Most people are sensitive to the fact that their daily living, in some way, contributes to the pollution of the environment. We take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide (CO2) and emissions from factories, cars, and mining operations are but a few of the sources of CO2. The CO2 gases get trapped in the [...]
Global Warming
In the past several years, Global Warming has become one of the biggest debates, with scientists divided on if it exists, what (or who) is causing it, and if there is a solution. There are contradictory scientific studies and papers on all sides of this issue. Is it a man-made problem, meaning that each and [...]
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are a group of chemical compounds that has been shown to have caused the ozone holes in the stratosphere over both the North and South poles. A seasonal hole appears above Antarctica in September. These holes in the atmosphere allow the suns rays to enter the earth without a protective layer to shield [...]
Anywhere that theory goes, disagreement is bound to follow. Any set of facts can be interpreted differently, as the theories of global warning prove. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, two of the definitions of the word theory include: the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another; and a plausible or [...]
When I think of deforestation, I think of the vast “slash and burn” operations that were carried out in the 1970s, and I think about how it affected the wildlife more than our atmosphere. The earth has immense forests, which play an important part in the sustainability of habitation. Trees and plants take in carbon [...]
Created to promote awareness of the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, EarthHour.org used the simple action of turning off the lights in Sydney, Australia for one hour on March 31, 2007 to call attention to Global warming. Over 2.2 million residents and in excess of 2100 business turned off their lights for one [...]
This blue-green planet we live on, called Earth, as far as scientist can tell, is the only planet that can sustain human life. The atmosphere has the perfect mix of air that we need to breathe and that plants and trees need for survival. The earth is the perfect distance from the sun, allowing temperatures [...]
When we discuss global warming causes we must first separate them into two different groups. The first group is the group that will include natural global warming causes brought on by nature. The second group will be human intervention and how it has contributed to global warming causes. However, the powers of natural play a [...]
There are so many different global warming effects it is pretty difficult to count them. Each source that you investigate will offer some known global warming effects but not every site can count all of them. Furthermore, new studies are continually bringing out new global warming effects. We have all heard about climatic changes and [...]
