GEN499 Week 3-A

The global societal issue I would consider researching further for my Week 5 Final Essay is the Global

Climate Change. I chose this topic because it sticks out to me and I feel that I need to research and learn

more about the topic. Climate change being a

ssociated with industrial development and increased

human activities on the natural environment, I feel this would be a fantastic topic to study.

Choosing only one topic was not easy because most of the topics appeared to be great and

attractive. In narrowing down to just one topic, I conducted a preliminary study the topics that appeared

great and landed on the global Climate Change because

it grabs more of my attention than the rest of

the topics given.

The first way to determine if a source is scholarly and credible is to check whether the author’s

name is published with the material and checking the author’s background to see if th

e credentials are

appropriate. The second way is to check whether the publisher is a scholarly, professional organization,

or an academic institution. The third way is to see the place of publication of the material. For instance,

books published by a Univ

ersity Press are scholarly (AnthroNice. n.d.).

My first article takes about the causes of global climate change. It outlines the three major causes

which include the greenhouse effect, reflectivity of the earth’s surface and atmosphere, and changes

in

the sun’s energy reaching the surface. All these variations are triggered by human activities.

Pasgaard, M., & Strange, N. (2013). A quantitative analysis of the causes of the global climate change

research distribution. Global Environmental Change, 2

3(6), 1684

-

1693.

My second article talks about the effects of global climate change on the ecosystem. It ascertains

that global climate change can have detrimental impacts on soil dynamics and vegetation.

Plante, A., & Conant, R. T. (2014). Soil O

rganic Matter Dynamics, Climate Change Effects. Global

Environmental Change, 317

-

323. doi:10.1007/978

-

94

-

007

-

5784

-

4_3

My essay is an argumentative one and therefore, it is essential to use scholarly sources to clearly

elaborate a two

-

sided story. T

his enables readers to make an intellectual opinion regarding the topic

instead of ready many articles to obtain information.

References

AnthroNice. (n.d.). How to critically analyze information sources (Links to an external

site.)Links to an externa

l site.. Retrieved from

http://anthroniche.com/media/pdfs/how_to_critically_analyze_information_sources.pdfLinks to an

external site.

The global societal issue I would consider researching further for my Week 5 Final Essay is the Global

Climate Change. I chose this topic because it sticks out to me and I feel that I need to research and learn

more about the topic. Climate change being associated with industrial development and increased

human activities on the natural environment, I feel this would be a fantastic topic to study.

Choosing only one topic was not easy because most of the topics appeared to be great and

attractive. In narrowing down to just one topic, I conducted a preliminary study the topics that appeared

great and landed on the global Climate Change because it grabs more of my attention than the rest of

the topics given.

The first way to determine if a source is scholarly and credible is to check whether the author’s

name is published with the material and checking the author’s background to see if the credentials are

appropriate. The second way is to check whether the publisher is a scholarly, professional organization,

or an academic institution. The third way is to see the place of publication of the material. For instance,

books published by a University Press are scholarly (AnthroNice. n.d.).

My first article takes about the causes of global climate change. It outlines the three major causes

which include the greenhouse effect, reflectivity of the earth’s surface and atmosphere, and changes in

the sun’s energy reaching the surface. All these variations are triggered by human activities.

Pasgaard, M., & Strange, N. (2013). A quantitative analysis of the causes of the global climate change

research distribution. Global Environmental Change, 23(6), 1684-1693.

My second article talks about the effects of global climate change on the ecosystem. It ascertains

that global climate change can have detrimental impacts on soil dynamics and vegetation.

Plante, A., & Conant, R. T. (2014). Soil Organic Matter Dynamics, Climate Change Effects. Global

Environmental Change, 317-323. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_3

My essay is an argumentative one and therefore, it is essential to use scholarly sources to clearly

elaborate a two-sided story. This enables readers to make an intellectual opinion regarding the topic

instead of ready many articles to obtain information.

References

AnthroNice. (n.d.). How to critically analyze information sources (Links to an external

site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from

http://anthroniche.com/media/pdfs/how_to_critically_analyze_information_sources.pdfLinks to an

external site.