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Global warming is the increase of earth’s temperature in the atmosphere and sea level.
The sun’s energy heats up the earth and causes the weather and climate to change.
The effects of the warming can both harm the environment and the life of humans. The
warming of earth’s atmosphere can cause important changes to the earth. Global warming
can cause the sea level to rise because of the melted ice glaciers. When the water gets too
warm, it would increase and cause coastal cities to flood. Global warming can also lead
to dangerous storms such as hurricanes, droughts, and tornados.
Gases trap in energy and keep earth’s temperature steady. Greenhouse effects add carbon
dioxide to earth’s atmosphere, which makes earth’s surface warmer. The greenhouse
effect causes global warming, but without it, living things The greenhouse gases (GHG)
such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other on earth would also be in danger. The heat
of global warming melting ice caps and glaciers can cause the sea level to increase.
Greenhouse gases trap heat when sunlight passes through the atmosphere and warms the
earth. Heat rising from the ground warms the air and the GHGs stop the heat from
escaping, so the earth becomes warm.
Greenhouse gases are made of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,
ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons. “They are all natural gases, but extra greenhouses gases
can be made by humans from pollution” (Global Warming 2). Extra greenhouse gases
are made when more carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and
chlorofluorocarbons are put into the air more than it should be. This happens by burning
fossil fuels, deforestation, and animal waste that leave behind methane. “The greenhouse
earth is surrounded by a shield of atmospheric gases, rather than a glass or a plastic
cover” (Global Warming Impact 1).
Human actions played a big role in global warming some examples are trap in heat..
Carbons pollutions, sulfur oxide, nitrogen oxide, and poisonous substances are all air
pollutions. An example is car burning gas fuels, volcano gases, or deforestation. The
greenhouse gases are made up of many gases combine and water vaporization, but carbon
dioxide is the main one. The greenhouse effects are not the plant houses that you use
during winter, but it does react in a similar way. When heat from the sun travels down to
earth, the greenhouse gases would trap in the heat and cause the earth to get warmer and
the ozone layer to be broken down.
Besides carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide are
contributing to the greenhouse effect. Agriculture is one of the major causes of methane
though coal-mining actions, and oil explorations. Plants that burned down during land
clearance also release methane into the air. Farming activity has to increase if the world’s
population increases, and due to this, the level of methane will grow. As the global heat
increases, large amounts of methane in the frozen northern Tundra and seabed will be
released.
Chlorofluorocarbons are found in many things such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and
aerosols, which are a very effective in the greenhouse gases. The CFCs molecule is
10,000 times stronger than C02 in trapping heat in the air and has lived in the atmosphere
for 110 years.
POLLUTION
Just like carbon dioxide, natural and human processes create nitrous oxide. Human
resources represent about forty-five percent of the cause. Some examples of how humans
contribute to global warming are: power stations burning fossil fuel, using nitrogenous
manure, burning rainforests, and the manure of human and animals. All these things
combine add up to six percent of methane in the air.
GLOBAL WARMING HOME PAGE / ABOUT US / REFERENCE / INTERACTIVE / GALLERY / GUEST BOOK / SURVEY
• WHAT IS GLOBAL
WARMING
DEFORESTATION
CAUSES
Trees are very important in the global
• GREEN HOUSE carbon cycle. They remove CO2 from
GASES
the air more then any other things.
• POLLUTION
Trees absorb CO2 through the process of
• DEFORESTATION
photosynthesis. An acre of forest can
absorb more CO2 than an acre of
EFFECTS
cropland or grassland. One tree can
• CLIMATE
absorb about 13 pounds of CO2 a year.
CHANGE An acre of forest absorbs about 2.8 tons
• OZONE LAYER of CO2 a year. Trees take in CO2 and
• HEALTH give off oxygen. When trees are burn or
cut down, the carbon that was locked in
PREVENTIONS their structure is release into the
atmosphere as CO2. Today, since there
• HOW YOU CAN are fewer forests they can’t absorb all
HELP
the CO2 created by humans. Everyday
THEN AND NOW
over 5500 acres of forests are destroyed,
and over 50 million acres a year. Due to
• PAST
growth in population and technology,
• PRESENT
the level of CO2 in the air has increased.
Planting and protecting tress will help
Image obtained from Kathy Thao reduce global warming.
• FUTURE
Technology is responsible for massively damaging Earth’s resources. Global warming causes
business to grow because crops need warm climate to grow, but if it’s too hot then it could reduce
agriculture. In the tropical countries there are problems because of deforestation. People have been
cutting down rainforests for farming. If deforestation of forests continue then rainforests will
disappear within 100 years, causing global climate change, extinction of plants and animals on earth
and unknown effects.
Source: Parks, Peggy J. Global Warming. Farmingtion Hills: Lucent Books, 2004.
The Effects of Global Warming . 12 Jan. 1996. 26 July 2006
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Juarez, Micheal. “Threat Of Climate Change.” Eco Bridge. 26 July 2006
<http://www.ecobridge.org/>.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Acid Rain
Dry deposits are acidic gases and particles. About half of the acidity that falls from the
atmosphere to earth is dry deposits. Winds blow acidic particles and gases into buildings,
cars, houses, and trees. Dry deposit gases and particles can be wash off trees and other
surfaces by rain. When this happens the acid that was wash off adds to the acid rain so the
rain gets more acidic. Prevailing winds blow these compounds everywhere.
Weather
Tempreature
As the temperature rises, it causes the liberation of carbon dioxide and methane to increase
global warming. Higher temperature evaporates a lot of water in the air creating more clouds
into the atmosphere. The clouds trap in the heat from the sun, and as it gets warmer, more
clouds are produced.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency. “Acid Rain.” The Environmental
Protection Agency. 1 Mar. 2006. 25 July 2006 <http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/arp/>.
OZONE LAYER
For centuries, the ozone layers have protected our world from the sun’s ultraviolet
radiation and years ago the earth could withstand the heat before humans developed
harmful chemicals. As humans developed technology, the ozone layer will get broken
down, by such chemicals as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). In1985, scientists discovered
that a hole has appeared in the ozone layer above Antarctica. Without the ozone layer,
humans would absorb UV radiation, which can cause dangerous illnesses.
In September 1985 the hole in the ozone layer was 4.6 million square miles wide. In
September 1998 it has increased to 10.5 million square miles, and it was 11 million
square miles wide in September 2000.
The earth’s atmosphere is made up of four separate layers. The layer closest to the earth
is troposphere, then the stratosphere, the mesosphere, and the thermosphere. The sun’s
heat is absorbed by land, air, and oceans, which takes about 30 to 40 percent of the heat
then the rest of it is given off back to space.
Climate is what you get when you summarize the weather for a long period of time.
Even though California might have rainy weather one day, its average weather over
the entire year is still dry and mild. Scientists who study global warming look at the
big picture. They look at how rising temperatures will affect the earth's climate.
What causes global warming?
With more heat trapped on Earth, the planet will become warmer, which
means the weather all over Earth will change. For example, summers will
get hotter, and winters too. This may seem a good idea, but the
conditions we are living in are perfect for life, and a large rise in
temperature could be terrible for us and for any other living thing on
Earth.
The effect of a change in the weather on plant growth may lead to some
countries not having enough food. Brazil, parts of Africa, south-east Asia
and China will be affected the most and many people could suffer from
hunger.
Many animals and plants may not be able to cope with these changes
and could die. This could cause the loss of some animal and plant species
in certain areas of the world or everywhere on Earth.
In other parts of the world, the effects will be different, some places will
become drier and others will be wetter. Although most areas will be
warmer, some areas will become cooler. There may be many storms,
floods and drought, but we do not know which areas of the world will be
affected.
Over the last 100 years, the sea level has risen 6-8 inches around the
world. That means that land along the coasts is beginning to disappear
under water. Bigger and warmer oceans are also adding to other
weather problems caused by pollution in the atmosphere. Some places
have received more rain, others have had bigger storms and a few
areas in the world have experienced unusual droughts.
You don’t have to wait until you are grown to do something about global warming.
Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels is causing global warming. Since these
fuels are burned for energy, and everyone uses energy, everyone can help stop global
warming just by using less energy.
Think about the things you do each day that use energy. The lights in your house use
electricity. The TV and computer use electricity. The washing machine, dishwasher
and dryer all use gas or electricity. Every time you ride in your car, it uses gasoline.
There are some simple things that you can do to help stop global warming:
1. Turn off the lights when you leave a room. Use fluorescent bulbs in your room.
2. Turn off your computer or the TV when you’re not using it. Unplug chargers
when not in use.
3. Wait until you have a lot of clothes to wash before using the washing machine.
Don’t use the machine for one item just because it’s your favorite shirt.
4. Take shorter showers. Heating water uses energy.
5. Close the blinds on a hot day if the sun is shining in. Dress lightly
instead of turning up the air conditioning. Or use a fan.
6. Dress warmly inside your house when it’s cold, instead of turning
up the heat.
7. Offer to help your parents keep the air filters on your AC and
furnace clean.
9. Plant a tree.