Air Pollution and Global Warming SCI 275 Cheryl Wilson September 30‚ 2012 Tori Robinson Air pollution causes global warming through the greenhouse effect‚ according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases trap and heat energy from the sun and prevent it from escaping Earth’s atmosphere and entering space.” (EPA‚ 2012) Atmospheric pollutions are caused by gasses and solid particulates released into the atmosphere. The most hazard atmospheric
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Is global warming due to human actions? Introduction Global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of both the earth’s near surface air and the oceans. The temperature increase began in mid twentieth century and is predicted to continue into the future. For example‚ during the last hundred years ending in 2005‚ the earth’s surface air temperature has increased drastically (Thomas‚ C. D‚ 2004). Basically‚ global warming is the recent increase in the average air and ocean
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face in the twenty-first century. If humans keep standing by from protecting nature‚ then global warming will be the natural consequence of their inaction. Accordingly‚ people must try to find some suitable ways to prevent this situation. Currently‚ the three most efficient solutions of this problem are a moratorium of deforestation‚ a universal carbon tax and international cooperation. Global warming is a tendency which there is an increase in earth’s surface temperature which is caused by
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primary school‚ “Global Warming refers to the increase the temperature of the earth due to the absorption of infrared rays of sun by the greenhouse gases — Carbon dioxide being the major one.” After watching the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”‚ I began to realize what we humans have been doing to our home planet. It forces one to think that humans are the major cause of this hazard. It encourages one to believe the fact that there are ways in which we can reduce the effects of global warming. On the other
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The Effect of Global Warming on Thermohaline Circulation Kabir Rao1 [1] Industrial activities‚ such as fossil fuel burning and other human activities such as tropical deforestation have increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Increasing global temperatures are likely to have extreme effects on global climate and may result in species extinction‚ changes in agricultural production and deleterious effects on health. Studies have been conducted in recent years on the effects
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A WORLD AFFECTED BY POLLUTION AND GLOBAL WARMING. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES Roy M. Harrison.(2001) Pollution:Cause‚ Effects and Control. Royal society of chemistry. This author concentrates mainly chemical and radioactive pollution. The book speaks of the sources of pollutants and their effects on both living and non livings especially human. It also shows how chemical pollution can also cause of water‚ air and land pollution. Agarwal S.K. Water pollution. APH publishing(Jan.1 2005)
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Reflecting its global scope‚ evidence of the Little Ice Age appears in the Southern Hemisphere as well. Sediment cores from Lake Malawi in southern Africa show colder weather from 1570 to 1820. A 3‚000 year temperature reconstruction based on varying rates of stalagmite growth in a cave in South Africa also indicates a colder period from 1500 to 1800. A 1997 study comparing West Antarctic ice cores with the results of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2) indicate a global Little Ice Age affecting
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Informative Synthesis on Global Warming 2007 Abstract Global warming’s a severe concern that is plaguing our environments and communities. Global warming occurred when the rise in the average temperature of both the Earths atmosphere along with the oceans. Since early 20th century the Earth’s temperature has continued to raise giving merit to the beliefs that global warming warrens concern. Jiansong (2011) believed tropical storms became worse over the years and global warming has become such an
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A notorious controversy surfacing nationwide consists of global warming. Chemistry plays a vital role in studying the chemicals involved in the greenhouse effect. It is critical for chemists to be informed about substances that contribute to climate change which subsequently allows them to take action. Statistics regarding the global warming theory remain an issue in that scientists disagree about the causes and effects. However‚ the Earth has indeed risen in temperature. Scientists supporting the
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Analysis of The Great Global Warming Swindle The Great Global Warming Swindle (GGWS) is a controversial documentary on climate change by British television producer Martin Durkin1. It first aired on the BBCs channel 4 on March 8‚ 20072. This documentary argues against conventional scientific understanding of the degree and cause of recent‚ observed climate change. The overwhelming view amongst climate scientists is that twentieth century global warming is largely due to an increase in atmospheric
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