Morton’s thoughts on the Doomsday clock
October 29, 2020
Morton East High School students share their thoughts on global warming along with the Doomsday clock
According to The Washington Post, the world now has 7 years, 101 days, 17 hours, 29 minutes and 22 seconds until Earth’s carbon budget is depleted and nothing can be done about it after the time runs out. Over time we will suffer from more wildfires, droughts, and heatwaves due to the overload of carbon we should be expecting. Initially the “Doomsday clock” is our world’s deadline clock but if we act fast we can change that to a lifeline clock. Carbon emissions must be reduced and time is running out so at this point it’s all up to the people since the government is taking to action. A random survey of 50 students it shows that 49 of them believe in global warming along with the Doomsday clock.
“YES, there is nothing but the science behind global warming. Carbon Dioxide emissions are contributing to global warming/climate change. There are many ecosystems being affected, and many species suffering the consequences. Even species in the Ocean are being affected due to Carbon Dioxide absorption acidifying the Oceans,” Chemistry teacher Mrs. Huerta said.
A student from Morton also had something to say.
“I do believe in it, everyone is saying that it’s nothing major when our world is going to be gone in a matter of years if the government keeps acting like all this is a small thing,” senior Adrian Salamanca said.
Some also agreed with others.
“I do believe in that doomsday clock and I hate global warming if there’s no snow this winter I’m gonna be mad,” senior Jahir Rodriguez said.
Meanwhile, we had some students who just weren’t buying it.
“I want to believe in global warming but I just see no difference in the world,” senior Fernando Ruiz said. Another student had the same thoughts, “I haven’t heard of the doomsday clock but it’s probably a lie just to see if the government would do anything about global warming,” senior Albert Hurtado said.
Well, does Morton actually believe in global warming and the Doomsday clock? After doing all this investigating and interviews the quotes and polls should show that they in fact do believe in it with the exception of a few students being skeptical about the situation.
Yadhira Hernandez • Nov 5, 2020 at 9:58 pm
(Judge) I believe on global warming and it needs to bee stop . Literally the weather has been crazy lately.
Tania Carrasco • Nov 5, 2020 at 8:16 am
(Judge) In my opinion I do believe on global warming, but as for the doomsday I’m really not sure, people had said multiple times on that there would be a doomsday, there was the same results, nothing happened. I do agree that we may be in a huge mess with the economy in global warming, we should try to fix that as fast as we can, if not, then we may suffer great consequence.
Christian Lezama • Nov 5, 2020 at 12:57 am
Good article on the doomsday clock which many from our generation has no clue about it but would’ve liked a image of it and a short history behind the doomsday clock.
Reporter • Nov 4, 2020 at 3:06 pm
I believe this is a serious topic and you did a good job of getting the opinions on several people and some vital information on what The Doomsday Clock actually is. Another thing that would have made the article better would’ve been including more additional info on the topic as well. Nevertheless a great topic and article!
Jobani Delgado • Nov 4, 2020 at 1:09 pm
I liked how you got multiple people to speak on this topic but I think that you should have gotten more information on the whole global warming thing.
Cactus Jack • Nov 4, 2020 at 9:53 am
The article overall was good, some minor errors could be tweaked. The people who were questioned needs to be more diverse. A lot of seniors were questioned but I don’t see any juniors or sophmores. Maybe even more people needed to be asked about the doomsday topic but it was good overall.
Kiara • Nov 4, 2020 at 9:37 am
The dooms day clock isn’t something that has not been spoken in our community so it’s nice to see a student explaining both believes about global warming and the outcome of the excess carbon emissions in the air.
Sandra Santoyo • Nov 4, 2020 at 9:36 am
I really liked the topic & the comments that were said in the article but I’d like if you gave more information. Overall it’s good.
Jahseh Onfroy • Nov 4, 2020 at 9:32 am
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Michelle Morales • Nov 4, 2020 at 9:22 am
The topic was good but i felt like there were more comments than actual information.