What is global warming? Scientifically speaking it is describe as the gradual increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere believed to be due to the green house effect. In this paper I will discuss the history or global warming and how it became the most talked about topic in environmental science. In addition I will describe various types of pollutions that we humans have contributed to making the atmosphere worst every year. Finally I will conclude the paper with a variety of solutions
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The Greenhouse Effect Ashley 24/1/2013 The Greenhouse effect is a process that is naturally occurring on our planet. The reason it is a concern is many scientists believe the process is being changed because of our use of energy in the last 100 years or so. Most greenhouses look like a small glass house. Greenhouses are used to grow plants, especially in the winter. Greenhouses work by trapping heat from the sun. The glass panels of the greenhouse let in light but keep heat from escaping. This
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the world. The British government report warned if no action is taken to control carbon emissions climate change would cost 5 to 20 percent of the annual global gross domestic product. (Climate change impacts, 2011). The United Nation’s intergovernmental Panel on Climate change published a report in 2007 regarding the discovery of Global Warming since the 20th Century. (IPCC, 2011). The possible reason for this phenomenon may be caused by human activity. The appropriate definition is explained
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STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE Troposphere | Closest to the earth and most weather happens here. Temperature drops as you go higher. Wind speeds increase. Most unstable layer. End of the sphere is marked by the tropoPAUSE- an isothermal layer where temp remains constant. | Stratosphere | Steady increase in temperature. Marked by the STRATOPAUSE. Atmosphere is thinner here. | Mesosphere | Temperature decreases to -90. No water vapour or dust to absorb radiation. Very strong winds at 3000 km/hr
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An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth is a focuses on Al Gore’s concerns and travel of global warming. According to him he has put many efforts into getting the message across for years and for years its been ignored. His biggest concern now is how far we’re going to let it go and it might be too late then. It is a PowerPoint presentation with many visuals and clips that Al Gore has traveled worldwide with. He starts off the document with some humor and includes personal events of his
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Executive Summary Global climate has changed throughout the last century and it is causing human suffering around the world, but the global warming issue was only brought to the forefront politically in 2010, when the Village of Kivalina was affected by the Gulf Oil Spill accident, and became uninhabitable. According to Saundra Brown Armstrong, a senior United States federal judge, human activity is the major factor increasing global warming. Factors such as greenhouse gas
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Climate Change: Causes, Effects and Solutions HUSSEIN KALAKESH ENG 101 Baker College of Allen Park Climate Change Essay UIN# 107-24597 Climate Change: Causes, Effects and Solutions Nowadays climate change is the biggest problem of the human being. It is already happening and represents one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet. The climate can affect every person and our health directly through increases in temperature. Such increases may
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Climate Change is a Natural Cycle: Global Warming is a Hype Terra Nova is a new American TV series on the Fox network, which airs on Mondays and has caught the attention of a wide audience for its science fiction suspense. The show is intriguing because it relates to a huge debate going on right now amongst scientist, politicians and environmentalist; Global Warming. Is it real and if so, are humans the cause. In Terra Nova it is year 2149 and Earth is being destroyed to extinction due to air
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Climate Change – Anthropogenic or Natural? One of the biggest issues in today’s media is the argument of climate change and global warming, and whether or not it is the result of human influence on the Earth or if it is a natural occurrence. Many people will tell you that climate change is the result of human impact on the Earth, while other people will say that the change is just a natural cycle the Earth goes through. Though both sides can produce evidence as to why they are right or why the
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how to observe particular problem. The topic that we have chosen is burning of fossil fuels (effects, causes and prevention). It opens our hearts and minds on the possible effects or outcomes that may happen in our environment if these thing will continuously arise. The damaged has been done in several parts of the world. The only thing we must do is to initiate other ideas that may convert the effects of burning of fossil fuel into a suitable one. The next pages of this research will explain other
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