Global Warming

Global warming is the term given to the increase of the average temperature of the Earth's oceans and air near its surface. The primary cause of global warming is the greenhouse

effect which is caused by greenhouse gases.

More and more greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere due to human activity. Global warming is not as simple a problem as a problem like acid rain or water pollution that can be easily solved by regulation. Global warming is a threat to the entire world and stopping it would require revolutionary changes to the world's energy system. Regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol, is effective but it will not solve the problem. Global warming has been occurring from the mid twentieth century and is projected to continue for many more centuries. Natural phenomena such as volcanoes and solar variations have increased the global temperature but it has had a minor effect compared to human activities. Volcanic particles create a temporary cooling effect, such as El Nio, but these effects are predictable and temporary. The effects of greenhouse gases are long-lasting. Global warming is a reality and here to stay for many more centuries even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilised, this is due to the enormous heat capacity of oceans. Greenhouse gas levels must be lowered to stop global warming. Climate change is also very difficult to predict but current climate models predict that global surface temperatures will likely increase by 1.1 to 6.4 C (2.0 to 11.5 F). Global surface temperatures already increased 0.74 0.18 C (1.33 0.32 F) from 1905 to 2005. Global warming is more sensitive at the poles and global warming over there has been much more severe. Global warming has tremendous consequences and will permanently change the way of life of humans, which is why we should stop it as soon as possible.

Solution for reducing global warming..

Global Warming is a dramatically urgent and serious problem. We don't need to wait for governments to find a solution for this problem: each individual can bring an important help adopting a more responsible lifestyle: starting from little, everyday things. It's the only reasonable way to save our planet, before it is too late. Here is a list of 50 simple things that everyone can do in order to fight against and reduce the Global Warming phenomenon: some of these ideas are at no cost, some other require a little effort or investment but can help you save a lot of money, in the middle-long term! 1. Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl) CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. We recommend you purchase your CFL bulbs at 1000bulbs.com, they have great deals on both screw-in and plug-in light bulbs.

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Do not leave appliances on standby Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself. A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.

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Move your fridge and freezer Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35C, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers. Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors. Don't let heat escape from your house over a long period When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10C or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions. Cover your pots while cooking Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!

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10. 11. Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures. 12. 13. Use less hot water It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot. 14. 15. Recycle your organic waste Around 3% of the greenhouse gas emissions through the methane is released by decomposing biodegradable waste. By recycling organic waste or composting it if you have a garden, you can help eliminate this problem! Just make sure that you compost it properly, so it decomposes with sufficient oxygen, otherwise your compost will cause methane emissions and smell foul. 16. 17. Buy intelligently One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide. 18. 19. Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can You will also cut down on waste production and energy use... another help against global warming. 20. 21. Reuse your shopping bag When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil. 22. 23. Reduce waste Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes. 24. 25. Plant a tree A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%. The Arbor Day Foundation has information on planting and provides trees you can plant with membership. 26. 27. Switch to green power In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. In some of these, you can even get refunds by government if you choose to switch to a clean energy producer, and you can also earn money by selling the energy you produce and don't use for yourself. 28.

29. Buy organic foods as much as possible Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, wed remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere! 30. 31. Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area. 32. 33. Try telecommuting from home Telecommuting can help you drastically reduce the number of miles you drive every week. For more information, check out the Telework Coalition. 34. 35. Fly less Air travel produces large amounts of emissions so reducing how much you fly by even one or two trips a year can reduce your emissions significantly. You can also offset your air travel carbon emissions by investingin renewable energy projects. 36. 37. Make your city cool Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation. If you're in the U.S., join the cool cities list. 38. 39. Tell Congress to act The McCain Lieberman Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act would set a firm limit on carbon dioxide emissions and then use free market incentives to lower costs, promote efficiency and spur innovation. Tell your representative to support it. 40. 41. Make sure your voice is heard! Americans must have a stronger commitment from their government in order to stop global warming and implement solutions and such a commitment wont come without a dramatic increase in citizen lobbying for new laws with teeth. Get the facts about U.S. politicians and candidates at Project Vote Smart and The League of Conservation Voters. Make sure your voice is heard by voting!! http://globalwarming-

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Global Warming is caused by many things. The causes are split up into two groups, man-made or anthropogenic causes, and natural causes. Natural Causes Natural causes are causes created by nature. One natural cause is a release of methane gas from arctic tundra and wetlands. Methane is a greenhouse gas. A greenhouse gas is a gas that traps heat in the earth's atmosphere. Another natural cause is that the earth goes through a cycle of climate change. This climate change usually lasts about 40,000 years. Man-made Causes Man-made causes probably do the most damage. There are many man-made causes. Pollution is one of the biggest man-made problems. Pollution comes in many shapes and sizes. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution. Fossil fuels are fuels made of organic matter such

as coal, or oil. When fossil fuels are burned they give off a green house gas called CO2. Also mining coal and oil allows methane to escape. How does it escape? Methane is naturally in the ground. When coal or oil is mined you have to dig up the earth a little. When you dig up the fossil fuels you dig up the methane as well.

Another major man-made cause of Global Warming is population. More people means more food, and more methods of transportation, right? That means more methane because there will be more burning of fossil fuels, and more agriculture. Now your probably thinking, "Wait a minute, you said agriculture is going to be damaged by Global Warming, but now you're saying agriculture is going to help cause Global Warming?" Well, have you ever been in a barn filled with animals and you smell something terrible? You're smelling methane. Another source of methane is manure. Because more food is needed we have to raise food. Animals like cows are a source of food which means more manure and methane. Another problem with the increasing population is transportation. More people means more cars, and more cars means more pollution. Also, many people have more than one car. Since CO2 contributes to global warming, the increase in population makes the problem worse because we breathe out CO2. Also, the trees that convert our CO2 to oxygen are being demolished because we're using the land that we cut the trees down from as property for our homes and buildings. We are not replacing the trees (an important part of our eco system), so we are constantly taking advantage of our natural resources and giving nothing back in return. http://library.thinkquest.org/J003411/causes.htm

Effects of Global Warming

Introduction
Global warming is not something whose effects will be felt centuries later, it is already affecting our lives. The recent scorching weather is not purely an act of nature. Neither is the increasingly volatile weather that is wreaking havoc in certain parts of the globe. Humans are causing global warming and we are suffering as a result, and the consequences will only get heavier. The increased temperatures are not only melting icebergs and glaciers, it is also causing animals to migrate to different areas or die, upsetting ecosystems, and it is also changing precipitation patterns.

Melting of polar ice caps and flooding

The effects of global warming are strongest at the poles. Ice all over the world is melting. This includes the ice on mountain glaciers, Arctic sea ice and ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland. The melting ice increases the sea level and this causes flooding of low-lying areas. When snow and ice melt, their ability to reflect sunlight is lost, escalating global warming even further. Cities such as Venice are starting to sink. Small islands such as Guyana are also starting to becoming submerged. The sea level is estimated to have increased at a rate of 0.1 to 0.2 inches per year according to the 2001 IPCC report. Although climate change is complex to predict, sea level is expected to rise between 28cm and 79cm (11 and 31 inches) by 2100. Floods will become more common in the future.

Irregular Weather Patterns

Precipitation in the form of rain and snow has on average, increased across the whole world. Irregular weather patterns have an effect on humans. Rain is not only an inconvenience for humans, but storms damage human property. The increase in heat will increase evaporation which is why there will be more rain. Animals and plants cannot easily adapt to increased rainfall or snowfall and many animals migrate to other areas. Plants can die as a result and this can cause an ecosystem to collapse as plants are the main source of food in an ecosystem. Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger. The Bush Administration stated that there is no evidence to prove this claim. However, looking at how hurricanes form give this claim credibility. Hurricanes form from simpler tropical storms oceans. The water from the warmer ocean evaporates and it heats up the surrounding air, creating hurricanes. Higher temperatures mean that that more water will evaporate creating stronger hurricanes. Hurricanes have devastating effects on humans and their properties. Hurricane Katrina was a famous hurricane that decimated the city of New Orleans, destroying structures, killing people, and displacing.

Changes in Food Production

The world has had a food crisis and global warming may have been to blame for it. At the moment global warming does not have much of an impact on this, but in the future, there will be impacts. As temperatures around the world will increase, plants will find it harder to cope and they will die. Some of these plants are used by humans for food and so a food shortage may occur. Plants create food for

themselves through a process called photosynthesis. The enzymes that are needed for photosynthesis die when exposed to high temperatures. Pests may also migrate to new areas and destroy the crops there. Pests may migrate from tropical countries to temperate countries.

Droughts and Desertification

Droughts are occurring in more and more places in the world due to higher temperatures. Droughts mean there is no water for plants to grow. Agriculture would be severely affected. When there are no plants, humans have nothing to eat. There are also no plants to feed animals and so humans cannot eat animals either. The high temperatures can also cause heat-strokes and other illnesses to humans. Droughts will become more common. Rainfall in Ethiopia could decline by 10% over the next 50 years. Ethiopia is already often ravaged by droughts.

Changing Ecosystems
Animals have been migrating to adapt to new conditions. Some butterflies, foxes and alpine plants have moved north to cooler areas. This migration destroys ecosystems and their biodiversity. As parts of the food chain are lost from an ecosystem, the whole ecosystem can easily collapse. Ecosystems and their biodiversity are important to humans. Humans get food, employment, raw materials and pharmaceutical products from the environment. It is possible that symbiotic species (species that depend on each other) will become incompatible. For example, plants could bloom earlier than their pollinating insects become active. Ecosystems will definitely change. Some species will migrate to more suitable conditions while some will stay and try to adapt. Not all will succeed and many species will become extinct. It is predicted that 20% of all mammals will become extinct within the next century.

Human Health
Rising temperatures have an effect on the health of humans and the diseases that they are exposed to. Human health will be affected. The world glimpsed this in 2003 when Europe was struck by heat waves and people died. Heat strokes are likely to increase as temperatures get hotter. Diseases such as malaria are likely to spread. Parasites that originate in tropical regions may migrate to temperate regions as they become warmer. Mosquitoes are an example and it is predicted that malaria

will spread around the world. It is also predicted that asthma will increase around the world as allergens that cause asthma will become more common. http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/02429/effects.html
What is global warming? Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises). It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earths atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This hurts many people, animals, and plants. Many cannot take the change, so they die. What is the greenhouse effect? The greenhouse effect is when the temperature rises because the suns heat and light is trapped in the earths atmosphere. This is like when heat is trapped in a car. On a very hot day, the car gets hotter when it is out in the parking lot. This is because the heat and light from the sun can get into the car, by going through the windows, but it cant get back out. This is what the greenhouse effect does to the earth. The heat and light can get through the atmosphere, but it cant get out. As a result, the temperature rises. The suns heat can get into the car through the windows but is then trapped. This makes what ever the place might be, a greenhouse, a car, a building, or the earths atmosphere, hotter. This diagram shows the heat coming into a car as visible light (light you can see) and infrared light (heat). Once the light is inside the car, it is trapped and the heat builds up, just like it does in the earths atmosphere. Sometimes the temperature can The squiggle lines coming from the sun are visible light and the lines and arrows inside the car are infrared light. change in a way that helps us. The greenhouse effect makes the earth appropriate for people to live on. Without it, the earth would be freezing, or on the other hand it would be burning hot. It would be freezing at night because the sun would be down. We would not get the suns heat and light to make the night somewhat warm. During the day, especially during the summer, it would be burning because the sun would be up with no atmosphere to filter it, so people, plants, and animals would be exposed to all the light and heat. Although the greenhouse effect makes the earth able to have people living on it, if there

gets to be too many gases, the earth can get unusually warmer, and many plants, animals, and people will die. They would die because there would be less food (plants like corn, wheat, and other vegetables and fruits). This would happen because the plants would not be able to take the heat. This would cause us to have less food to eat, but it would also limit the food that animals have. With less food, like grass, for the animals that we need to survive (like cows) we would even have less food. Gradually, people, plants, and animals would all die of hunger. What are greenhouse gasses? Greenhouse gasses are gasses are in the earths atmosphere that collect heat and light from the sun. With too many greenhouse gasses in the air, the earths atmosphere will trap too much heat and the earth will get too hot. As a result people, animals, and plants would die because the heat would be too strong. What is global warming doing to the environment? Global warming is affecting many parts of the world. Global warming makes the sea rise, and when the sea rises, the water covers many low land islands. This is a big problem for many of the plants, animals, and people on islands. The water covers the plants and causes some of them to die. When they die, the animals lose a source of food, along with their habitat. Although animals have a better ability to adapt to what happens than plants do, they may die also. When the plants and animals die, people lose two sources of food, plant food and animal food. They may also lose their homes. As a result, they would also have to leave the area or die. This would be called a break in the food chain, or a chain reaction, one thing happening that leads to another and so on. The oceans are affected by global warming in other ways, as well. Many things that are happening to the ocean are linked to global warming. One thing that is happening is warm water, caused from global warming, is harming and killing algae in the ocean. Algae is a producer that you can see floating on the top of the water. (A producer is something that makes food for other animals through photosynthesis, like grass.) This floating green algae is food to many consumers in the ocean. (A consumer is something that eats the producers.) One kind of a consumer is small fish. There are many others like crabs, some whales, and many other animals. Fewer algae is a problem because there is less food for us and many animals in the sea.

Global warming is doing many things to people as well as animals and plants. It is killing algae, but it is also destroying many huge forests. The pollution that causes global warming is linked to acid rain. Acid rain gradually destroys almost everything it touches. Global warming is also causing many more fires that wipe out whole forests. This happens because global warming can make the earth very hot. In forests, some plants and trees leaves can be so dry that they catch on fire. What causes global warming? Many things cause global warming. One thing that causes global warming is electrical pollution. Electricity causes pollution in many ways, some worse than others. In most cases, fossil fuels are burned to create electricity. Fossil fuels are made of dead plants and animals. Some examples of fossil fuels are oil and petroleum. Many pollutants (chemicals that pollute the air, water, and land) are sent into the air when fossil fuels are burned. Some of these chemicals are called greenhouse gasses. We use these sources of energy much more than the sources that give off less pollution. Petroleum, one of the sources of energy, is used a lot. It is used for transportation, making electricity, and making many other things. Although this source of energy gives off a lot of pollution, it is used for 38% of the United States energy. Some other examples of using energy and polluting the air are:

Turning on a light Watching T.V. Listening to a stereo Washing or drying clothes Using a hair dryer Riding in a car Heating a meal in the microwave Using an air conditioner Playing a video game

Using a dish washer

When you do these things, you are causing more greenhouse gasses to be sent into the air. Greenhouse gasses are sent into the air because creating the electricity you use to do these things causes pollution. If you think of how many times a day you do these things, its a lot. You even have to add in how many other people do these things! That turns out to be a lot of pollutants going into the air a day because of people like us using electricity. The least amount of electricity you use, the better. When we throw our garbage away, the garbage goes to landfills. Landfills are those big hills that you go by on an expressway that stink. They are full of garbage. The garbage is then sometimes burned. This sends an enormous amount of greenhouse gasses into the air and makes global warming worse. Another thing that makes global warming worse is when people cut down trees. Trees and other plants collect carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a greenhouse gas. Carbon dioxide is the air that our body lets out when we breathe. With fewer trees, it is harder for people to breathe because there is more CO2 in the air, and we dont breathe CO2, we breathe oxygen. Plants collect the CO2 that we breathe out, and they give back oxygen that we breathe in. With less trees and other plants, such as algae, there is less air for us, and more greenhouse gases are sent into the air. This means that it is very important to protect our trees to stop the greenhouse effect, and also so we can breathe and live. This gas, CO2, collects light and heat (radiant energy), produced by the sun, and this makes the earth warmer. The heat and light from the sun is produced in the center of the sun. (The sun has layers just like the earth.)

This layer is called the core. Just like a core of an apple, it is in the middle. Here there is a very high temperature, about 27,000,000F. This heat escapes out of this layer to the next layer, the radiative zone. This layer is cooler, about 4,500,000F. Gradually, the heat and light will pass through the convection zone at a temperature of around 2,000,000F. When it gets to the surface, the temperature is about 10,000F. Finally, the heat and light is sent into space. This is called radiant energy (heat and light). The radiant energy reaches the earths atmosphere. As a result of this process we get light and heat. When you pollute, you send chemicals into the air that destroy our atmosphere, so more heat and light cannot escape from the earths The dirty yellow color on outside is the surface. atmosphere. The light and dark yellow colored area is the convection zone. The orange colored area is the What are people doing to stop global radiative zone, and the red colored area is the warming? core. The squiggle lines represent radiant energy. People are doing many things to try to stop global warming. One thing people are doing is carpooling. Carpooling is driving with someone to a place that you are both going to. This minimizes the amount of greenhouse gases put into the air by a car. Another thing that people are doing is being more careful about leaving things turned on like the television, computer, and the lights. A lot of people are taking time away from the television, and instead, they are spending more time outdoors. This helps our planet out a lot. Now, more people are even riding busses, walking to school, and riding their bikes to lower the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. Planting trees and recycling also helps. If you recycle, less trash goes to the dump, and less trash gets burned. As a result, there are fewer greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere. Watch what you buy. Many things, such as hairspray and deodorant, now are made to have less of an impact on the atmosphere. Less greenhouse gasses will rise into the air, and global warming will slow down.

What is the government doing to stop global warming? The government is doing many things to help stop global warming. The government made a law called The Clean Air Act so there is less air pollution. Global warming is making people get very bad illnesses that could make them disabled, very sick, and sometimes even die. The Clean Air Act is making many companies change their products to decrease these problems. Part of the law says that you may not put a certain amount of pollutants in the air. Hairspray and some other products, like foam cups, had this problem. Making and using these products let out too much volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ozone destroying chemicals (chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and related chemicals (such as CO2) into the air. Now, almost all of these products have a label on them telling people what this product can do to the environment and many people. By 2015 all products listed on the Clean Air Act will have this label on them: WARNING: contains or manufactured with (the chemical would go here. For example chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), a substance which harms public health and the environment by destroying ozone in the upper atmosphere. Almost all of the other chemicals that could be harmful will have this label on them hopefully by this time (2015) as well. The Clean Air Act has also made car companies change some of the things inside of the cars. Cars pollute a lot. While cars make more than half of the worlds smog (visible pollution in the air), many things that cars need to move and heat up make even more pollution. Some things that are inside of cars, buses, trucks, and motorcycles, like gasoline, pollute the air when the fuel is burned. It comes out as a chemical and when mixed in the air, forms smog. Smog is a kind of pollution that you see in the form of a cloud. If you have ever been to California you can see a lot of smog in some places. Sometimes the smog gets so bad that you cannot see at all! Smog forms when car exhaust, pollution from homes, and pollution from factories mixes in the air and has a chemical reaction. The suns heat and light add to the reaction. Cars, buses, and trucks are also responsible for over 50% of dangerous chemicals let into the air. Some of these chemicals can cause cancer, birth defects, trouble breathing, brain and nerve damage, lung injures, and burning eyes. Some of the pollutants are so harmful that they can even cause death. What are some of the other dangerous chemicals? Some other chemicals that cause air pollution and are bad for the environment and people are: Ozone- Ozone is produced when other pollution chemicals combine. It is the basic

element of smog. It causes many different kinds of health issues dealing with the lungs. It can damage plants and limit sight. It can also cause a lot of property damage. VOCs (volatile organic compounds, smog formers)- VOCs are let into the air when fuel is burned. This chemical can cause cancer. It can also harm plants. NOx (nitrogen dioxide)- This chemical forms smog. It is also formed by burning sources of energy, like gas, coal, and oil, and by cars. This chemical causes problems in the respiratory system (including the lungs). It causes acid rain, and it can damage trees. This chemical can eat away buildings and statues. CO (carbon monoxide)- The source of this chemical is burning sources of energy. It causes blood vessel problems and respiratory failures. PM-10 (particulate matter)- The source of this chemical is plowing and burning down fields. It can cause death and lung damage. It can make it hard for people to breathe. The smoke, soot, ash, and dust formed by this chemical can make many cities dirty. Sulfur Dioxide- This chemical is produced by making paper and metals. This chemical can cause permanent lung damage. It can cause acid rain which kills trees and damages building and statues. Lead- This chemical is in paint, leaded gasoline, smelters, and in lead storage batteries. It can cause many brain and nerve damages and digestive problems. Test yourself on global warming by figuring out a word search at the website below. When you enter this website, you will have to click on Global Warming Word Search to enter the page. Click on the website below to test yourself on global warming. http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/games/ Kid can help stop global warming, too!! Although adults do many things to help stop global warming, kids can do just as much. Kids cant do hard things like making a law, but we can do easier things like not watching as much TV. You can listen to your parents when they say, turn off your lights or go play outside. Listening to them and actually trying to help can help you, your environment, and the world.

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Causes of global warming

Global warming started long before humans added on to it. It mainly started after the end of the last ice age, about 8,000 years ago, levels of carbon dioxide mysteriously started rising at a time when they should have been dropping. The same happened to the methane levels from about 5,000 years ago. As you can tell global started early but we have been adding on to it also for the past 8,000 to 5,000 years. By that time we humans put enough greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to increase the global temperature up to 1.4 Fahrenheit.

Human causes

Burning fossil fuels Burning fossil fuels made of organic Manure The trees that convert our CO2 into oxygen are being demolished We are not replacing trees ( important part of our ecosystem) Taking Advantage of our nature resources Over population Pollution Burning of coal and oil

Nature Cause

Climate Change The release of methane gas from artic

Those are the main causes of global warming an it is not too late to change!!!!

What is the Effect?

Plains If the Heating of the earth continues more fires will happen. Since the sun will have added additional heat than it already has. Polar Since the earth is heating up the polar ice caps are melting. If it keeps melting the sea level might rise between 16-20 feet (It would cover most of Florida).

Coastal Their will be extra rain that will cause more floods. Many animals would be left with out a home. It would decrease the population of the animals that lost their home. Forest The forest would dry up and become part of the desserts. There would be increase in thunderstorms and forest fires. Deserts The heat would increase. It might even become to hot for some plants to survive. The water supplies that are there would be gone fast after each rain storm. The desserts would be more difficult to cross and to survive in.
Global warming is defined as the overall warming of the planet, based on average temperature over the entire surface. Modern technology is based up on a number of manufacturing units exploiting the natural resources. Due to rapid industrialization and fast population growth we are suffering from an unwanted danger of enviournment problem. Science has given us atomic energy, comfortable communication systems etc.. for the betterment of the society but at the same time the life has become uncomfortable and tenseful

due to the presence of same devices. The pollution is accompanied by the gradual rise in global atmospheric temperature, which is known as global warming. This study deals with Global warming effects and methods to prevent it. An overall warming of the planet, based on average temperature over the entire surface. Carbon dioxide is the key factor in causing Global warming. The indiscriminate burning of the fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gases, releases huge quantities of gases into atmosphere. The industrialized nations have emitted gaseous pollutants more than the developing nations. The fact that the current decade is the hottest period of the century is an indication that the globe is warming up. This will lead to significant adverse effects on the worlds natural system and human population over the next century.

Prevention of Global warming

Most energy is produced by the burning offossil fuels, like coal, oil and gas, which release carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.. To prevent this we have to organize self-awareness programmes, planning exhibitions in different parts of the countries to create awareness. BY RECYCLING BY ROAD TRANSPORT BY RENEWABLE ENERGY THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

If global warming continues, it could devastate global agriculture by causing drought conditions in some regions and flooding in others. In addition, it is feared that global ice melt will cause a rise in the sea level, flooding many port cities, some of which have very large populations which would be forced to relocate