GLOBAL WARMING

by
Gajjar Yash Navinchandra (Roll # 60)
Soni Vishw Dharmeshkumar (Roll # 57)
Modi Sagar Chhogaji (Roll # 54)
Barot Nikul Vijaybhai (Roll # 49)
Chunara Pradhyuman Maheshbhai (Roll No. 51)

What is Global Warming?

Global warming and climate change are
terms for the observed century-scale rise in
the average temperature of the Earth's
climate system and its related effects
Multiple lines of scientific evidence show
that the climate system is warming.
Scientific understanding of global warming
is increasing.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change reported in 2014 that scientists
were more than 95% certain that global
warming is being caused mostly by
increasing concentrations of greenhouse
gases and other human activities.

How Global Warming Works

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)

Example of the
Greenhouse Effect
The Suns energy
passes through the
cars windshield.
This energy (heat)
is trapped inside
the car and cannot
pass back through
the windshield,
causing the inside
of the car to warm
up.

Difference between
Global Warming & Climate Change
GLOBAL WARMING
is the increase of the
Earths average
surface temperature
due to a build-up of
greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere.

CLIMATE CHANGE
is a broader term that
refers to long-term
changes in climate,
including average
temperature and
precipitation.

Effects of Global Warming

Rising Sea Level

Habitat Damage and

Increased Temperature

Changes in Water Supply

Why is global warming happening?

Burning of Fossil Fuels

Pollution from coal,

natural gas, and oil

When did global warming start?

Global Atmospheric Concentration of CO2

What is carbon dioxide and how is it

discovered?
Joseph Black, a Scottish chemist and physician, first
identified carbon dioxide in the 1750s. At room
temperatures (20-25 oC), carbon dioxide is an odourless,
colourless gas, which is faintly acidic and nonflammable. Carbon dioxide is a molecule with the
molecular formula CO2. The linear molecule consists of
a carbon atom that is doubly bonded to two
oxygen atoms, O=C=O.

Applications of carbon dioxide by humans

Humans use carbon dioxide in many different ways.
The most familiar example is its use in soft drinks and
beer, to make them fizzy. Carbon dioxide released by
baking powder or yeast makes cake batter rise.
Some fire extinguishers use carbon dioxide because
it is denser than air. Carbon dioxide can blanket a fire,
because of its heaviness.

The part carbon dioxide plays in

environmental processes
Carbon dioxide plays an important part in vital plant
and animal process, such as photosynthesis and
respiration.

Environmental problems - the

greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gasses absorb some of the heat and trap it
near the earth's surface, so that the earth is warmed up.
This process, commonly known as the greenhouse effect.
The amount of heat in the troposphere depends on
concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gasses and
the amount of time these gasses remain in the
atmosphere. The most important greenhouse gasses are
carbon dioxide, CFC's (Chlor-Fluoro-Carbons), nitrogen
oxides and methane.

Carbon dioxide and health

The primary health dangers of carbon dioxide are:
- Asphyxiation. Caused by the release of carbon dioxide in a
confined or unventilated area. This can lower the concentration of
oxygen to a level that is immediately dangerous for human health.
- Frostbite. Solid carbon dioxide is always below -78 oC at regular
atmospheric pressure, regardless of the air temperature. Handling
this material for more than a second or two without proper protection
can cause serious blisters, and other unwanted effects. Carbon
dioxide gas released from a steel cylinder, such as a fire
extinguisher, causes similar effects.
- Kidney damage or coma. This is caused by a disturbance in
chemical equilibrium of the carbonate buffer. When carbon dioxide
concentrations increase or decrease, causing the equilibrium to be
disturbed, a life threatening situation may occur.

Whats being done now to

reduce our emissions?

Wind Power

Solar Power

Fuel-Efficiency

What can you do to help solve the problem?

Simple Things To Do

Turn off your computer or the TV

when youre not using it.
Take shorter showers. Heating water uses energy.
Keep rooms cool by closing the blinds, shades, or
curtains.
Turn off the lights when you leave a room.
Use compact fluorescent bulbs.

Be Bulb SmartUse CFLs

Incandescent

Whats the
difference?

Compact
Fluorescent

500 lbs. of
coal

1,430 lbs. CO2 pollution avoided

$30 saved

Simple Things To Do
Dress lightly when its hot instead of turning up
the air conditioning. Or use a fan.
Dress warmly when its cold instead of turning
up the heat.
Offer to help your parents keep the air filters on
your AC and furnace clean.
Walk short distances instead of asking for a
ride in the car.
Plant a tree.

Recycle.