Scarleth Garrido Ramos
Environmental Science
Professor Mahoney
11/11/14
Global Warming
Over the last few decades global warming has become one of the biggest environmental issues of all times. Every year, global warming gets worse and it’s affecting the way people live, it is affecting the atmosphere in general, and other living organisms in our planet. Global warming is the gradual and increasing rise of the overall temperature of the Earth caused by the greenhouse effect due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. There are many variables that are to be blamed for the cause of global warming. Because of rapid growth of population, people started industrializing and revolutionizing the way we live. In order
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The ozone layer is the last layer on Earth that protect us from ultraviolet radiation of the sun. Because of the heavy use of many chemicals that harm the ozone layer in our daily lives, the ozone layer is becoming smaller and smaller every time. Aerosols in the environment also play an important role in the causes of global warming. Aerosols are chemicals inside a container that scientists eventually discovered that were affecting the ozone layer and contributing to its depletion. The burning of fossil fuels is a big cause for global warming. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources formed from many remains of living organisms from the past (Schuldt). Examples of fossil fuels are coal, oil and gas. These resources are vital for people because it is used in their daily lives and they are also used to create energy. These resources are nonrenewable, meaning that they cannot be reused. Because of this, they have been becoming more and scarcer, making it harder for future generations to benefit from them. When fossil fuels are burned, many toxic gases and pollutants such as carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere contributing to global warming (Zielinski). After the release of many toxic gases, the burning of fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect and greenhouses gases, ozone depletion and the cutting of many trees, the atmosphere is undergoing many changes and all these variables
Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. (What is global warming, google.com). Scientists have stated that the rise in average temperatures worldwide since the late 1800s. Earth's temperature has gone up by 1.4 degrees over the past century, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Temperatures are to rise another 2 to 11.5 degrees over the next 100 years (what is global warming, livescience.com). Human are one of the main causes for global warming, all of the cars, factors and electricity production they have created. They have also created Greenhouse which gases
Global warming, a major concern in today’s society, is the increase in the temperature of the oceans and atmosphere that occurs when incoming energy levels are greater than outgoing energy levels. There are numerous causes of global warming that can potentially affect every aspect of life on Earth. Typically, the causes of global warming are divided into two primary categories: human causes and natural causes. And while there is very little that humans can do to eliminate the natural causes, there are several ways we can reduce the human causes.
Global Warming is a result of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It acts sort of like a blanket, trapping heat and warming the Earth. As we humans burn fuel like coal, oil and natural gasses for energy and burn down forests to create farms, carbon is accumulating and overloading our atmosphere. Global Warming is a fundamental problem, and these are some reasons as to why.
Global warming is having a huge effect in today’s world, and for that we must do something about it. The main causes for global warming are, burning coal and other fossil. CO2(carbon dioxide) is one of the seven greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and accounts for 84 percent of greenhouse gases produced by human activity. The majority of this is from burning fossil fuels for electricity and transportation.
Global warming is having a huge effect in today’s world, and for that we must do something about it. The main causes of global warming are, burning coal and other fossil. CO2(carbon dioxide) is one of the seven greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and accounts for 84 percent of greenhouse gases produced by human activity. The majority of this is from burning fossil fuels for electricity and transportation.
Currently, fossil fuels are the source of over 80% of the world’s energy consumption (“The Energy”). The possibility of an energy crisis is quickly approaching due to the fact that nations are neglecting to take advantage of renewable energy sources. Carbon dioxide is being released from the burning of fossil fuels, polluting the air, and is a speculated contribution to the current state of global warming the Earth is enduring. With the population increasing by the minute, that means that there is an increase in energy demand. This causes there to be a surge in the usage of fossil fuels which means a hike in the release of carbon dioxide, harming the planet. There has also been a recent decrease in water supply, which will have a massive impact on the entire planet considering over 90% of the world’s electricity relies on water (O’Hare). With climate change remaining one of the biggest economic problems of 2016, it is everyone’s job as a human being to help make the Earth a better planet to live on again.
Global warming is “the gradual heating of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere” (Bradford). This issue has been a constant worry around the world for as long as the world has been around, along with humans occupying it. Many people tend to believe that global warming is an issue that cannot be solved. However, this is a false accusation about the overall health and condition of our world.
The purpose of this essay is to report on global warming, the evidence available, impact and actions to mitigate the phenomenon. Global warming is the single most significant occurrence in modern history as it is bound to change many aspects of life as we know it today. The essay begins by defining global warming and providing evidence that global warming exists. Reports of increasing carbon dioxide gas levels, increasing temperatures, melting ice caps and mountain glaciers and rising sea levels are examined. The report also looks into some of the arguments against global warming and disproves them. Lastly, the impact of global warming on cities, islands, food security and biodiversity is examined and actions that can be taken to reduce the progression of the phenomenon discussed.
Global warming is “the gradual heating of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere” (Bradford). This issue has been a constant worry around the world for as long as the world has been around, along with humans occupying it. Many people tend to believe that global warming is an issue that cannot be solved. However, this is a false accusation about the overall health and condition of our world, due to how society views global warming.
On April 11, 2014, Cyclone Ita roared through Queensland, Australia leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. One of the strongest Category 5 storms ever recorded, winds were recorded at over 110 miles per hour before landfall. While destruction in Queensland and the surrounding areas was immense, the offshore damage to the Great Barrier Reef was catastrophic. Many places of the reef were left with no living coral structures and entire portions of the ecosystem were erased from the seabed (Zolfagharifard). Scientists explain that we can expect more intense storms such as Ita in the future, explaining that “warming is expected to make tropical cyclones (hurricanes) more intense” (Weeks). Global communities cannot ignore the warning any longer and must take action to reduce further climate change.
Global warming can be blamed on a number of things. Key amongst these is the increased greenhouse gases concentration in the atmosphere. In this case, the main greenhouse gases in the opinion of Digby include but they are not limited to nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide
The advancement of human civilization time stamped with industrial revolution influenced higher standards of living with urbanization, the development of factories, metallurgy, mining, transportation, and mass production. The developments where driven by coal, which became a continuous and powerful resource of energy. As energy, mass production and technology progressed the human species had distinctly in rapid time left a unique foot print in Earth’s history. This unique foot print marked by pollutants, caused a rapidly changing environment. Within decades sea levels started to rise and a change in rainfall became apparent, areas with drought started to receive less precipitation, thus high temperatures started to cause a reduction in global harvest. Thus, scientist discovered global warming was influenced by the human production of greenhouse gas that could potentially cause irreversible climate change, which could continue for 1000 years. Although, these facts are daunting, optimistic approaches for combating global warming are obtainable. Global recognition of climate change has influenced a cap on carbon emissions and stimulated the use of renewable energy, but this may not be enough considering the time greenhouse gas lingers in the stratosphere. Therefore, geoengineering may be a new approach for resurrecting our climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming. For this to be an evident and positive approach three factors should be taken into
Global warming is the increase of the Earth’s core temperature. The atmosphere naturally warms up. However, with the unwanted help of humans, the Earth is forming more heat leading to a large amount of heat trapped in its atmosphere. The rise in temperature creates problems for human life, nature, and of course the planet itself. Global warming is a global crisis that needs attention.
Global warming refers to an incremental in earth’s temperature. Some believes this is occurring naturally but the prevailing view attributes climate change to the greenhouse effect. The "greenhouse effect" refers to the warming resulting from certain gases such as carbon dioxide in Earth 's atmosphere trapping heat. These gases traps heat but let light in, similarly to the glass walls of a greenhouse.
Generally, our common understandings about Global Warming would be that the weather or the temperature’s changing; for example, we physically feel the winter is getting warmer or the spring seems comes earlier this year. However, the effect of the Global Warming is way greater than our physical feelings. As the dictionary’s definition, “An increase in the average temperature of the Earth 's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase great enough to cause changes in the global climate”, for the macro aspects, global warming is gradually affecting the sea-level, animals and plants, agriculture and human-being’s heath. Lately, I’ve been really interesting in the global warming’s affects, because the city where I live back in China is suffering a really bad pollution, people call it as Toxic Haze, not only in my hometown, but all the China’s eastern coast were blanketed by this toxic haze, a famous geographer in China bring forward a perspective that this terrible pollution is related with the effect of the Global Warming. Thus, I think the Global Warming have already involved or threaten our living quality and health. Global Warming’s situation is getting worse and more serious.