Tuesday, 12 July 2011

WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING.?

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.  This hurts many people, animals, and plants.  Many cannot take the change, so they die.




GLOBAL WARMING REASONS: "Cutting Trees"

Another thing that makes global warming worse is when people cut down trees.  Trees and other plants collect carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a greenhouse gas.
Carbon dioxide is the air that our body lets out when we breathe. With fewer trees, it is harder for people to breathe because there is more CO2 in the air, and we don’t breathe CO2, we breathe oxygen.  Plants collect the CO2 that we breathe out, and they give back oxygen that we breathe in.  With less trees and other plants, such as algae, there is less air for us, and more greenhouse gases are sent into the air. This means that it is very important to protect our trees to stop the greenhouse effect, and also so we can breathe and live. 


REASONS FOR GLOBAL WARMING "ELECTRIC POLLUTION"

One thing that causes global warming is electrical pollution.  Electricity causes pollution in many ways, some worse than others.  In most cases, fossil fuels are burned to create electricity.  Fossil fuels are made of dead plants and animals.  Some examples of fossil fuels are oil and petroleum.  Many pollutants (chemicals that pollute the air, water, and land) are sent into the air when fossil fuels are burned.  Some of these chemicals are called greenhouse gasses.
We use these sources of energy much more than the sources that give off less pollution.  Petroleum, one of the sources of energy, is used a lot.  It is used for transportation, making electricity, and making many other things.




Effects of Global Warming

Main effects of global warming is directly on the temperature. temperature records have shown the effects of global warming. Because of it the temperature varies with the passage of time. Based on experts judgeship, they have said that it strongly effects the weather and due to incrementation in global warming weather is also effected. Rain amounts have decreased due to warming.


Glaciers have started to melt due to global warming. Mountains, glaciers and snow ice caps have decreased in northern and southern hemisphere. This leads to decrease in glaciers and ice caps which results in rise of sea level. Mountainous area in Europe will face glacier retreat due to some changes in glaciers and snow cover are expected to reduce water availability for the population in upcoming future.



Food supply is also effected by global warming. change in climate is impacting the agriculture and food production around the world. Because of carbon-dioxide temperature is turning into hot temperature. So far effects on the agriculture is limited. Several studies have shown that it has made deep impact on the food production. In addition health is also effected by global warming. It causes many infectious disease because of change in climate and temperature.

Monday, 11 July 2011

GLOBAL WARMING: "Solutions"

 Here are some steps that we follow to prevent global warming:

If you are at home do not forget to unplug your home appliances such as freezer, bulbs etc. It is the quickest way to reduce the global warming. the impact of unplugging a freezer is that it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 10 percent. Another easy way to reduce the global warming is replaced all regular light bulbs with an energy-saving model.


 

When you want to buy your next car then it should be fuel efficient vehicle. With best fuel economy helps in preventing the atmosphere to get trapped in the hands of heat. In addition,better gas mileage will reduce global warming. to save the environment from heat, look for good technologies like Hybrid engines.



By planting more and more trees we can reduce the global warming to some extend because plants and trees have the ability to absorb the carbon dioxide. People can make a group in neighborhood and can contact local arborist or urban forester about planting trees on private property and public land. Before buying wood products, people should keep in mind that there should be the labels that show the source of the timber.