Global Warming
Global Warming
Global Warming
Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. It is, in fact, the increase in the temperature of the earths
neon- surface air. It is one of the most current and widely discussed factors. It has far-reaching impact on biodiversity
and climatic conditions of the planet. Several current trends clearly demonstrate that global warming is directly
impacting on rising sea levels, the melting of ice caps and significant worldwide climate changes. In short, global
warming represents a fundamental threat to all living things on earth.
Global average temperature rose significantly during the past century. The prevailing scientific view is that most of the
temperature increases since mid-20th century has been caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas
concentrations produced by human activity. Most scientists agree that planets temperature has risen 0.5 degree
Celsius since 1900 and will continue to increase at an increasing rate. As a result, the world is getting warmer. The
year 1990 was the hottest year in the last century.
Together with 1991, the years of 1983, 1987, 1988 and 1989 have been measured to be the warmest six years in the
last hundred years. The year 1991 was the second warmest year of the past century. The consequences of the rise in
temperature is being felt all over the globe the findings of scientific research done in this field reveal that the
temperature of the earth is likely to rise from 1.4C to 5.8C within a period of 100 years.
Unfortunately, the imbalance which we have created between our life and earth is already showing the signs
disasters in the form of flood, cyclones, landslides, tsunami, drought, etc. If the imbalance continues to rise, one day
this will pose a question mark on the existence of this planet. Carbon dioxide (C02) which is an important constituent
of environment is causing a warming effect on the earths surface.
It increases the evaporation of water into the atmosphere. Since water vapour itself is a greenhouse gas, this causes
still more warming. The warming causes more water vapour to be evaporated. The C02 level is expected to rise in
future due to ongoing burning of fossil fuels and landuse change. The rate of rise will depend largely on uncertain
economic, sociological, technological and natural developments. Other gases such as methane, CFCs, nitrous oxide,
tropospheric ozone are also responsible for global warming. Increases in all these gases are due to explosive
population growth, increased industrial expansion, technological advancement, deforestation and growing
urbanisation, etc.
Trees play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. They are the largest land-based mechanism for removing
carbon dioxide from the air. Deforestation is checking these positive processes. It is the second principle cause of
atmospheric carbon dioxide. Deforestation is responsible for 25 per cent of all carbon emissions entering the
atmosphere, by the burning and cutting of 34 million acres of trees each year. Everyday over 5500 acres of rainforest
are destroyed. As a consequence of massive loss of forests, global CO, levels rise approximately 0.4 per cent each
year, the levels not experienced on this planet for millions of years. As we know the forests are the great absorbers of
CO,,.
There is a close relation between global warming and population growth. Today the large population on earth is using
the technologies which are destructive for the earth. Approximately, 80 per cent of atmospheric C02 increases are
due to mans use of fossil fuels either in the form of coal, gas or oil. A large portion of carbon emission is attributed to
the burning of gasoline in internal-combustion engine of vehicles. Vehicles with poor gas mileage contribute the most
to global warming. Besides, the sulphur group gas is the most harmful for this. Its contribution is 30 per cent in global
warming. This gas is also emitted from the burning of fossil fuels.
Increase in global temperatures will cause rise in sea level.
It will lead to melting of glaciers, changes in rainfall patterns, increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather.
As per the latest survey report the rate of melting of glaciers has seen sharp increase in recent times. Even those
glaciers are affected from global warming which have been considered permanent. The shrinking of glaciers is going
to pose a major problem of drinking water.
The sea levels as a result of melting of glaciers have risen from 0.35 mm to 0.4 mm. Scientists have warned in their
reports that most of the glaciers will disappear within a period of 15 to 25 years. It will create problems of drinking
water and food grains in most of the North American countries. India is not unaffected from it. The Himalayan glaciers
have shrunk about 30 per cent after 1970.
The rise in sea levels is a major cause of concern. A large number of cities located in coastal areas will submerge in
the sea. Besides, many island countries will ultimately lose their existence and will be washed away from the surface
of the earth. The damage of rising sea levels is diverse. Buildings and roads close to the water could be flooded and
they could suffer damage from hurricanes and tropical storms. Experts believe that global warming could increase the
intensity of hurricanes by over 50 per cent. In addition, as the sea rises, beach erosion takes place, particularly on
steep banks.
Wetlands are lost as the level rises. Rise in atmospheric temperature will lead to the outbreak of airborne and waterborne diseases. It would also contribute to the rise in death caused by heat. The problem of drought would be
frequent. Consequently, malnutrition and starvation will pose serious challenge before humanity.
Global warming is a great threat to the flora and fauna of the earth. A large number of species of them may become
extinct.
The expanse of desert would increase. Low rainfall and rising temperature could add to the intensity and frequency of
dusty storm. This in turn will immensely affect the quality of agricultural land, ultimately causing adverse effect on
agricultural produce. It would have far-reaching socio-economic impact.
In Indian context, the impact of global warming is a matter of grave concern. As is well known, India is mainly an
agricultural country and agriculture here is gamble of the monsoon, e.g. largely depending on rainfall. Though it is to
affect the whole country, the worst likely impact would be on central and northern India which is high-yielding parts of
the country. These are the regions which produce the largest agricultural yield. The rise in atmospheric temperature
and fall in rain would naturally result in decline in crop production. Moreover, it would have great effect on biodiversity
as well.
The growing concerns over global temperatures have led to the nations, states, corporations and individuals to draw
out a plan of action to avert the situation. As a result the worlds primary international agreement on combating global
warming was reached in Kyoto in 1997 which came to be known as Kyoto Protocol. However, ten years have passed;
the situation does not appear to be very changed. It seems that the member countries are not very serious about its
devastating effects.
In addition, forestation can be of great help in this regard. Planting more trees and reducing timber cuts worldwide will
help restore the imbalance. Secondly, we must follow on environmental policy of reduce, reuse, recycle, i.e.
promoting the reuse of anything. Thirdly, the use of fuel-efficient vehicles should be promoted as these vehicles have
lower emissions of harmful gases. Fourthly, every individual should be aware of the importance of the protecting
environment. Besides, eco- friendly technologies must be promoted, and must be substituted with the technologies
which cause great emission of global warming gases. Public awareness campaign can be of great help in this regard
because unless each and every individual is aware only governments effect cannot bring desired difference.
Global warming has been around for many years. This research paper will help people understand
global warming to the best of their ability. You would find all types of interesting things that would
help defend the global warming process. The information that I would inform you with will be very
helpful and could provide more attention towards global warming. I hope you enjoy.
Global warming is causing many problems in the world today. The weather has been significantly
severe. The weather over the years has been getting worse. There have been major earthquakes.
There has been major flooding and weird temperatures. This all consists with global warming. Global
warming is the most talk about topic in the world today. Thats why scientists try their best to learn
more and more about global warming. So many things happen because global warming can cause
so many things to go wrong. The main thing is the weather but its affecting the economy too.
Global warming is the warming near the earth's surface that results when the earth's atmosphere
traps the sun's heat. The earth is getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but they are
expected to grow and speed up. Within the next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be hotter
than it has been in the past million years. As oceans warm and glaciers melt, land and cities along
coasts may be flooded. Heat and drought may cause forests to die and food crops to fail. Global
warming will affect weather everywhere, plants and animals everywhere, people everywhere;
humans are warming the earth's atmosphere by burning fuels, cutting down forest, and by taking
part in other activities that release certain heat trapping gases into the air.
Ever since the industrialized revolution of countries here on earth, we have been destroying this
beautiful place we all call home. Not very many people are aware of the actual impacts of
greenhouse gases on our world generated daily and they dont really care about the effects of
todays pollutants on the unclear future. This is a serious problem that is not going to go away.
Instead, it is going to get worse. Actions are needed now to make up for the past and to positively
impact the future. There are numerous ways that we can all help preserve our planet on small levels
and big. We need to stand and make a positive impact, but doing this without hurting workers and
the economy is another question that many are trying to answer.
There are lots of controversies over the issue of Global Warming. All scientists, though, believe in
the greenhouse effect, in which atmospheric gases trap heat from the Sun inside the Earths
atmosphere and thereby help to keep the Earth reasonably warm. Now many people claim that the
Earth is getting warmer than it should. The questions were initially raised if the Global Warming was
happening in the first place, but nowadays most of the scientists accept the fact that the Earth has
got warmer in the last 200 years.
The question, however, still remains whether this Global Warming is a problem of atmospheric
pollution caused by people. In other words, the quintessential causes of Global Warming are still
under debate. The aim of this essay is to look at the evidence provided by a group of scientists who
claim that Global Warming is not caused by people and to compare it with the counter-evidence of
many other mainstream scientists whose opinions agree upon the fact that Global Warming is
caused by people and carbon dioxide (CO2) gas which is mostly produced through human activities
and hinders the escape of heat from the Earth atmosphere. In the authors point of view, although
there are multiple factors that reasonably have their own influences, human beings are the main
contributors to Global Warming.
Global warming is also known as the green house effect, is a topic that has received much attention, in
recent years; yet our Climate change is not a recent problem. Every year, almost 7 billion tons of carbon
dioxide is released into the atmosphere by human activity. Global warming is in the earth's upper
atmosphere directly caused by human burning of fossil, fuels, industrial, farming, and deforestation. Every
year we see natural disasters that are extremely powerful. For example, In April of 2011, the country of
Japan was hard hit by an earthquake that took the lives of thousands of people. If we ignore the fact now
the result could be catastrophic. As humans, we all have our own opinions, but the problem of global
warming should not be debated: it should be solved.
The problem on Global warming has been unsolvable in the last 30 years, but modern day researchers
have found various remedies to the problem that we as humans have inflicted on the earth. A
phenomenon (otherwise known as 'Climate change of the green house effect') whereby solar radiation
that has reflected back of the surface of the earth remains trapped at atmosphere levels, due to the buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses, rather than being emitted back into space. The effect
of this is a warming of the global atmosphere. People that don't believe in Global warming say that there
is no sciencetific proof that earth's temperature is rising. Evidently they never read up on the greenhouse
effect. The earth's atmosphere has mix of Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon Dioxide. It means that this
mixture is delicate balance that makes the temperature on earth proper for plant and animal life. Global
warming is indeed a scan, perpetrated by scientists with vested interests, but in need of crash courses on
Geology, logic and philosophy of science. Therefore claiming that global warming is bad, don't really know
even know if it really is as bad as they say it is.
When considering Global warming, it is first important to know how recently statistics. z Since the
beginning of 20th century, the average surface temperature has increased by 1.1 degree Celsius. Just in
the past 40 years. It has risen by a half of a degree. As of now the global sea level is rising three times
faster than in the last hundred years when compared to the last three thousand years. This doesn't sound
like much right away but any change in temperature causes melting to the polar ice caps. If they continue
to melt, the sea level could start to rise dramatically. Furthermore, it is a fact that the average rice in
temperature globally is 1.1 degree. The starting fact is that parts of Alaska, Canada, and Northern Russia.
They have experienced a rise in temperature by 5 degree Fahrenheit. This means that they are in the
Northern hemisphere where there is less water. Less water means less of the new found heat is being
taken away be the vast ocean. These gasses are adding up everyday. In 1987 "Carbon Dioxide reached
340 parts per million" and "in the 1999 360 ppm". It is estimated that in 2050 the carbon dioxide count will
be 600 ppm.This is at the point in which the global temperature would be "higher than it has ever been
and will cause serious problems" unlike the warning sign we are experiencing currently. Clearly the
recently statistics demonstrate that global warming has been effected in the world.
We have properly talked about how global warming effect to our earth already. Another thing we should
have talked in how to help to reduce the gasses on our earth. Building green homes is important both
economical wise and environmental, not only do you help reduce pollution, but making your home energyefficiently will help you reduce your bill. We can take charge in our own homes to start modifying energy
usage. The CFL bulb works the same way as the regular one but making your home energy-efficient
energy. This can mean as little as replacing the regular light blub to super-efficient compact fluorescent
lights CFLs would be perfect in your house. The most important things in 21 century are home
improvement or remodeling. Home improving can mean selecting newer appliances such as airconditioners, furnaces, water heaters, and refrigerators. Furthermore, after remodeling or replacing the
old product to energy-efficient appliances, it is always good idea take care of the huge important for
climate as transportation. Transport is responsible for nearly one quarter of greenhouse gas emission
world wide, is important but staring 1970 it had increased rapidly worldwide. There are many ways to help
reduce the vehicles that are on the road, for every person who drives fuel-efficient cars, car pull, or uses
public transportations would be as consider environmental friendlybecause it reduces polluting the
atmosphere.
global warming is just warming up .it has barely started ,and contrary to belief ,humanity has had some influence on the
matter
: i have seen lands that have been turned from jungle into desserts by people in a matter of a couple of years ,because of
the slash and burn method used by settlers and expanding agriculture,and i have seen rivers dry up because of
deforrestation in many places in Africa and Mexico ,
i live now by the side of a river in Mexico where,in 30 years 5 species of fish have become exstinct .
and part of the year the river is dry this is for longer every year because of over use of agriculture and deforrestation.every
year
there are natural cycles in the planets life
but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and
increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms
in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification
in recent times thousands of people have died because of exessive heat,usually old people.in India ,Mexico and France,
deforestation causing desertification,the desert conditions causing very cold nights and scorching hot days
in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns
and turned their lands into dessert,the globe where they were got to hot for them .
and instead of producing food they are now needing it from some where else,and they will drastically effect the world food
prices when they start buying water in the form of grains ,at any cost destabalising governments, in some countries ,could be
the result
(are you seeing more Chinese around interested in agricultural lands ,we do here in Mexico)
,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs
days ,there were no desserts.
collectively this planet is drying up because of bad farming practices like,over grazing and fertilizers,
as far as the food production is concerned, Global warming or some of its effects are serious,rising seas result in landloss
each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss
more landloss because of desertification every year,we have less areble land to produce food ,for an extra 70 million
people ,
and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers
who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,
because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing
RISING SEAS
The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.
this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the
south pole ,are another matter.
Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account
human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,
At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every
where.
SOLUTIONS
if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the
destructive processes
reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon
producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.
the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.
the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia
Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to
supply subteranian water supplies.
the protection of existing forrests.
stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land
to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.
education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.
education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb overpopulaion
Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.
more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks
,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour
alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine
recicling wastes,limit water use