National Parks Research Paper

“Crowded landfills, polluted water, and poor air quality are just a few of the environmental problems that affect both industrial and developing nations” (Anonymous 1). One of the most important topics in today’s world is the issue of global warming and how it is affecting national parks across the United States. Changes need to be made to preserve the United States’ natural beauty. As the atmosphere grows hotter, the consequences get worse. Natural processes that continue to make the world spin, continue to create and destroy greenhouse gases in the air. Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons, and Sulfur Hexafluoride are gases released during industrial processes, such as aluminum production and electrical transmission. These gases have thousands …show more content…
While the atmosphere grows hotter and full of pollution, the temperatures across the nation become hotter and it affects the precipitation rate. These effects threaten the wildlife and plants of the parks across the nation. "Climate change driven by human pollution now represents the gravest threat ever to our national parks," said reporter Stephen Saunders, president of the Louisville, Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. Saunders also went off to say later on in the report that there is “far too much evidence that we’re in danger of polluting our parks to death,” Those comments connect widely to the pollution problem and without an end in sight anytime soon, reporter Stephen Saunders may be …show more content…
Some of the Parks in danger include, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southeast. The problem there is air pollution. Next is Biscayne National Park in Florida. Their problem is that there is less precipitation, leaving the earth dry, making it impossible to have water in the Everglades. Then there is the Glacier National Park in Montana. The climate change has melted glaciers and now fire severity has grown. Lastly is the Lake Clark National Park in Alaska. Big companies from Canada and the United States want to prospect the rich earth for gold and uranium. The problems for all these parks grow larger every day. Many think that it’s just these few parks but there are many more and too many to count. Reformers who want change to save these parks and the wildlife that comes with them, lose their voices because Washington doesn’t want to listen. What will happen if wildlife becomes endangered? What will happen if the earth burns down? What will happen if all natural resources are

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