CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION

“All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to

man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting

an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only it

is real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon:

the man-made natural disaster.”

Barack Obama

Global Warming, also known as the Climate Change, is the increase in the

average temperature of the atmosphere, oceans, and landmasses of Earth. The earth’s

climate has warmed and cooled for millions of years, since long before we appeared on

the scene. At present, Earth appears to be facing a rapid warming, which most scientists

believe results, at least in part, from human activities.

The chief cause of this change is thought to be the burning of fossil fuels,

such as coal, oil, and natural gas, which releases into the atmosphere carbon dioxide and

other substances known as greenhouse gases. As the atmosphere becomes richer in these

gases, it becomes a better insulator, retaining more of the heat provided to the planet by

the Sun. The average surface temperature of Earth is about 15°C. Scientists predict

further warming of 1.4 to 5.8 Celsius degrees by the year 2100. This temperature rise is

expected to melt polar ice caps and glaciers as well as warm the oceans, all of which will

expand ocean volume and raise sea level by an estimated 9 to 100 cm, flooding some

coastal regions and even entire islands. Some regions in warmer climates will receive

more rainfall than before, but soils will dry out faster between storms.

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 This soil desiccation may damage food crops, disrupting food supplies in

some parts of the world. Plant and animal species will shift their ranges toward the poles

or to higher elevations seeking cooler temperatures and species that cannot do so may

become extinct. The potential consequences of global warming are so great that many of

the world's leading scientists have called for international cooperation and immediate

action to counteract the problem.

The energy that lights and warms Earth comes from the Sun. Most of the

energy that floods onto our planet is short-wave radiation, including visible light. When

this energy strikes the surface of Earth, the energy changes from light to heat and warms

Earth. Earth’s surface, in turn, releases some of this heat as long-wave infrared radiation.

Much of this long-wave infrared radiation makes it all the way back out to space, but a

portion remains trapped in Earth’s atmosphere. Certain gases in the atmosphere,

including water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane, provide the trap. Absorbing and

reflecting infrared waves radiated by Earth, these gases conserve heat as the glass in a

greenhouse does and are thus known as greenhouse gases. As the concentration of these

greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increases, more heat energy remains trapped below.

All life on Earth relies on this greenhouse effect—without it, the planet would be colder

by about 33 Celsius degrees, and ice would cover Earth from pole to pole. However, a

growing excess of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere threatens to tip the balance in

the other direction—toward continual warming.

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 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The research entitled “The Global Warming: The Endless Climate

Change” aims to find out the answers of the following questions as stated below.

1. What are the effects of the Climate Change to mankind, animals, and to the mother

Earth?

2. What are the top causes and factors of this endless climate change?

3. What are the possible solutions to slow down the progress/development rate of global

warming?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The significant goal of the study is to motivate and educate every people

that Global Warming is a huge problem that will cause destruction here on Earth

surfaces. The significance also of this research paper is to awaken people’s consciousness

about the adverse effect of the said phenomenon. This study may help people develop

better understanding of the concepts and ideas in the Climate Change. This research study

may likewise challenge every people in their responsibility as human being not to make

the crisis more critical, but to prevent this from being more dangerous. The useful and

relevant information acquired from the study may provide the people’s insights on how to

maintain a globally balanced world and a peaceful environment. This study will help

people to fully understand the causes and the consequences of the topic. Moreover, the

study’s contribution hopes to mark a lesson for us to be prepared and open-minded at all

times.

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 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

The research study is delimited to my fellow Filipino countrymen such as

my friends, classmates, and commonly to the residents of Bahayang Pag-asa Subdivision,

Imus, Cavite. The study is involved of matured high school students and teachers that

will be surveyed regarding the questionnaires. The research paper will aim to motivate

and improve the knowledge of my fellow citizens. This study will serve as their

information and guide for this present time. Furthermore, the study was confined to get

the responses of the students and teachers-respondents in the given area of Cavite.

Moreover, the study is hope to be conducted its’ information and lesson to chosen

individuals of my country.

DEFINTION OF TERMS

Climate – The meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation and the

wind that characteristically prevail in a particular region.

Desiccation - Excessive loss of moisture and the process of drying up.

Greenhouse Effect - The phenomenon whereby the earth's atmosphere traps solar

radiation, caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide,

water vapor, and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through but absorb heat

radiated back from the earth's surface.

Fossil Fuels - A hydrocarbon deposit, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas, derived

from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.

Atmosphere - The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body, especially the

one surrounding the earth, and retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.

Temperature - The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.

Radiation - Energy radiated or transmitted as rays, waves, in the form of particles.

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 QUESTIONNAIRES

Respondent’s Name: _______________________________________ Age: __________

Year and Section: _________________________________________ Date:__________

General Instruction: Blacken the letter of the desired