisms and the East Asian climate system’s response at 1.5 and 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, henceforth referred to as GW1.5 and GW2, is crucial (You et al., 2022). This paper examines recent research at GW1.5 and GW2 on climate change in East Asia.
The primary source used in this work is the article «Global Warming, Climate Change, and Environmental Pollution: Recipe for a Multifactorial Stress Combination Disaster,» published by Zandalinas et al. in the «Trends in Plant Science» journal in 2021. It is primary since all the previous ones are considered highly specialized areas: only flora or fauna or one specific continent, whereas this one is universal (Zandalinas et al., 2021). It explores several factors of a different nature arising from global warming, summarizing and summarizing the information published in five secondary sources.
My Perspective on the Topic
My perspective is that warming, even by a few degrees, is significant. Now, the average temperature on the planet is about 15 degrees above zero (Sébastien et al., 2021). During the Ice Age, the average temperature was only four degrees lower (Barbarossa et al., 2021). Scientists believe that if the temperature on the planet rises on average within two degrees, «life will not change much» (Zandalinas et al., 2021, p. 593).
However, if the Earth warms up, it can cause changes that «humanity will not be ready for» (Letcher, 2021, p. 8). Droughts and floods show that reducing the degree of warming by at least a tenth will save millions of lives (You et al., 2022). Huge areas will be protected from destruction, and many species of plants and animals will be protected from extinction.
Difference of Editing & Revision
Editing is aimed at editing grammatical and spelling errors. Reserves or inaccurately transferred numerical data are corrected during editing, and missing punctuation marks are placed. During the revision, not only the design and the outer part of the paper are changed, but also its content. The revision evaluates how meaningful the thesis was and how much it was disclosed in the paper. The meaning of whole paragraphs may be changed if their meaning does not satisfy the author.
Impact of Peer Perspective
Peer perspective impacts peer revision and the author’s writing. It helps to form one’s own opinion on a question on which the author of the paper does not have a clear opinion due to insufficient data. Statistical data, observations, and theory are provided, on the basis of which one can choose one’s perspective on a particular issue. One can focus on this date both when writing a paper and when revising it.
Importance of Revision
A revision is considered to be an integral part of writing because it allows one to assess how convincing the text is and bring it closer to logical formation. For example, during the revision, one may notice value judgments, replacing them with facts, such as reliable statistics or personal experience. In addition, one can add examples, thus explaining complex things that were not fully disclosed before the revision. This process helps to get rid of abstract judgments and convey one’s thoughts as accurately as possible.
Conclusion
Thus, global warming is indeed a serious problem, and therefore, it is widely covered in the media. My perspective on this issue was formed during a thorough study of the sources. Further, during the revision process, I made sure that I had conveyed my thoughts correctly. Thus, in the course of this paper, valuable experience was gained in working with scholarly sources and competently conveying one’s own formed opinion.
References
Barbarossa, V., Bosmans, J., Wanders, N., King, H., Bierkens, M. F., Huijbregts, M. A., & Schipper, A. M. (2021). Threats of global warming to the world’s freshwater fishes. Nature Communications, 12(1701), 4-8. Web.
Letcher, T. M. (2021). Global warming: A complex situation. Climate Change, 3(10), 3-17. Web.
Sébastien, A., Manuel, G., & Bastien, S. (2021). Temperature increases and its effects on fish stress physiology in the context of global warming. Journal of Fish Biology, 98(6), 1496-1508. Web.
Tebaldi, C., Ranasinghe, R., Vousdoukas, M., Rasmussen, D. J., Vega-Westhoff, B., Kirezci, E., Kopp, R. E., Sriver, R., & Mentaschi, L. (2021). Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels. Nature Climate Change, 11, 746-751. Web.
You, Q., Jiang, Z., Yue, X., Guo, W., Liu, Y., Cao, J., Li, W., Wu, F., Cai, Z., Zhu, H., Li, T., Liu, Z., He, J., Chen, D., Pepin, N., & Zhai, P. (2022). Recent frontiers of climate changes in East Asia at global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C. Climate and Atmospheric Science, 5(80), 1384-1395. Web.
Zandalinas, S. I., Fritschi, F. B., & Mittler, R. (2021). Global warming, climate change, and environmental pollution: Recipe for a multifactorial stress combination disaster. Trends in Plant Science, 26(6), 588-599. Web.