Green House Effect and Global Warming
GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND GLOBAL WARMING
Carbon dioxide | Dinitrogen oxide | trichlorofloromethane | carbon dioxide lets the light energy in, but doesn't let all of the heat energy out, | Nitrogen dioxide is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts in the air to form corrosive nitric acid, as well as toxic organic nitrates | Trichlorofluoromethane is oftenly dumped in water ways ehich pollute the water as well as the environment. |
GLOBALWARMING POTENTIAL
Global-warming potential (GWP) is a relative measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere. It compares the amount of heat trapped by a certain mass of the gas in question to the amount of heat trapped by a similar mass of carbon dioxide
FACTORS AFFECTING GLOBAL WARMING
1.Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars
2.Burning fossil fuels
3.Cutting down the earth's forests without replanting
4.Releasing other greenhouse gases
5.The world's growing demand for electricity
ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Anthropogenic climate change is climate change that is due to the activities of human beings ( eg: burning fossil fuels, deforestation, etc.) While natural climate change is due to natural processes occurring on the Earth (such as dissolving of carbon dioxide in sea water and formation of carbonate rocks).
ESSAY ON CARBON NEUTRALITY
Carbon Neutrality, defined- “a transparent process of calculating emissions, reducing those emissions and offsetting residual emissions –net carbon emissions equal zero” , is very much achievable, but there are huge obstacles that need to be overcome if one is to achieve it, as large interests wish to keep us dependent on fossil fuels, and important policy makers worry about productivity.
Some countries are huge produces or investors in fossil fuel. Larger developed countries who are large polluters are therefore reluctant to change their ways. This is why China and other countries that are still expanding rapidly are building more power plants and
Carbon dioxide | Dinitrogen oxide | trichlorofloromethane | carbon dioxide lets the light energy in, but doesn't let all of the heat energy out, | Nitrogen dioxide is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts in the air to form corrosive nitric acid, as well as toxic organic nitrates | Trichlorofluoromethane is oftenly dumped in water ways ehich pollute the water as well as the environment. |
GLOBALWARMING POTENTIAL
Global-warming potential (GWP) is a relative measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere. It compares the amount of heat trapped by a certain mass of the gas in question to the amount of heat trapped by a similar mass of carbon dioxide
FACTORS AFFECTING GLOBAL WARMING
1.Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars
2.Burning fossil fuels
3.Cutting down the earth's forests without replanting
4.Releasing other greenhouse gases
5.The world's growing demand for electricity
ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Anthropogenic climate change is climate change that is due to the activities of human beings ( eg: burning fossil fuels, deforestation, etc.) While natural climate change is due to natural processes occurring on the Earth (such as dissolving of carbon dioxide in sea water and formation of carbonate rocks).
ESSAY ON CARBON NEUTRALITY
Carbon Neutrality, defined- “a transparent process of calculating emissions, reducing those emissions and offsetting residual emissions –net carbon emissions equal zero” , is very much achievable, but there are huge obstacles that need to be overcome if one is to achieve it, as large interests wish to keep us dependent on fossil fuels, and important policy makers worry about productivity.
Some countries are huge produces or investors in fossil fuel. Larger developed countries who are large polluters are therefore reluctant to change their ways. This is why China and other countries that are still expanding rapidly are building more power plants and