Global Warming

Global warming is a major issue because the entire environment, indeed the planet Earth is dramatically affected by climate change. There are many factors that are involved in the Earth's climate change and there is much that the scientific community does not know about the stability of this planets climate. There are many scientist of late however, who have suggested and even suggested strongly that it is human activity since the advent of the industrial revolution that has created the current global warming trend. It is important to understand that the current warming trend on this planet is not new and the last time Earth went through a similar warming was the Medieval Warm Period from about 800-1300 AD. The Medieval Warm Period was followed by a cooling period known as The Little Ice Age that lasted until the 19th century. The planet today is now experiencing a warming period that is speculated to be warmer than any period known to man. This sounds alarming but the reality is that the last warming period was only slightly cooler than today estimated to be around 0.03 degrees Celsius cooler than today. That slight difference can amount to a noticeable difference in environmental changes or not it is unclear based on the current data available.

Whether global warming is a survival issue for humanity is just not clear. That it is a major political issue is more than obvious. The United Nations has strongly advocated major intergovernmental action in slowing down the effects of global warming. It is not at all clear that the effects of global warming can be slowed but this doesn't deter politicos with visions of a one world government and they will subvert the truth and use only the data that supports their urgent and dire claims that only a strengthened and powerful government can save humanity from their own hubris. The U.N. has presented the world with a "scientific" report signed by some 2300 scientist known as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC, this report claims that there is a 90% certainty that human activity is the cause. 90% certainty is not certainty it is still chance just the same as a 9% certainty is. The science used to come to this "certainty" is based upon incomplete computer models that suggest it is human activity that has caused the current global warming trend.

Even though these computer models are incomplete and do not present a realistic model of Earth's climate, they still could be right in their determination that it is human activity that is causing the warming. Human activity is certainly causing some of the warming there is little doubt to this. It is self evident that human activity affects the environment and it should come as no surprise that human activity can affect the climate. What is not self evident is that the current warming trend is a vital threat to our survival. What is not self evident is that human activity is the sole cause of the current warming trend and what is not self evident is that the climate of the past few hundred years is the ideal climate for a planet populated by more than 5 billion people. Because there is so little that is self evident, and all that is certain is that we are in a warming trend, the issue is major because it is contentious. Uncertainties lead to speculations, speculations lead to theories, unprovable theories lead to dogma and adherents of dogma form religious groups who advocate the dogma. Religion is a necessary component of any society but religion is not science. There are no dogmas in science and what science can not prove, scientists should avoid speaking to. Prove or disprove a theory this should be the primary goal of science. Forming political movements to advocate a particular theory will neither prove nor disprove the theory, that happens in the rigid testing and experiments formed to successfully predict outcomes and explain the outcomes and the cause is what will ultimately prove or disprove a theory.

While global warming continues to grow as a political movement it is important for everyone to educate themselves on how science works and how theories are proven and dis-proven otherwise people will remain vulnerable to shameless Propaganda. One can not learn all there is to know about global warming by reading glossy brochures and skimming through earnest and ardent web pages that offer out of context data as science. Ambitious politicians seeking expanded power are counting on the probability that you will not do all that is necessary to learn the facts and will instead rely on the propaganda provided you. Don't fall prey to propaganda, do what you must to know for yourself what is true and what is not true. Don't take anybodies word as truth, discover the truth for yourself.

Factories can release pollutants such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter into the air. These emissions can contribute to air pollution and have negative impacts on human health and the environment.

There are very few, if any, human activities that do not affect the Earth system in some way. Even seemingly small activities like walking in a park can have a local impact on ecosystems or contribute to carbon emissions if transportation is involved. The interconnected nature of Earth's systems means that almost all human activities have some form of influence on the environment.

it returns vital nutrients to the soil and water

viewed as a whole, the planet has a limited supply of many nutrients, they must be constantly recycled

the entire natural world is set up to recycle dead things back into food sources

plants suck up nutrients from soil and use water and light to convert them to energy

animals eat the plants and each other to absorb the nutrients and energy

animals than spread the nutrients back by spreading feces and eventually by dieing

the nutrients than return to the soil and water to be used again and reconnected by the plants using sunlight

the only thing not recycled in the natural world is sunlight, every other form of matter is passed in and out of use by the cycle of life and decomposition

Carbon dioxide never "takes over", it is made out of oxygen (and carbon-from sugar and fat)
Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen from hemoglobin, reducing the bloods ability to carry O2 ... which can be severe enough to kill.

The enhanced, or accelerated greenhouse effect, is the increased heat in the atmosphere. It is caused largely by humans burning fossil fuels and cutting down forests. Both these activities Lead to more carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) in the atmosphere.

Many of the activities that humans do have a direct or indirect link to contributing gases into the atmosphere. For example if you want to go swimming at a pool which is a 5 minute drive from your house, the swimming would not produce greenhouse gases into the air but the 5 minute drive would. But if you participated in a car race that would have a direct link to producing greenhouse gases becouse when you drive a normal petrol or gasoline powered car you would be producing carbon dioxide into the air.

"Climate Change" and "Global Warming" are not the same, though related.

Global Warming causes Climate Change.

With Global Warming we understand the warming of the earth's global temperature. That warming has in turn an effect on the earth's global climate and on more localized climates (like the climate of England or Western US).

I watched a TV special on the Third Millennium before the year 2000. People were put into a hypnotic trance and asked to draw a map of North America in the future, and they all drew pretty much the same map. Southern California: underwater. Most of Florida: underwater. New York City: underwater. And where the Mississippi basin used to be was a massive channel from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Not good.

Yes, rotting trees can emit methane gas as they decompose. This is because the breakdown of organic material in anaerobic conditions can result in the production of methane as a byproduct. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.

Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour, capture heat rising from the surface of the earth. This warms the atmosphere and the earth. This is a natural process that has been going on for millions of years.

(Since the Industrial Revolution, more than 200 years ago, we have been burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity. This has released long-hidden carbon dioxide (CO2) which is building up in the atmosphere and causing Global Warming.

Because it adds carbon dioxide (CO2) to the earth's atmosphere without removing any. And the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is highly influential on earth's climate as scientists have learned when studying earlier episodes of warming and cooling over the past 650,000 years.

Our planet has a very ingenious and natural system of controlling CO2: its called the Carbon Cycle. In the Carbon Cycle natural elements like vegetation, soil and oceans not only releases lots of CO2 into the atmosphere, they also re-capture it from the atmosphere thereby creating a balance. These natural elements are called Carbon Sinks.

The problem is that we humans, by burning fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal, only add CO2 to the atmosphere, we do not remove any. While the natural Carbon Cycle is able to capture some of man-made CO2 (about 40% at present), it cannot capture all and the remaining 60% stays in the earth's atmosphere. This natural capacity to remove man-made CO2 is also negatively affected by deforestation as the trees and plants removed by humans will no longer be able to capture both natural- as man-made CO2, thereby further increasing the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Another related and direct environmental problem is the acidification of our oceans. Oceans are an important carbon sink and as they store more man-made CO2, their water becomes more acid which in turn will have consequences for sea-life and the food-chain.

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Yes, its the most common greenhouse gas.

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Yes. The chemical formula of Carbon Dioxide is CO2

Other greenhouse gasses are: water vapor (H2O), methane (CH4),

An increased climate change is likely to lead to more extreme weather events, rising sea levels, loss of biodiversity, and disruption of ecosystems. This can result in negative impacts on human health, agriculture, water sources, and the economy. It is important to take action to mitigate climate change and adapt to the potential consequences.

Most of the profits from the imperial global exchange went to the colonial powers such as Spain, Portugal, England, and France. They exploited the resources and labor of the colonized territories to enrich themselves and build their empires.

One measurement used to assess the ecological issue of global warming is the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide and methane. These gases trap heat and contribute to the warming of Earth's climate. Monitoring these concentrations over time provides valuable information about the extent of human activities impacting the climate.

Carbon dioxide and methane are the two gases that have been added to Earth's atmosphere in large amounts and are believed to have increased global warming by absorbing infrared radiation.

Methane (CH4) is the primary component of natural gas and an important energy source. Methane is also a greenhouse gas, meaning that its presence in the atmosphere affects the Earth's temperature and climate system. Due to its relatively short life time in the atmosphere (9-15 years) and its global warming potency - 20 times more effective than carbon dioxide (CO2) in trapping heat in the atmosphere - reducing methane emissions should be an effective means to reduce climate warming on a relatively short timescale.
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UV radiation that enters the upper atmosphere has a high enough frequency to pierce through atoms and make it all the way to the Earth's surface, where about 10% of it is transformed into heat energy. Then as the heat energy, as infrared radiation travels back away from the Earth into the upper atmosphere, it will hit one of many things. It will permeate small molecules like oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, but larger molecules like methane can deflect it back down to Earth. So the more methane in the upper atmosphere, the more heat energy trapped close to the surface.

One sort of energy is transformed to another, so that energy is never destroyed, it just keeps changing its form. Matter can also be changed into energy, so any given piece of matter can continue to exist in one form or another. For example, if you create appropriate conditions across a wire, the electrons in the wire will acquire the kinetic energy to move along the wire, this creates electricity, the electricity can then generate heat on a stove, and water in a pot can absorb this heat to boil. Electrons moving, heat, and water changing to steam all involve using the same energy. As an example involving mass, one can put a certain amount of fuel in a rocket, and its mass will decrease as the rocket burns the fuel in a chemical reaction in order to take off and fly.

Coastal bird species that nest near the ocean are likely to face habitat loss and displacement due to rising sea levels caused by the melting ice caps. This can lead to disruption of nesting sites, decreased food availability, and increased competition for resources, putting these bird species at risk of population decline.

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