I
read the article “Looks Like Rain Again. And Again.” from The New York Times
written by Justin Gillis. Based off of research from the 1980s, a prediction
was released in 1995 stating, ‘The available
evidence suggests that a warmer world is likely to experience an increase in
the frequency of heavy precipitation events, associated with a more intense
hydrological cycle and the increased water-holding capacity of a warmer
atmosphere.’ The National Assessment of Climate released last week stated
researchers in the U.S reported ‘large increases in heavy precipitation have
occurred in the Northeast, Midwest and Great Plains, where heavy downpours have
frequently led to runoff that exceeded the capacity of storm drains and levees,
and caused flooding events and accelerated erosion.’
Climate
is a very difficult branch of science because of its unpredictability, however
scientists have been able to demonstrate skills to predict future climate
patterns. While many people are “still catching up with science” it is
difficult to not notice the recent heavy rainstorms. A pattern has been
observed in recent years of these more frequent rainstorms.
The
title of this article instantly caught my attention when browsing The NY Times
website. The beginning of the article really drew me in, but as it went on I
found myself slowly losing interest. Other than that, I found the article to be
very well written.
Gillis, Justin. "Looks Like Rain Again. And Again." The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 May 2014. Web. 12 May 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/science/looks-like-rain-again-and-again.html?ref=science>.
Alexa, I think you did a nice job on your article review with a few small errors. First, I like that you use quotations and insert them fluidly into the summary of your article. This helps me and other readers understand what scientists are saying about this issue. Secondly, I like that you explain the issue in your own words well. This helps me and other readers understand the issue better than what a regular scientific explanation would be. Finally, I like that you connect this issue fluently to society.
ReplyDeleteI think that you could improve your article in two ways. First, I think that you could greatly improve in details. I do not think that the review was descriptive enough. For example, you should add more details in areas like your critique paragraph. In your critique you say, “ I found myself slowly losing interest”. You should elaborate on what the author was doing to make you lose interest. In conclusion, you should add more details. Moreover, you should revise your review so that the sentences are more concise
This article impressed me because I notice that there have been many rain showers lately. However, I did not think deeper about this topic. This article opened up my eyes about the issue of global warming.
I liked many things about Alexa’s review. First, I thought that Alexa's review was very well-written. I liked the way she started her review with a summary of the article. She included an important quote from the article which explained that the increase in temperature has led to an increase in the frequency of heavy precipitation. The quote that Alexa included told me the main idea of the article. I also liked that Alexa explained how although climate is unpredictable, scientists are taking steps to predict future climate patterns.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it was well-written, there were a few things that I did not like about Alexa's review. Alexa explained that the article instantly caught her attention when she was browsing the New York Times website, but I am guessing that she selected it because flooding is such a problem where we live. I think Alexa should have explained how the more frequent precipitation events have affected her life in particular in Bronxville since we have serious flooding problems. I like that Alexa made an effort to critique the article, but she did it in a vague way. She said that as she continued reading, she found herself slowly losing interest. I would have been interested to know whether Alexa lost interest because she did not think the writer’s point-of-view was persuasive or just because she thought the article was boring. Also, I wish Alexa gave more details about the impact of the frequency of heavy precipitation events. Flooding is a major problem in Bronxville. I would be interested to know the long-term effects of this, and whether it is expected to get worse.
After reading Alexa's review, I learned that there is scientific reasoning as to why there has been an increase in the frequency of heavy precipitation events in this area. Given that our school floods a lot because of heavy precipitation, it was interesting to learn the reason why there have been so many storms in recent years.
I think that overall this review could be improved in various areas; however there were some things that I thought Alexa did pretty well. First off I really liked how Alexa included a quote on her first paragraph as it is a good way to give the reader a sense of what the article was all about. I also liked how she explained things in a way that was simple and easy to understand. This really stood out to me because as I was reading some of the other articles I would sometimes get confused and not really getting what they were talking about.
ReplyDeleteLike I mentioned there were some things that need to be worked on. One of these things is that the summery I felt was lacking, because although I liked the way you explained the article I felt like there was still more to article that you didn’t talk about and it just felt very brief overall. Another thing that I thought was bad about this article was the critic for you stated all these things you thought about the article but you didn’t explain your thoughts at all.
One thing that I found interesting in this article is that the weather is very unpredictable and scientists are still having a hard time predicting weather. I found this interesting because it just goes to show that even though scientists have come a long way and discovered many things here are still more things to learn.