Kingston, Jennifer A.
“Portland Will Still Be Cool, But Anchorage May Be the Place to Be.” New York
Times Online. 25 Sept 2014. 22 Sept 2014.
The article “Portland Will Still Be
Cool, but Anchorage May Be the Place to Be” by Jennifer A. Kingston discusses
the potential results of climate change. Climate change is the change over time in weather patterns such as average
temperature, storm patterns, and amount of flooding as a result of changing sea
levels. Scientists believe that climate
change is caused by changes in the radiation from the sun, plate tectonics, volcanic
eruptions, and also global warming. The
author of the article explains that most of the United States will look and
feel different as soon as the year 2050, which is only 35 years from now and
within our lifetimes. Scientists predict
that much of the East Coast will be impacted by heat waves, hurricanes, and
rising sea levels. They predict big
changes in the next hundred years for cities that are currently very popular
places to live. For example, scientists
predict that Washington, D.C. will be a flood zone by 2100. They predict that cities such as Chicago, Los
Angeles, and San Francisco will be facing very hot temperatures as soon as
2048. The article explains that given
these climate changes, people should move to the Pacific Northwest, especially
west of the Cascades. There will be a
lot less extreme heat there, and the land rises steeply out of the ocean
(unlike the Northeast), so it is above sea level and flooding would be less
likely there. Scientists also predict
that Anchorage, Alaska, which is currently not a very popular place to live
because of its cold and harsh weather conditions, will be “the next Florida” by
the end of the century.
I picked
this article because I was interested to read about how climate change will have
a big impact on people in the next century.
People will likely start planning for the future by seeing if there are
any good job opportunities in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. People will also buy property in these areas with
the intention of moving there. As
climate change begins to negatively affect Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New
York City, people will begin to move away.
Most of these cities currently have booming economies, so if not as many
people want to live there, the economies will suffer, and the populations will
decrease. Climate change will also
affect me on a personal level. When the world
begins to experience the effects of climate change, I will be around 50 years old. If I plan ahead to prepare for climate
change, it could affect where I settle after college, where I look for job
opportunities, and what I choose for my profession. I might even eventually
study what we can do to prevent climate change.
Scientists will be needed to study the effects of climate change and if
there is anything we can do to reverse it.
Jennifer
A. Kingston’s article was very well-written. “Portland Will Still Be Cool, but
Anchorage May Be the Place to Be” is a great title that immediately caught my
attention. Kingston also did a great job
giving expert opinions and ideas when writing her article. For example, when she was giving readers
advice on where to move when we start to feel the effects of climate change,
she gave the expert opinion of Clifford E. Mass, a professor of atmospheric
science at the University of Washington, that the Pacific Northwest will become
a popular place to live. Professor Mass
must believe it because it sounds like he already lives there since he is a professor
at the University of Washington. Although
her article was very well written, Kingston could have done a few things
better. She could have given a better
description of what climate change is and what causes it. Most people might know some information about
it, but it would have been better if she gave a more in-depth explanation. It also would have been interesting to know
whether these climate changes can possibly be reversed. Could we reverse them if we started treating
the environment better? Could treating
the environment better stop global warming and therefore climate change? If the author had discussed these questions,
I think it would have made the article even more interesting to read.
3 Things I liked: You gave a definition of climate change so that people could understand the article, you gave an example of what the author said could be done when climate change starts to have major effects on the world, and you gave explained and thorough examples of what the author could've improved on.
ReplyDelete2 Improvements: Even though you gave a definition of climate change, you could have more deeply researched it. You also could have explained whether or not climate change is affecting the world now, and if it is, how it is affecting the world.
1 "Aha!" moment: When you explained in how little time different places will be flood zones, I realized how relevant of a problem climate change is, and that it needs to be prevented, or at least slowed, very quickly.
Three things that I liked:
ReplyDelete1. You described the plot well and gave me an idea of what is causing the climate change.
2. you named specific cities that will be directly impacted by climate change and when.
3. Gave your opinion on what you will do when this climate change happens
Two things you could improve upon
1. Include quotes from the article
2. Don't include questions in your report
One thing that impressed me:
1. I never realized that the major climate changes could happen during my lifetime.
I read Jack’s current events response to the article, “Portland Will Still Be Cool, but Anchorage May Be the Place to Be,” by Jennifer Kingston. In his response Jack did some things really well, and there were other things that could be improved if he were to rewrite it. One thing I really liked about Jack’s response was the fact that it was well organized. Each of Jack’s paragraphs had a specific idea, and therefore his information was very easy to understand. He made it so that the different topics in his information weren’t all jumbled together, and I really liked this. Something else I liked about his response was the fact that he really drew me into the piece of writing right from the beginning. He started his response by talking about all the horrible things that climate change could cause, and this really got me interested in his response immediately. One last thing I really like about Jack’s response was how he related the article that he was writing about to himself. Some authors just list facts in a piece of writing which makes it very boring, but Jack related the facts that he gave to himself. This gave the article a personal feel which made it more interesting to read, and since I am a person like Jack, the response was, in a way, related to me and this was very appealing. Despite liking all of these things about Jack’s response, there were a couple things I feel he could have fixed. First of all, I think he could have given his response a better conclusion. Instead of wrapping up his writing, he just stops abruptly, and that is not a good way to end a story. This little mistake tainted a great piece of writing. One other thing I feel Jack could have done to improve his response was add more supporting details to some of his facts. For example, when he said that Anchorage will soon be the new Florida, he did not explain why, and I was left with a lot of questions about this surprising fact. These two little details, are things that I feel could improve Jack’s response if he added them in. As I have already stated, Jack’s response to his current events article was very good, but there was one detail in his writing that really stood out to me as brilliant. This was the fact that, throughout his entire response, Jack seemed to have no grammar or spelling mistakes. This si so impressive to me, because, in my own experience, people of my age tend to make many grammatical mistakes when writing. I had come to expect that this was just how people my age wrote, but Jack’s response is a big exception to this rule. He obviously put a lot of time and effort into this response, and he was rewarded with what is, in my opinion, a great piece of writing.
ReplyDeleteIn this well-delivered piece by Jack Mcsherry, I was impressed by how he thoughtfully explained the basis of climate change and how it occurs. It was vital to have that knowledge to understand the vast implications of our quickly changing climate. I also enjoyed the fact that in his 2nd paragraph Jack took this issue to both a worldly and personal level. He wrote about how this will affect the economies of cities and real-estate in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, but he also wrote about the ramifications climate change will have on how he chooses his profession and where he lives. A third aspect I would regard as notable was his critique of the author's research and writing decisions. He inputted analysis of what she could have improved upon and also Jack had questions of his own about other perspectives of this topic.
ReplyDeleteAlthough this was an incredibly well-written review, I would have liked for Jack to give more statistics and facts to give the reader an even greater understanding of how threatening this issue truly is. Also, I would have liked to see some text from the article to even better support his analysis of her writing. A passage would have shown the reader where the author could have improved and then read Jack's in-depth analysis to see how she could have gone about doing.
One thing that truly impressed me was the fact that in 2100, Washington DC could be under water! The oval office, where our ever so omniscient leader resides today, would be abandoned! It is an unfathomable idea that one of largest cities would need to be evacuated but that just shows how real this issue is.
Comment written by Kevin G. Hendrick
I read Jack’s Review of “Portland Will Still Be Cool, but Anchorage May Be the Place to Be” by Jennifer A. Kingston. There were many things I like about his review. For example, I liked how he said what climate change was and what caused it just in case some readers didn’t know. I also liked how Jack included facts directly from the article. This shows how exactly climate change will affect us. One final thing I liked about the article was how Jack included how the article would affect him personally. This shows how climate change will affect everyone.
ReplyDeleteI thought Jack could have done some things to improve this article. For example, Jack could’ve included quotes from experts from the article. This makes the article seem more legit, because it shows that experts are interested by this topic. Another thing Jack could have done to improve his review is he could have ended the article better. He could have written a conclusion sentence at the end summarizing all that he had written.
One thing from the article that really impressed me was that Washington, D.C., could be a flood zone by 2100. This is truly amazing to me, because I had always been told that climate change wouldn’t come into affect for a while. This fact shows my kids could possibly be affected by climate change. In conclusion, I believe that overall Jack’s Review and Jennifer A. Kingston’s article were well written.
I liked how you connected to your future by saying climate change will affect where you move after college, and even your job.
ReplyDeleteI also liked how you defined climate change so readers could better understand its possible causes and effects.
I liked your comparisons, like "the next florida".
Your review could use some more quotes, whether from the article or experts.
I think your review should have ended on a call to action from the article.
I was amazed that climate change could affect the earth in my lifetime.