Oral presentation- Ana Carolina and Tatiana (6 to 10 minutes)

Hello class! This is our cartoon and today we are going to talk about it and his meaning. Here
we can see without any doubts a sad polar bear with a melting earth ice cream.

So, we think that it is extremely obvious that the theme implicit in this very simple cartoon is
global warming. The polar bear is a figure that represents the poles and the ice. In the cartoon
he is sad because his ice cream is melting, but we can assume that all of this is a metaphor
for how global warming is melting the earth's ice, that is the polar bear's home.
Global warming is a topic that is commonly discussed because of its enormous impacts since
the degradation of many species of animals and plants, until our own living quality on this
planet.

This term is normally said as a synonym of climate change, but while global warming stands
for the progessive increase of the earth’s temperature, climate change is a much more
abrangent expression that embraces not only rising average temperatures but also extreme
weather events, shifting wildlife populations and habitats, rising seas, and a range of other
impacts.

All of those changes are emerging as humans continue to add heat-trapping greenhouse
gases to the atmosphere, changing the rhythms of climate that all living things have come to
rely on.
What this cartoon is trying to do, in our opinion, is to make us understand straightforwardly
the impact this serious issue that is global warming has on earth, and how climate change
has become a gigantic problem that all of us should be trying to fight.

Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, cloud forests are dying, and wildlife is scrambling to
keep pace. It has become clear that humans have caused most of the past century's warming
by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Human activity isn't the only
factor that affects Earth's climate, of course. Volcanic eruptions and variations in solar
radiation from sunspots, solar wind, and the Earth's position relative to the sun also play a
role, however their effect lasts just a few years.

Humans, alone, have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by more than
a third since the Industrial Revolution. Changes that have historically taken thousands of
years are now happening over the course of decades. The rapid rise in greenhouse gases is a
problem because it’s changing the climate faster than some living things can adapt to. Also, a
new and more unpredictable climate poses unique challenges to all life. Besides that the
continuous melt of the earth’s ice is increasing the sea level which makes the weather become
more extreme.

Sadly even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, global warming would
continue to happen for at least several more decades, if not centuries. That’s
because it takes a while for the planet to respond, and because carbon dioxide
lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. So, there is a time lag between
what we do and when we feel it.

But it may not be too late to avoid or limit some of the worst effects of climate
change. Responding to climate change will involve reducing the flow of greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere and learning to live with, and adapt to, the climate
change that has already been set in motion. All of us can help our planet with little
things like not using sprays or not wasting water, every single act counts.

We decided to choose this cartoon because, as we have said before, it is a very discussed
topic nowadays, and besides that everyone should know the global warming effects and how
all of us can little by little try to slow down this problem we have created.
This was our oral presentation, thank you.