Leading Causes of Global Climate Change
Choose a topic you are interested in. This should be your Research Paper topic. *I strongly recommend that you make your life easier by choosing at least some articles relating to your research topic.
- Find 4 different types of sources (e.g. textbook, online article, webpage, news article, etc ...)
- Find sources with different numbers of authors (i.e. some with a single author, others with multiple authors)
- Describe their main arguments briefly:
- What is their research question or focus?
- What are their main arguments?
- What are their conclusions?
- How are their arguments or approaches to the topic the same? How are they different?
- Can be opposite views
- Can be that they see different things as important
- Can be that they use different data or a different way of presenting their ideas (e.g. lots of facts & figures vs more of a story approach)
- The paper must include the following:
- Cover page (see sample in Nexus)
- Page numbers
- In-text citations (to support your claims)
- at least 2 direct quotes (in quotation marks and cited)
- at least 2 paraphrased quotes (no quotation marks, but cited)
- 1 long (block) quote (40 words or more - indented, no quotation marks, but cited)
- 2 types of headings (e.g. Main title (H1) and H2 at a minimum)
- References page:
- Correctly titled
- Formatted as per APA 7th edition
- hanging indent
- double-spaced lines
- 12-point, Times New Roman font
- Reference entry formatted based on type of source (e.g. journal, book, webpage, etc ...)
Style: Paragraph form, APA-style
Leading Causes of Global Climate Change
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The Main Arguments
The article by Röck et al. (2020) is centered on investigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the life cycle of buildings. The research inquiry delves into the factors contributing to these emissions, notably the transition from operational to embodied GHG emissions. The study underscores the growing prominence of embodied emissions and advocates for immediate reductions in operational and embodied impacts to align with global GHG reduction objectives. "Buildings life cycle GHG emissions are reducing due to energy efficiency improvements" (Röck et al., 2020). Furthermore, it emphasizes the necessity for enhanced transparency and comparability in life cycle assessment (LCA) studies pertaining to buildings.
The United Nations (2020) provides an in-depth exploration of the origins and outcomes of climate change, and they predominantly focus on human activities, including industrialization and urbanization. The contribution of fossil fuels and the emission of greenhouse gases has hastened global warming and climate change. An analysis of climate change's adverse consequences on meteorological patterns, ecological systems, and human well-being is presented, particularly within underserved communities. "Changes in the climate and increases in extreme weather events are among the reasons behind a global rise in hunger and poor nutrition" (United Nations, 2020). The article strongly advocates for a paradigm shift towards