Global warming is an ongoing world-wide issue that is extremely controversial. Many scientists are debating whether it is a myth or a serious problem. However, I heard about Tuvalu islands from a friend of mine who is currently taking biology. By searching “Tuvalu islands” in Google, I was able to find one article from “SPIEGEL ONLINE international” which is a German website.
The title of the article, Islander without an island: What will become of Tuvalu’s climate refugees?, introduces to the main topic of the article: the disappearing Pacific nation of Tuvalu. Due to the drastic climate change, which is caused by Global warming, Tuvalu islanders are not only losing their physical territories but also in danger of losing their nationality. Since general articles are supposed to be objective, this article is more informative and expository than personally biased. Therefore, Anwen Roberts, author of this article, informs the legal problems that are rising due to the gradual loss of virtual territory in Tuvalu in serious and sincere tone. When the author is demonstrating the serious and urgent consequences of global warming by presenting the evidence from Tuvalu, it convinces the reader that the global warming is not a myth. (Examples excerpted from the article) “Environmentalists have long worried about the fate of this tiny Pacific state. Now, however, international legal experts have also taken up the topic of its imminent demise. A nation's “territorial integrity” is one of the paramount legal principles. It’s unprecedented, however, for a country to completely lose its territory without the use of military force.”
To effectively state the arguments and evidences to persuade the readers about the reality of global warming the article is well-structured with the straightforward and concise dictions. It has title and sub-title with the introductory paragraph which eventually leads to the main focus of the article. “Uninhabitable”, “stateless”, and “territorial integrity” are the words that support the main idea clearly.
Mainly the article is arguing that the global warming should be stopped immediately due to the negative consequences impacted unfairly on Tuvaluans. They are living in such a tiny country that does not even interrupt the environmental pollution. While all the carbon dioxide emission and other toxic gases, which affect the global warming, have been creating by other big industrialized countries, innocent Tuvalu islanders were getting disadvantages.
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,505819,00.html
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