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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especially global warming. Energy and the environment are inextricably linked due to a carbon dynamics‚ where energy usage results in carbon dioxide emissions which accumulate in the atmosphere (Appendix A). Over time‚ atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases increase which eventually become a major source of climate change such as rising temperature. Effects of energy usage on the environment are widespread: continual increase in carbon dioxide concentration in future is accompanied with unprecedented
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the nation‚ and by the time the first nuclear waste storage facility might be finished‚ all of its available storage space will already be spoken for. In comparison‚ generating electricity with hydroelectric dams doesn’t result in the emission of greenhouse gases‚ but it does have disastrous effects on the ecosystem in and around the river it interrupts.Go Solar and Reduce Your Carbon Emissions by 23‚000 pounds!The average American home uses more than 11‚000kWh of electricity every year‚ resulting
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by the use of fossil fuels‚ and industrial or agricultural processes. Man-made emissions are adding to the amount of carbon dioxide already being naturally released. These harmful processes have been leading to a large increase in the buildup of "greenhouse gases‚" which are carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ nitrous oxide‚ chlorofluorocarbons‚ and water vapors. Global warming is an extremely severe problem facing the world today. Its effects and causes have been on the rise and people need to do something about
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largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world. California is the first state in the United States to set laws that will reduce the amounts of greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere. (Plan to Cut) Many people are for this law‚ while many are against it. There are many thoughts as to why global warming is occurring. Some scientists say that it is just the natural cycle of the Earth‚ therefore it is something that is going to happen no matter how many greenhouse gases there are in
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oxygen back to the atmosphere; the oxygen will be used by heterotrophic organisms in the respiratory process‚ forming a cycle (clearly understand through the picture above). It is present in the Earth’s atmosphere with low concentrations and act as greenhouse gases. It is a major component of the carbon cycle. Therefore‚ the carbon cycle has contributed to major climatic changes. Photosynthesis Carbon dioxide + water + sunlight -> carbohydrate + oxygen CO2 + H2O + sunlight -> CH2O + O2
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which can proved us with the foundations needed for the future actions. While the office of sustainability at UIC has been working hard‚ based on the data collected by the Associate Chancellor of Sustainability‚ Cynthia Klein-Banai‚ the UIC has greenhouse gas emission of 300‚000 Metric ton CO2 equivalents per year
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but this increase may end up as very tremendous and huge worry to everyone living on the planet. The gases that come out after the combustion of these fuels and also from the chimneys of the factories‚ combine and add up the concentration of the greenhouse gases in
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Why did plants exposed to no light grow better than the plants exposed to light? The plants exposed to no light performed better than those exposed to light is most likely caused by the plants exposed to no light having more water than those in light. Even though the amount and frequency of water added to all plants were kept the same‚ the amount of water the plants in no light had access to was more than the amount of water the plants in light had. This is due to two reasons: a) because the plants
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blanket‚ trapping heat. These gases are called ‘greenhouse gases’. This is known as the ‘Natural Greenhouse Effect’. Without it‚ the earth would be much colder. (the atmosphere is really much thinner than it looks above) So why is global warming happening? Some things that people do are increasing the amounts of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere‚ so more heat is trapped. The heating of the earth through human activities is called the ‘Enhanced Greenhouse Effect’ and this is causing the earth to
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