Global Warming

Trees sequester (store) carbon for long periods of time. When the tree dies, or is burned up in a fire, that carbon is released back into the atmosphere. Trees harvested for lumber continue storing most of the carbon they have sequestered.

China is the biggest annual producer of greenhouse gases, recently overtaking the US.

The US remains historically the country that has put the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. China is catching up here.

Global warming will raise the temperature of the earth and cause great changes to the climate. The earth will cope with this.

All living things on earth, however, may die if global warming continues.

The polar regions tend to have the greatest deficit in their net radiation budget due to their higher albedo, which reflects more sunlight back to space, and the absence of sunlight for several months during winter. This results in a net loss of energy in those regions.

Polar bears and penguins.

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Fossil fuels contain carbon, hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen and some other elements. But the majority is Carbon. So when such fuels burn they combine with the Oxygen and Nitrogen in air to form Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen oxides etc. Even though Carbon monoxide is also forms but it will not be in appreciable quantity since they get converted to carbon dioxide when combustion gets completed. Any form of carbon when burns produces carbon dioxide.

The burning of fossil fuels produces around 21.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year. Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases that enhances radiative forcing and contributes to global warming.

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Ultraviolet radiation is unseen by the naked eye though the effect are often felt from sunburns to skin cancers. The Ultraviolet or UV radiation is the beneficial for needing vitamin D but over exposure can cause skin cancer.

Climate change is usually used as a synonym for global warming, but encompasses wider effects, most of which are probably the result of global warming.

Over the past two decades, three independent groups have used varying statistical methods and yet arrived at nearly identical conclusion that the planet's surface, on average, has warmed about 0.75 degree since the beginning of the twentieth century. The evidence is now so overwhelming that climate scientists are no longer in doubt that global warming and climate change are occurring, and that this is the result of human activity. Even opponents of climate science are beginning to accept the facts of global warming. Richard Muller, a Physics Professor and longtime critic of climate studies, set out with a team of physicists and statisticians to challenge the scientific consensus on global warming but is producing results nearly identical to those underlying the prevailing view.

There is a close correlation between the rise in average global temperatures and the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and scientists are confident that it is these greenhouse gas concentrations, particularly carbon dioxide levels, that are causing global warming.

There are two means by which carbon dioxide concentrations can increase significantly in the atmosphere: reduce the amount of carbon sequestered in organic matter, particularly trees, or burn coal and oil. In both cases, human activity is the root cause - we cut down forests for farming, and we burn coal and oil for electricity generation and transport.

Methane is present in the atmosphere in much smaller concentrations than carbon dioxide, but is a potent greenhouse gas. It is produced by some industrial activity, but principally exhaled by sheep and cattle as they burp. Fortunately, methane is not a long-lived gas in the atmosphere.

1. Carbon dioxide is the most serious problem, released whenever we burn fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
2. Methane is also a greenhouse gas, in that it will trap heat in the atmosphere, released by cattle, rice paddy fields and melting lakes and tundra.

As warm air takes over a cold air mass, it rises above the colder air because it is less dense. This rising warm air can lead to the formation of clouds and precipitation, creating weather systems such as fronts and storms.

Nitrogen itself does not contribute directly to the greenhouse effect. The main greenhouse gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. However, nitrogen compounds can indirectly affect the greenhouse effect when they are released into the atmosphere and interact with other greenhouse gases.

global warming is a threatening problem in the world. As the plants are affected by the global warming the roots which hold the soil will be affected. at the same time climate will be changed. thus even very little amount rain can cause the flood.

The property of marbles causing the water level to rise in a graduated cylinder is due to their volume displacing an equal volume of water. The principle behind this is Archimedes' principle, which states that the volume of an object submerged in a fluid is equal to the volume of the fluid it displaces.

When Earth's climate warms, the polar ice caps and glaciers melt, leading to an increase in sea level. Warming causes water to expand, further contributing to rising sea levels. This can result in coastal flooding, erosion, and the displacement of communities living in low-lying areas.

Yes, carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere. It allows sunlight to enter the atmosphere and reach the Earth's surface, but it also absorbs and traps infrared radiation (heat) that is then radiated back toward the Earth. This contributes to the Earth's overall warming.

No, but global warming is predicted to cause floods and may already have contributed to some of the recent record floods. Global warming is also predicted to cause prolonged droughts in other regions.

the greenhouse effect is an increase in the average temperature of the earth

"Greenhouse gases" such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone and methane, slow the escape of heat from earth's atmosphere.

Global Warming affect lots of things like people,animals,the enviroment,living things,dead things as you can see Global Warming affects the whole world Hope this helps

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Global Warming is a serous issue weather it be man made or natural. The Greenhouse effect and Global Warming are basically the same thing. When you drive your car or when leaves fall to the ground and decay they release a gas compound call Co2. The Co2 thickens the atmosphere letting less and less of the suns light energy escape back into space. A greenhouse works much like this but it insted of gases it uses glass the trap the suns energy.

The global ocean conveyor belt, also known as the thermohaline circulation, is a system of deep-ocean circulation driven by density differences caused by variations in temperature and salinity. It plays a crucial role in distributing heat around the Earth and regulating climate. Warm surface currents move towards the poles, where they cool, become denser, and sink, forming deep ocean currents that then circulate back towards the equator.

Earth has gone through numerous changes over billions of years due to natural processes like plate tectonics, climate fluctuations, and biological evolution. In the future, Earth's climate is expected to continue warming due to human activities like burning fossil fuels, leading to more extreme weather events and rising sea levels. It is crucial for us to take action to mitigate these effects and protect the planet for future generations.

No, cars generally produce more pollution than houses. Cars emit carbon dioxide and various pollutants from their exhaust, while houses mainly contribute to pollution through energy consumption, which can come from sources like natural gas or coal. However, the overall pollution levels from houses can vary depending on factors like energy efficiency and renewable energy usage.

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Clouds play a crucial role in Earth's energy budget by reflecting sunlight back into space (called albedo effect) and trapping heat emitted by the Earth's surface. High, thin clouds tend to have a cooling effect by reflecting sunlight, while low, thick clouds tend to have a warming effect by trapping heat. Overall, clouds help regulate the temperature of the Earth by balancing incoming solar radiation and outgoing thermal radiation.

Burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees releases carbons. Fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas release long held carbon when we burn them in vehicles or to make electricity. Half the weight of a tree is carbon, so when the tree rots or is destroyed (to make paper, for example), it releases all its carbon.

A significant part of the atmospheric carbon inventory is recycled due to the decomposition of organic material which converts the stored carbon in dead plant and animal material to carbon dioxide or methane.