Global Warming and Climate Change

 Facts about Global warming Fact 1: Global warming is the result of increase in the earth's average surface temperature due to greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane . These gases are required for the presence of human life on earth. However, global warming is happening due to over-emittance of these gases. Fact 2:: Emissions like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and other greenhouse gases will remain in the atmosphere for many years making impossible to eliminate global warming for several decades. Fact 3: The Arctic ice is melting rapidly. By 2040 the region is expected to have a completely ice free summer, or even earlier. Fact 4: Global warming that is causing extreme weather changes has shown it implications in the way of forest fires,heat waves and severe tropical storms throughout the world. Fact 5: Thee has been a tremendous increase of water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane nitrous oxide especially greenhouse gases ...

Ways to stop Global warming 1. Speak up! What’s the single biggest way you can make an impact on global climate change? Talk to your friends and family, and make sure your representatives are making good decisions. By voicing your concerns—via social media or, better yet, directly to your elected officials—you send a message that you care about the warming world. Encourage Congress to enact new laws that limit carbon emissions and require polluters to pay for the emissions they produce.  2. Power your home with renewable energy:   Choose a utility company that generates at least half its power from wind or solar and has been certified by Green-e Energy, an organization that vets renewable energy options. If that isn’t possible for you, take a look at your electric bill; many utilities now list other ways to support renewable sources on their monthly statements and websites. 3. Reduce water waste:   Saving water reduces carbon pollution, too. That's bec...

Effects of Global warming on Animals Altered Hibernation, Breeding and Migration Patterns Studies indicate a change in the hibernation, breeding, and migration patterns of animals. This unhealthy pattern affects the newborn, and quite a few are now born with defects, or are stillborn. Early egg laying is one of the reasons why insects like butterflies, and small birds, are disappearing fast. Many animals and bird, including penguins or flamingos, travel long distances to warmer climates, for breeding purposes. Devastation of the migratory routes and their habitat, has forced many of them to alter their routes or do not migrate at all. This forces them to seek alternative migration habitats, where they have to compete for food and shelter with other migratory or resident animals and birds. The same is also happening in case of aquatic mammals, who prefer warmer waters for breeding and hibernation. Animals that migrate depending on seasonally linked phenomena, suc...

Impact of Global Warming on Animals Loss of Habitat As global warming causes climate change, many great deserts like the Sahara, are no longer able to sustain their animal population. Loss of habitat is most vividly seen in the Arctic, where global warming is melting the glaciers, pushing the polar bears into extinction, The melting glaciers have caused water levels to rise in many oceans, threatening to drown many tropical islands and forests, that teem with animal life. Loss of Food Grasslands are also adversely affected by global warming. The effects include high rate of evaporation, higher temperatures, frequent and severe droughts, reduced rainfall, and lower nitrogen content in forage grasses. Lower nitrogen concentration in the vegetation causes improper digestion in animals resulting in reduced strength, performance and health of animals. To make room for an ever-growing population, many forests, grasslands, and even desserts, have been made habitable fo...

Fossil Fuels & Global Warming: How are they Related? - 1  Carbon Dioxide: A Greenhouse Gas  The presence of high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere results in an increase in the amount of heat on the surface of Earth. This is because carbon dioxide traps heat obtained from sunlight and does not let it dissipate out of the atmosphere, a process known as green house effect.. Since fossil fuels are hydrocarbons(made from hydrogen and carbon), burning fossil fuels releases a large amount of carbon dioxide into the air. Toxic Gases Causing Acid Rain Combustion of fossil fuels not only emits carbon dioxide into the air, it also releases other gases like carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, etc that cause air pollution. When in air, these gases dissolve in water(in form of clouds) and convert into harmful acids like sulfuric acid and carbonic acid. These chemicals return to the surface of the earth in the form of acid rain, which has a huge impact o...

Fossil Fuels & Global Warming: How are they Related? Coal, oil and natural gas are the three different forms of fossil fuels that are widely used. They are formed by the process of anaerobic decomposition of organic matter under the surface of the earth for millions of years. Large-scale use of fossil fuels started since the Industrial Revolution. Today, these are the most widely used sources of energy available for the use of both personal as well as commercial purposes. Petroleum is used to fuel our vehicles, while coat and natural gas are used to produce electricity for our homes and offices. Almost three-fourth of the demands of the energy in the world is fulfilled by fossil fuels. Higher Seas Rise in sea level can adversely affect the climate of the earth. It is believed that there will be drastic changes in the weather conditions in various parts of the world. The glaciers of the earth will melt at a much faster pace. As a result, the areas which are loca...