Environmental issues Summary The Nigerian states‚ Bodo in Orgoniland are faced with a crucial shell oil spill 1‚640 barrels have leaked. This has impact the environment‚ destroyed fishing grounds and has negatively erupted the local community. Governments are working in progress with agencies‚ seeking more than £93million pounds in order to clean up the creeks‚ which‚ even four years after the spill‚ remain coated in oil. Analysis This article relates to the module topics of environmental
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5‚2011. I have notice that Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing because it keeps our planet habitable. However‚ by burning fossil fuels such as coal‚ gas and oil and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere and temperatures are rising. We’re already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting‚ plants and animals are being forced from their habitats
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wreck havoc which has created the “greenhouse” effect. Climate change is a result of human actions‚ it didn’t occur naturally. Nine of the eleven hottest years in the 20th century have occurred since 1985‚ which is not consistent with a natural trend. Studies show that the surface temperature of the earth has been increasing at a rate of 0.17 degrees Celsius per decade. Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may alter the surface temperature through the “greenhouse” effect. These altered environmental
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Industrial Revolution. C – “Humans have increased significantly the numbers of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere…” 2. The increase of CO2 in the atmosphere thickens the ’greenhouse blanket’‚ with the result that too much heat is trapped into the Earth’s atmosphere. D – “…human activities are responsible for the rise in temperatures that has increased…” E – “…earth is changing rapidly probably because of greenhouse gases…” II. Effects Caused A – “…changes in Arctic sea ice
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Earth’s average surface temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released by people burning fossil fuels”. ( Random House Dictionary‚ © Random House‚ Inc. 2011. ) The image of the factory exhausting the gases that creates greenhouse effect. Fig 1: Referring to the above picture‚ it is clearly proven that the gases from factory has polluted the air ‚ creating an increased in greenhouse effect- heat-trapping‚ primarily carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ and nitrous oxide.
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climatic patterns for years by increasing planetary reflectivity causing atmospheric cooling. Tiny particles called aerosols are produced by volcanoes. Because they reflect solar energy back into space they have a cooling effect on the world. The greenhouse gas‚ carbon dioxide is also produced however the CO2 produced is insignificant when compared to emissions created by humans. Ocean Current The oceans are a major component of the climate system. Ocean currents move vast amounts of heat across the
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meanings of the term "greenhouse effect". There is a "natural" greenhouse effect that keeps the Earth’s climate warm and habitable. There is also the "man-made" greenhouse effect‚ which is the enhancement of Earth’s natural greenhouse effect by the addition of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels (mainly petroleum‚ coal‚ and natural gas). In order to understand how the greenhouse effect operates‚ we need to first understand "infrared radiation". Greenhouse gases reduce the rate at
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The Project The Role of IPCC in Setting Climate Change Policy This essay will critically evaluate the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in setting climate change policy. In order to do this‚ its latest assessment report (IPCC 2007) will be highlighted. The physical science basis of climate change that IPCC relies on in influencing policy on climate change will be reviewed. IPCC’s view of climate change will be shown to be the main stream view of climate change. The essay
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affects everyone in many ways. Almost always it is bad. Global warming is when the earth heats up because of the rays of the sun and other things. Many of the things that cause global warming include greenhouse gasses‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane. Many things that create greenhouse gasses include turning on lights‚ watching T.V.‚ riding in a car‚ and playing video games. When all these things are stuck in our atmosphere it causes light to come in but not escape back out. This causes
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1. Introduction Scientific evidence of the world’s changing climate is unequivocal. The expected impacts of the changing climate are likely to adversely affect the well being of all countries and particularly the poorest countries‚ some of which are in Africa. The changing climate has been manifested in the form of: increased severity and frequency of droughts; floods and storms; water stress‚ coastal erosion‚ and higher incidence of vector borne diseases among others. The resulting declines in
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