Global Warming
Taylor Cooke
18 November 2011
William Kelso; Renewable Natural Resources 1001 Causes and Consequences of Global Warming To change something is to transform or convert it from what it is or what it would be if left alone. Global Warming is changing the earth. It is increasing temperature and affecting many plant and animal habitats. Those are only two of the many affects that Global Warming has on the planet. It is caused by many factors such as Greenhouse gases, thermal pollution and many more. If Global Warming continues at the rate it is presently going, our planet and everything on it will suffer significantly. Global Warming is stimulated by many causes that will put the earth at risk of serious consequences if not controlled. Studies have shown that earth's temperature is increasing. This change in temperature is due to not only one, but many different factors (Nordell 2003). One major factor causing Global warming is the greenhouse effect (Nordell 2003). This effect involves the increase of greenhouse gas concentration into the atmosphere (Nordell 2003). These increases result in the increase of emissions of carbon dioxide, the increase of burning fossil fuels, and ultimately the increase of global temperature (Nordell 2003). Before Global Warming, geothermal heat flow was the only net heat source on earth (Nordell 2003). We now have heat dissipation from the use of nonrenewable energy adding to the net heat source (Nordell 2003). Examples of these nonrenewable energy resources are traffic, air conditioning, fossil fuel, and nuclear power (Nordell 2003)r. Another cause of Global Warming if fossil energy as well as not fully combusted fuel being converted into heat(Nordell 2003). This process is commonly known as thermal pollution(Nordell 2003). The process untimely stems from the study of thermodynamics, which states that all energy will eventually dissipate into heat(Nordell 2003). The absorption of solar energy at earth's
18 November 2011
William Kelso; Renewable Natural Resources 1001 Causes and Consequences of Global Warming To change something is to transform or convert it from what it is or what it would be if left alone. Global Warming is changing the earth. It is increasing temperature and affecting many plant and animal habitats. Those are only two of the many affects that Global Warming has on the planet. It is caused by many factors such as Greenhouse gases, thermal pollution and many more. If Global Warming continues at the rate it is presently going, our planet and everything on it will suffer significantly. Global Warming is stimulated by many causes that will put the earth at risk of serious consequences if not controlled. Studies have shown that earth's temperature is increasing. This change in temperature is due to not only one, but many different factors (Nordell 2003). One major factor causing Global warming is the greenhouse effect (Nordell 2003). This effect involves the increase of greenhouse gas concentration into the atmosphere (Nordell 2003). These increases result in the increase of emissions of carbon dioxide, the increase of burning fossil fuels, and ultimately the increase of global temperature (Nordell 2003). Before Global Warming, geothermal heat flow was the only net heat source on earth (Nordell 2003). We now have heat dissipation from the use of nonrenewable energy adding to the net heat source (Nordell 2003). Examples of these nonrenewable energy resources are traffic, air conditioning, fossil fuel, and nuclear power (Nordell 2003)r. Another cause of Global Warming if fossil energy as well as not fully combusted fuel being converted into heat(Nordell 2003). This process is commonly known as thermal pollution(Nordell 2003). The process untimely stems from the study of thermodynamics, which states that all energy will eventually dissipate into heat(Nordell 2003). The absorption of solar energy at earth's