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While the greenhouse effect is an essential environmental prerequisite for life on Earth, there really can be too much of a good thing.
The problems begin when human activities distort and accelerate the natural process by creating more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere than are necessary to warm the planet to an ideal temperature.
- Burning natural gas, coal and oil -including gasoline for automobile engines-raises the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- Some farming practices and land-use changes increase the levels of methane and nitrous oxide.
- Many factories produce long-lasting industrial gasesthat do not occur naturally, yet contribute significantly to the enhanced greenhouse effect and "global warming" that is currently under way.
- Deforestation also contributes to global warming. Trees use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen in its place, which helps to create the optimal balance of gases in the atmosphere. As more forests are logged for timber or cut down to make way for farming, however, there are fewer trees to perform this critical function.
- Population growth is another factor in global warming, because as more people use fossil fuels for heat, transportation and manufacturing the level of greenhouse gases continues to increase. As more farming occurs to feed millions of new people, more greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere.
Ultimately, more greenhouse gases means more infrared radiation trapped and held, which gradually increases the temperature of the Earth's surface and the air in the lower atmosphere.
Yes, man does add to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Examples of this would be
- cutting down or burning trees, which adds carbon dioxide to the air.
- burning fossil fuels (coal oil and natural gas) to generate electricity or to drive transport, which adds over 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year.
- raising cattle, which belch methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more dangerous than carbon dioxide.
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How does carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses contribute the greenhouse effect?
it contributes by creating a lot of them that is why they make the greenhouse effect
Do cooking fuels contribute to the green house effect?
The only fuels that contribute to the greenhouse effect are fossil fuels. So, using coal, coke, petroleum oil, gas or peat for cooking does contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming, but using wood, biofuels and other renewable resources does not.
How does long wavelength radiation contribute to the greenhouse effect?
The trapping by the greenhouse gases of the long wavelength radiation (infrared) leads to more heating and a higher resultant temperature.
What is the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradiate heat?
Greenhouse Effect
Why does concrete contribute to the greenhouse effect?
Concrete is made from cement, and the manufacture of cement releases carbon dioxide that had been sequestered underground for millions of years. Since the greenhouse effect is the result of atmospheric greenhouse gases, principally carbon dioxide, retaining heat, any increase in the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide contributes to the greenhouse effect and therefore to global warming. Because it is made from cement, concrete is an important contributor to the greenhouse effect.
How do every day people contribute to the greenhouse effect?
People contribute daily to greenhouse effect. They do by littering and wasting etc.
What effect does carbon dioxide contribute to?
The Greenhouse effect.
How does carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses contribute the greenhouse effect?
it contributes by creating a lot of them that is why they make the greenhouse effect
How can you use the term greenhouse gases in a sentence?
The greenhouse gases contribute to the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases are inescapable.
Do cooking fuels contribute to the green house effect?
The only fuels that contribute to the greenhouse effect are fossil fuels. So, using coal, coke, petroleum oil, gas or peat for cooking does contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming, but using wood, biofuels and other renewable resources does not.
Does paraffin contribute to the greenhouse effect?
Yes, paraffin is produced from petroleum, a fossil fuel. It contains carbon dioxide from millions of years ago, so when it is burnt it adds to the normal greenhouse effect which has become overwhelmed by all the extra carbon dioxide. The normal greenhouse effect is now warming into the accelerated greenhouse effect.
Is dyhdrogen monoxide dangerous for the environment?
Yes, it is a toxic gas and also contribute to the greenhouse effect.
Does Ethanol contribute to the greenhouse effect?
Ethanol is a biofuel produced from vegetable matter. When the crop grows, it removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. When the biofuel is burnt, that same carbon dioxide is released. So ethanol, basically, is carbon-neutral and does not contribute to the greenhouse effect.
How greenhouse effect contribute in increasing sea level?
It melts the glaciers making the sea levels rise
How does long wavelength radiation contribute to the greenhouse effect?
The trapping by the greenhouse gases of the long wavelength radiation (infrared) leads to more heating and a higher resultant temperature.
What is the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradiate heat?
Greenhouse Effect
Why does concrete contribute to the greenhouse effect?
Concrete is made from cement, and the manufacture of cement releases carbon dioxide that had been sequestered underground for millions of years. Since the greenhouse effect is the result of atmospheric greenhouse gases, principally carbon dioxide, retaining heat, any increase in the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide contributes to the greenhouse effect and therefore to global warming. Because it is made from cement, concrete is an important contributor to the greenhouse effect.
