Global Warming and the Effect on the Environment
Global Warming and the Effect on the Environment
SCI 207 Dependence of Man on the Environment
Instructor: William Lees
April 8, 2013
Global Warming is a serious issue today. The effect it has on this earth is a concern for scientist around the world. Global warming is rising the average temperature of the world. The temperature has risen about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit from the mid 1800’s to now. And scientists have forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. Researchers believe humans are the main cause. Human activities have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere through buildup of greenhouse gases. And of course the greenhouse effect is what regulates the temperature of our planet. There are many things affected by global warming such as air pollution, vanishing wildlife, coral bleaching and melting ice caps to just name a few. Global Warming is here and humans are causing it with the pollution caused by their daily lives. Humans pollute the air every day with the cars they drive, where they work, and even what they do inside their own homes. Human pollution causes greenhouse gases. When the sun is shining the earth heats up but the green houses gases don’t let it cool enough because it locks in the heat. Here is an example: Your car sits all day in the parking lot at work and as the sun and heat rises outside. It also shines and heats the inside of your car and can’t get back out. So when you go out to your car to go home for the day your car is unbearable until you roll down the windows or turn the air conditioning on. This is the same thing that greenhouse gases do; it locks in the heat and never lets the earth cool down enough. Now the earth does need some greenhouse gas because if it wasn’t there we would freeze at night until the sun came back the next day. So a little greenhouse gas is good but as humans we have caused way more then we need that now it is bad and getting way bad. As
SCI 207 Dependence of Man on the Environment
Instructor: William Lees
April 8, 2013
Global Warming is a serious issue today. The effect it has on this earth is a concern for scientist around the world. Global warming is rising the average temperature of the world. The temperature has risen about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit from the mid 1800’s to now. And scientists have forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. Researchers believe humans are the main cause. Human activities have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere through buildup of greenhouse gases. And of course the greenhouse effect is what regulates the temperature of our planet. There are many things affected by global warming such as air pollution, vanishing wildlife, coral bleaching and melting ice caps to just name a few. Global Warming is here and humans are causing it with the pollution caused by their daily lives. Humans pollute the air every day with the cars they drive, where they work, and even what they do inside their own homes. Human pollution causes greenhouse gases. When the sun is shining the earth heats up but the green houses gases don’t let it cool enough because it locks in the heat. Here is an example: Your car sits all day in the parking lot at work and as the sun and heat rises outside. It also shines and heats the inside of your car and can’t get back out. So when you go out to your car to go home for the day your car is unbearable until you roll down the windows or turn the air conditioning on. This is the same thing that greenhouse gases do; it locks in the heat and never lets the earth cool down enough. Now the earth does need some greenhouse gas because if it wasn’t there we would freeze at night until the sun came back the next day. So a little greenhouse gas is good but as humans we have caused way more then we need that now it is bad and getting way bad. As
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