Ways To Prevent Global Warming: Introduction To The Threaten

Ways to Prevent Global Warming
The one single concern that is threatening the very existence of lives in this planet is
global warming. Global warming can be minimized to a great extent, if we eliminate the
causes which are mostly human made…
Introduction To the Threaten

The one single concern that is threatening the very existence of lives in this planet is
global warming. The drastic changes in the climatic conditions pose serious threat to our
future generation. Owing to the results of global warming glaciers is retreating, sea levels
are increasing, polar bears and other rare cold climate species are slowly becoming
extinct. Navigators maintain that the Icebergs that once dominated the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans have now vanished. Scientists and environmentalists conducted various
studies and concluded that the past 30 years has been the warmest period in the global
history. The main causes attributed towards global warming are human activities. The
burning of fossil fuel is one of the major factors that contribute to global warming.
Reasons for Global Warming

Global warming can be minimized to a great extent, if we eliminate the causes which are
mostly human made. The responsibility of preventing global warming rests both on
individual as well as the state. In individual level we can change our practices such as
minimize the usage of fossil based fuel, reduce the electricity consumption by using
energy efficient appliances. Vehicular pollution can be minimized by using the public
transport system. The nucleus goal is to beget the global warming under control by
restricting the carbon dioxide release and other heat ensnaring greenhouse gases into the
environment. On an average nearly 10000 pounds of carbon dioxide is released per year
in significant countries like Canada and US. This can be immediately curtailed by
becoming energy efficient. Reducing the usage of oil, coal and gasoline are one of the
effective ways of preventing global warming.
Home Appliances Contribution to Global Warming

Regrettably, it is noticed that an average home contributes to global warming more than a
car. The increase of contribution is at home because the energy utilized in our homes is
received from power plants that burn fossil fuel to provide power for our electric
products. We can save energy by substituting compact fluorescent bulbs in the place of
incandescent light bulbs. This will save your money as well as your energy bill will be
minimal. The CFL bulbs last longer and the energy consumed is also less. LED bulbs are
efficient and energy savers. Home appliances also contribute a lot in elevating the energy
bill. The higher is the energy efficient appliance, the lesser is the cost of running the
appliance. So purchasing energy efficient appliances will help in reducing the utility bill
and also in protecting the environment. Similarly, purchase major appliances such as
dishwasher, air conditioner or refrigerator with maximum energy efficiency. This reduces
the carbon dioxide pollution.
As per the U.S. energy report, heating as well as cooling systems emit maximum carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere. The energy used for our homes for heating goes in vain
though the prevention is inexpensive and simple. This energy that goes vain can be saved
by reducing the need for air conditioners. This can help improve the environment from
pollution. The largest source is transportation that adds to greenhouse gases. Vehicles are
responsible and poor maintenance of vehicle contributes to pollution and global warming.
Maintaining Vehicle Efficiency

This can be protected by increasing the overall fuel efficiency of your vehicle and paying
attention to your driving style and maintenance. Buying fuel efficient hybrid cars that
allows using gas electric engines and thereby cutting global warming pollution to a great
extent. Driving less and making use of public transports, walking or riding a bike will
save the environment from pollution. Besides this, consolidating trips and encouraging
car- pooling is one of the effective ways of preventing global warming. Recycling
maximum products, eating local foods and vegetarian meals, painting home in light color,
purchasing energy certificates as well as carbon offsets are few of the ways of preventing
our wonderful planet, the earth from the disastrous global warming.
Though, there are many ways to prevent initiating and following it with determination
will yield the desired results. This is a unison effort and so all the hands have to join
together with force to push the effects of global warming back beyond sigh
Green house gases stay can stay in the atmosphere for an amount of years ranging from
decades to hundreds and thousands of years. No matter what we do, global warming is
going to have some effect on Earth. Here are the 5 deadliest effects of global warming.
Effects of G Warming
. Spread of disease
As northern countries warm, disease carrying insects migrate north, bringing plague and
disease with them. Indeed some scientists believe that in some countries thanks to global
warming, malaria has not been fully eradicated.
4. Warmer waters and more hurricanes

As the temperature of oceans rises, so will the probability of more frequent and stronger
hurricanes. We saw in this in 2004 and 2005.
3. Increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves
Although some areas of Earth will become wetter due to global warming, other areas will
suffer serious droughts and heat waves. Africa will receive the worst of it, with more
severe droughts also expected in Europe. Water is already a dangerously rare commodity
in Africa, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, global
warming will exacerbate the conditions and could lead to conflicts and war.
1. Polar ice caps melting
The ice caps melting is a four-pronged danger.
First, it will raise sea levels. There are 5,773,000 cubic miles of water in ice caps,
glaciers, and permanent snow. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, if all
glaciers melted today the seas would rise about 230 feet. Luckily, that’s not going to
happen all in one go! But sea levels will rise.
Second, melting ice caps will throw the global ecosystem out of balance. The ice caps are
fresh water, and when they melt they will desalinate the ocean, or in plain English – make
it less salty. The desalinization of the gulf current will “screw up” ocean currents, which
regulate temperatures. The stream shutdown or irregularity would cool the area around
north-east America and Western Europe. Luckily, that will slow some of the other effects
of global warming in that area!
Third, temperature rises and changing landscapes in the artic circle will endanger several
species of animals. Only the most adaptable will survive.
Fourth, global warming could snowball with the ice caps gone. Ice caps are white, and
reflect sunlight, much of which is relected back into space, further cooling Earth. If the
ice caps melt, the only reflector is the ocean. Darker colors absorb sunlight, further
warming the Earth.
o So what is the solution? Are we just being negative? Are there any
positive effects of global warming? What about all the stupid global
warming solutions. We welcome your thoughts.
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air
and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface
temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the last century.[1][A] The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed
temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was caused by increasing
concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel
burning and deforestation.[1] The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural
phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanoes produced most of the warming from
pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.[2][3] These basic
conclusions have been endorsed by more than 40 scientific societies and academies of
science,[B] including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized
countries.[4]
Climate model projections summarized in the latest IPCC report indicate that the global
surface temperature will probably rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the
twenty-first century.[1] The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of models with
differing sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the use of differing estimates of
future greenhouse gas emissions. Some other uncertainties include how warming and
related changes will vary from region to region around the globe. Most studies focus on
the period up to the year 2100. However, warming is expected to continue beyond 2100
even if emissions stop, because of the large heat capacity of the oceans and the long
lifetime of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.[5][6]
An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount
and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.[7] The
continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice is expected, with warming being
strongest in the Arctic. Other likely effects include increases in the intensity of extreme
weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields.
Political and public debate continues regarding climate change, and what actions (if any)
to take in response. The available options are mitigation to reduce further emissions;
adaptation to reduce the damage caused by warming; and, more speculatively,
geoengineering to reverse global warming. Most national governments have signed and
ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Introduction To the Threaten

Reasons for Global Warming

Home Appliances Contribution to Global Warming

Maintaining Vehicle Efficiency

4. Warmer waters and more hurricanes

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