Climatologists‚ who predict short and long-term climate trends‚ believe carbon dioxide and other emissions‚ mainly from industrial and commercial activity over the last two centuries‚ have altered the Earth’s atmosphere. This change has caused a "greenhouse effect" which is rapidly warming the planet. Effects The predicted effects of global warming include the melting of polar ice caps; a significant rise in sea levels; more extreme weather events; a reduction in agricultural land; water shortages;
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increased emissions of greenhouse gases. Primary greenhouse gases include water vapor‚ carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ nitrous oxide‚ and ozone . Carbon dioxide‚ as well as other greenhouse gases‚ is a very important factor in the vital cycles which sustain life on this planet‚ plants use carbon dioxide in photosynthesis and release oxygen necessary to maintain the lives of animal species‚ who through exhaling return carbon dioxide in atmosphere‚ completing the cycle .Greenhouse effect is a natural process
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as a carbon sink— soaking up carbon dioxide that would otherwise be free in the atmosphere and contribute to ongoing changes in climate patterns. Deforestation undermines this important carbon sink function. It is estimated that 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions are the result of deforestation. Deforestation is a particular concern in tropical rainforests because these forests are home to much of the world’s biodiversity. For example‚ in the Amazon around 17% of the forest has been lost in
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Climate Change Germany 2013 Report March 20th‚ 2013
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reaches Earth? How do greenhouse gases warm the lower atmosphere? 2. Solar radiation gets absorbed by the Earth’s surface when it reaches Earth. This emits infrared radiation into the land‚ ice and water. Greenhouse gases warm the lower atmosphere because they re-emit infrared radiation in all directions that travels back downward warming the lower atmosphere. This has led to the phenomenon as the Greenhouse Effect. 1. Why is carbon dioxide considered the main greenhouse gas? How could an increase
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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
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the effect of greenhouse gases. The main causes of global warming is the greenhouse effect‚ fossil fuels in cars‚ and global emission. Global warming is having an effect on our environment such as rising seas‚ changes in rainfall patterns‚ and etc. What we can do to stop this is‚ lower down emissions‚ cut greenhouse gases and so on. This paper will focus on what global warming is doing to our environment. The greenhouse effect is one of the things causing global warming. The greenhouse effect is the
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non-science-loving-environmentalist-geek would understand. Most likely‚ that would be the reason why it won so many awards. The documentary showed the basic process of global warming which is the greenhouse gases are trapping the sun’s heat in the earth’s atmosphere which makes the earth warm. The greenhouse gases are caused by producing too much CO2. When Al Gore compared the old and new photos of the same place‚ the difference was very obvious. I can clearly see that the glaciers are starting to melt
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understanding that the need for EAs arose because of the significant amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the Company ’s antiquated manufacturing facilities. In order to remedy this situation‚ plans were made to upgrade the facilities in 2014. The reduced gas emissions that the upgraded facilities are expected to provide will render EAs with vintage years beyond 2014‚ useless‚ as they would no longer be needed to meet the gas emission standards. Consequently‚ the Company took action as explained above
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caused by the Greenhouse Effect. The Greenhouse effect causes the sun’s rays to come in the earth’s atmosphere‚ and when it bounces back‚ more and more of the sun’s rays stay in the Earth‚ heating up the average global temperature. Greenhouse gasses cause the addition of the Greenhouse Effect. Greenhouse Gasses cause an increase in the Greenhouse Effect. Greenhouse Gasses are created whenever a fossil fuel is burned. It is not the burning of the fossil fuel‚ but the emissions of the gas from the
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