What is Global Warming? What is Global Warming? Lesson Objectives: • To understand what is meant by ‘global warming’ • To know what we think causes global warming. • To begin to understand how our activities can cause climate change. The sun sends out energy as heat and light. This energy comes to our earth during the day time. Some of the sun’s rays get ‘trapped’ in the atmosphere. Some of them get reflected back into space. The ones which get through the atmosphere warm the earth up. All
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Help prevent Global Warming There is no doubt the Planet Earth is getting warmer and warmer by the day. Global warming is the rising temperature on the planet Earth’s surface and it’s oceans. Global warming effects everything including our ocean temperature and the amount of precipitation. There are many things we could do to stop global warming. If more and more people started to recycle that would be a great start. You can even turn this into a fun family activity. Another one is if people
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surprising rate because people want to fulfill their desire by buying more things. This increase in consumerism is not supported by our planet which results in "climate change"(Chilongo‚ Scribd.com). According to Menezes Chilongo‚ the two major problems of over consumerism are "environmental degradation and environmental pollution"(Scribd.com). Increase in consumerism means increase in the level of production of goods and materials which require a great amount of energy. Increased in consumerism
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the year 2007‚ the concept of ‘Sustainability’ was established in the mind of people and businesses in the world. In the year 2009‚ the UN Climate Change conference held in Copenhagen firmly developed the issue of potential threats of global warming in both the global political and business arenas. Since the industrial revolution in the late 18th century‚ new factories were built which means more deforestation‚ more use of electricity‚ more burning of fossil fuel and resulting in emission of more Carbondioxide
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Jackson Nagle A02498640 Short-Answer Essay Cyclical global weather patterns and the increased usage of carbon emissions have lead to an increase of global warming. These higher temperature recordings are due to normal weather patterns according to scientists. Although there is an increase in global carbon emissions‚ the fact that climate measurements have been increasing since the beginning of the 20th century‚ long before society began using fossil fuels as an energy source in large amounts
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Lukas Zebrauskas 09/21/10 Chemistry & Environment Global Warming Outline Thesis: How is global warming and greenhouse gases affecting our environment? I. What is global warming? A.) Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises). It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. II. What is the
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GLOBAL WARMING EFFECTS ON ANTARCTICA The effects of global warming create a growing danger for the ecosystem‚ by damaging the polar caps‚ and harming all of Antarctica ecosystem. Global warming started to occur around the late 19th century‚ and it continues to proceed to increase as time goes on. The main gases to blame for global warming are Carbon dioxide‚ Methane‚ and Nitrous Oxide. These gases are trapping the heat inside the atmosphere causing the temperature to rise‚ this process is also
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to live and breathe. Global deforestation is growing at an alarming rate -- every year‚ 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed. Anthropogenic factors that can affect forests include logging‚ urban sprawl‚ human-caused forest fires‚ acid rain‚ invasive species‚ and the practice of shifting cultivation. If forests disappear‚ the amount of Carbon Dioxide in air will increase‚ resulting in increase of temperature of earth. Furthermore‚ it would cause global warming as the Carbon Dioxide
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INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND GLOBAL SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS. Global environmental problems involve one or more of the following: 1. Deforestation 2. Desertification 3. Rapid Population Growth 4. Food Production and Equitable Distribution 5. Global Warming 6. Depletion of the Atmospheric Ozone 7. Acid Precipitation and Air Pollution 8. Ocean Pollution Characteristics of International Environmental Problems: 1. Many of the international problems involve the use of common
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Global warming is a topic that has been in the news‚ classroom‚ and discussed in many media outlets. This controversial topic has many wondering if global warming is fact or if it is hype in order to create demands in certain markets for product marketing and profits. Even the science community cannot come to an agreement on the reality nor severity of global warming (WSJ‚ 1/27/2012). I happen to believe that the truth lies somewhere between fact and hype but my opinion leans more towards hype
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