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Articles could be written for a newspaper, magazine etc. The organization of the article depends on the topic, but all articles should have a good introduction and a good conclusion.
Example
You have studied about 'Global Warming' in your Geography class. You hear your parents talk about how it is getting warmer year after year. You decide to do some more research about 'Global Warming' and find that it is a real problem - a problem that the world has to tackle seriously. So you write an article about it for your school magazine. Write out this article. It could be organized in this way.
- Suitable, catchy title
- Introduction - What is Global Warming
- What is causing it
- Evidence to show that it is occurring
- What are its effects
- Conclusion
- Name of the writer
The natural 'Green-house Effect' is essential for life on earth. Various gases in the atmosphere like water vapour and carbon dioxide trap some of the outgoing radiation from the earth, retain the heat and keep the earth's temperature at levels where living things, including man, can survive. However, the problem of 'Global Warming' arises when the atmospheric concentration of the Green-house gases increase and drastic climatic changes occur.
This increase has occurred largely due to man's activities. Burning of wood and fossil fuels - oil, natural gas and coal - to power our industries and the ever-increasing number of vehicles, deforestation and releasing chlorofluoro carbons into the atmosphere through the use of aerosols, air conditioners, refrigerators etc. are some of the factors that have contributed to 'Global Warming'.
Average global temperature has increased by almost 1oF during the past hundred years. Some scientists have calculated that the global temperature may rise by 2 to 6oF in the next century. But, the entire scientific community was not convinced that global warming was occurring. However, the new data coming in is unsettling.
The latest evidence that the earth's climate is getting warmer comes not from theoretical models, but from birds, trees, flowers and glaciers. Scientists reported recently that Greenland's glaciers have been sliding into the sea at an accelerated pace. Last March , a Rhode Island-sized hunk of ice in Antarctica broke off and fell into the sea, a sign of warming at the South Pole. Biologists in Europe and U.S.A. have reported birds extending their ranges northward. A British and French study found that higher temperatures in the North Atlantic are causing warm-water species of ocean plankton to migrate northwards. Satellite data show that trees in the northernmost quarter of the planet are becoming green earlier and staying green longer.
The spectre of Earth adapting to human-induced climatic changes, and the uncertainty of how those effects will spin out over the coming decades, is unsettling. Not all plants and animals will be able to make the seasonal shift. Some species will be able to cope with the changes, and others will disappear. A plant migrating to a new region could wipe out native species. For eg., as the warm-water plankton moves north, it leads to a drop in the native cold-water plankton. This may mean insufficient food for fish like the North Sea Cod that feed on it. Not just plants, even people may eventually suffer if these changes continue. Heat strokes and other heat-related diseases may increase rapidly. Air pollution, changes in food and water supply, and coastal flooding may indirectly harm people.
Are we going to wake up and do something about this or are we just going to cling to a thin thread of hope that global warming may not occur after all? The future of mankind depends on the answer to this question.
Name of the writer
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