Global Warming
January 14, 2013
Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are sometimes called Greenhouse gases, are increasing into our atmosphere causing climate changes. Scientists call this climate change – Global Warming. Sea levels are rising, glaciers are melting, and storms are raging fiercer than ever before such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. As the Earth spins each day, the new heat swirls with it, picking up moisture over the oceans, rising here, settling there. (http://www.nmsea.org) Is the climate caused by things that humans are doing or releasing into the air, or is it simply part of Mother Nature and just a hoax? Regardless, even if we disagree about the causes, global warming effects are real, or are they?
The earth’s temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet’s system. (Retrieved from http://epa.gov) The earth gets warm when the sun’s energy is absorbed but when the suns energy is bounced back into space then the earth is cool. The balance of the earth’s energy can be changed by the greenhouse effect, variations in the sun’s energy and the changes of the reflection of the sun’s energy to the earth. The greenhouse effect is the process of the sun’s energy penetrating the planet warming the land and water and because the emission of CO2 and other gases, the energy is not released back into the atmosphere causing the earth to stay warm.
The different types of emissions are Carbon dioxide from fuel burning plants, and gas from various transportation methods and methane emissions from animals, agriculture and the Arctic seabed. In the U.S., about 40% of CO2 emissions come from electricity production and burning coal accounts for 93% of emissions from the electric utility industry. (Retrieved from: http://planetsave.com) Most of human kind is dependent on the burning of coal to supply our electrical needs. Gasoline for automobiles, planes and farming equipment equate to
Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are sometimes called Greenhouse gases, are increasing into our atmosphere causing climate changes. Scientists call this climate change – Global Warming. Sea levels are rising, glaciers are melting, and storms are raging fiercer than ever before such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. As the Earth spins each day, the new heat swirls with it, picking up moisture over the oceans, rising here, settling there. (http://www.nmsea.org) Is the climate caused by things that humans are doing or releasing into the air, or is it simply part of Mother Nature and just a hoax? Regardless, even if we disagree about the causes, global warming effects are real, or are they?
The earth’s temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet’s system. (Retrieved from http://epa.gov) The earth gets warm when the sun’s energy is absorbed but when the suns energy is bounced back into space then the earth is cool. The balance of the earth’s energy can be changed by the greenhouse effect, variations in the sun’s energy and the changes of the reflection of the sun’s energy to the earth. The greenhouse effect is the process of the sun’s energy penetrating the planet warming the land and water and because the emission of CO2 and other gases, the energy is not released back into the atmosphere causing the earth to stay warm.
The different types of emissions are Carbon dioxide from fuel burning plants, and gas from various transportation methods and methane emissions from animals, agriculture and the Arctic seabed. In the U.S., about 40% of CO2 emissions come from electricity production and burning coal accounts for 93% of emissions from the electric utility industry. (Retrieved from: http://planetsave.com) Most of human kind is dependent on the burning of coal to supply our electrical needs. Gasoline for automobiles, planes and farming equipment equate to
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