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Topic outline:
I. Introduction.defintion of global warming,and thesis statement.
A. Issues ,impacts,responses.
B. greenhouse Effect
III. Development
A. Biotic causes and effect of the disruption of the Global Carbon Cycle
V. Physical Impacts
VI. Responses
A. Dangers
C. Montreal Protocol
E. Geo-Engineering
10.4 degrees by 2100. That rate of increase would be much larger than
polar ice caps and glaciers as well as warm the oceans, all of which will
expand the volume of the ocean and raise sea levels by an estimated 9
will receive more rainfall than before, but the soil will dry out faster
between storms; this may damage food crops, disrupting food supplies
in some parts of the world. Plant and animal species will shift their
level rise are expected to continue for more than a millennium even if
greenhouse gas levels are stabilized. This reflects the large heat
countries are the fastest-growing source of new emissions, and they will
Republic of China (PRC) rank in the top 10 emitting countries globally due to
effects. This may slow economic development and poverty reduction, and
effects of climate change on development. This report, and the July 2005
report Africa - Up in Smoke.Predicted increased hunger and disease due to
Energy demand growth in Asia and the Pacific rose 9.7% from 2000 to 2005,
(International Energy Agency 2002, 2007) over the same period. By 2030,
Asia will demand more than half of the world’s primary energy resources
(International Energy Agency 2007), will be home to more than half of the
security and raise energy prices for countries inAsia and the Pacific. Island
states of the Pacific,Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean are some of the
of climate change, these nations stand to lose the most if energy and
There have been predictions, and some evidence, that global warming
the C4MIP study found that a larger fraction of anthropogenic CO2 will stay
century, this additional CO2 varied between 20 and 200 ppm for the two
extreme models, the majority of the models lying between 50 and 100 ppm.
The higher CO2 levels led to an additional climate warming ranging between
0.1° and 1.5 °C. However, there was still a large uncertainty on the
changes to the land, while three attributed it to the ocean . The strongest
soils throughout the high latitude boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere.
disagree on the strength of any terrestrial carbon cycle feedback, they each
show that soils in England have been losing carbon at the rate of four million
Bellamy et al. in September 2005, who note that these results are unlikely to
sampling network and thus are not available on a global scale. Extrapolating
to all of the United Kingdom, they estimate annual losses of 13 million tons
emissions achieved by the UK under the Kyoto Treaty (12.7 million tons of
carbon per year). It has also been suggested (by Chris Freeman) that the
release of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from peat bogs into water courses
feedback for global warming. The carbon currently stored in peatlands (390-
455 gigatonnes, one-third of the total land-based carbon store) is over half
from 1.1 to 6.4 degrees in next 100 years:Rise by 0.8 degrees- ocean
events;1 degree rise- coral reefs destroyed, island nations under water;2
degree rise- Greenland melts, polar bears extinct, water supply affected;3
with wind speeds above 56 metres per second – has risen from 20% in the
1970s to 35% in the 1990s. Precipitation hitting the US from hurricanes has
increased by 7% over the twentieth century. The extent to which this is due
unclear. Some studies have found that the increase in sea surface
are similarly dominated by societal change rather than climate change. The
the tropical cyclone climate record to date, no firm conclusion can be made
on this point.”They also clarified that “no individual tropical cyclone can be
linked the increasing trend in number of category 4 and 5 hurricanes for the
category-5 storms.Vecchi and Soden find that wind shear, the increase of
global warming. There are projected increases of wind shear in the tropical
Atlantic and East Pacific associated with the deceleration of the Walker
Pacific. The study does not make claims about the net effect on Atlantic and
East Pacific hurricanes of the warming and moistening atmospheres, and the
are expected to produce more intense convection over land and a higher
happening in Tanzania right now. "In the past, we had a drought about every
10 years", he says. "Now we just don't know when they will come. They are
more frequent, but then so are floods. The climate is far less predictable. We
might have floods in May or droughts every three years. Upland areas, which
were
never affected by mosquitoes, now are. Water levels are decreasing every
day. The rains come at the wrong time for farmers and it is leading to many
problems"
on April 24, 2006, "The hurricanes we are seeing are indeed a direct result of
climate change," and that the wind and warmer water conditions that fuel
draw." Holland said, "The large bulk of the scientific community say what we
Over the course of the 20th century, evaporation rates have reduced
the climate grows warmer andthe causes of global dimming are reduced,
closed system this will cause heavier rainfall, with more erosion. This
growth of forests in dry desert areas. Scientists have found evidence that
warming progresses. The IPCC Third Annual Report says: "...global average
the 21st century. By the second half of the 21st century, it is likely that
precipitation will have increased over northern mid- to high latitudes and
Antarctica in winter. At low latitudes there are both regional increases and
decreases over land areas. Larger year to year variations in precipitation are
projected."
°C (1.8 °F to 5.4 °F) over the last 50 years. Canada, Alaska and Russia are
Siberia's nearly 11,000 lakes since 1971 . At the same time, western Siberia
is at the initial stage where melting permafrost is creating new lakes, which
melting will eventually cause methane release from melting permafrost peat
In late March 2004, the first Atlantic cyclone to form south of the equator hit
Brazil with 40 m/s (144 km/h) winds, although some Brazilian meteorologists
The loss of glaciers not only directly causes landslides, flash floods and
rivers. Glacier runoff declines in the summer as glaciers decrease in size, this
glaciers protects the ice from melting. In warmer and drier years, glaciers
particular importance are the Hindu Kush and Himalayan glacial melts that
comprise the principal dry-season water source of many of the major rivers
of the Central, South, East and Southeast Asian mainland. Increased melting
would cause greater flow for several decades, after which "some areas of the
most populated regions on Earth are likely to 'run out of water'" as source
rise. Approximately 2.4 billion people live in the drainage basin of the
alone, the Ganges provides water for drinking and farming for more than 500
Franz-Josef Land, Asia, the Alps, the Pyrenees, Indonesia and Africa, and
tropical and sub-tropical regions of South America, has been used to provide
qualitative support to the rise in global temperatures since the late 19th
century. Many glaciers are being lost to melting further raising concerns
about future local water resources in these glacierized areas. The Lewis
Glacier, North Cascades pictured at right after melting away in 1990 is one of
The role of the oceans in global warming is a complex one. The oceans
serve as a sink for carbon dioxide, taking up much that would otherwise
remain in the atmosphere, but increased levels of CO2 have led to ocean
become less able to absorb excess CO2. Global warming is projected to have
a number of effects on the oceans. Ongoing effects include rising sea levels
due to thermal expansion and melting of glaciers and ice sheets, and
circulation.
From 1961 to 2003, the global ocean temperature has risen by 0.10°C
and over longer time scales, with global ocean heat content observations
showing high rates of warming for 1991 to 2003, but some cooling from 2003
(0.31 °F) between the 1950s and the 1980s, nearly twice the rate for the
melting). sea ice, affecting algae that grow on its underside), warming
currently absorb about one tonne of CO2 per person per year. It is estimated
that the oceans have absorbed around half of all CO2 generated by human
But in water, carbon dioxide becomes a weak carbonic acid, and the
increase in the greenhouse gas since the industrial revolution has already
0.1 units, to 8.2. Predicted emissions could lower it by a further 0.5 by 2100,
to a level probably not seen for hundreds of millennia and, critically, at a rate
of change probably 100 times greater than at any time over this period.
and plants. Many species would have difficulty surviving in the regions
they now inhabit. For example, many flowering plants will not bloom
amounts of ice from a vast sheet that covers most of West Antarctica.
As a result, the sea level would rise throughout the world. Many coastal
retreating since the early 1800s. In the 1950s measurements began that
allow the monitoring of glacial mass balance, reported to the WGMS and the
NSIDC.
cause more deaths and illnesses. Floods and droughts could increase
crop yields. But any increases in yields could be more than offset by
the amount of warming were more than a few degrees Celsius. Yields
They combine carbon from CO2 with hydrogen to make simple sugars,
which they store in their tissues. After plants die, their bodies decay
and release CO2. Ecosystems with abundant plant life, such as forests
North Atlantic and lead to cooling or lesser warming, in that region. This
would affect in particular areas like Scandinavia and Britain that are warmed
anoxic event.
there is some evidence for the short-term stability of the Gulf Stream and
nearby seas.
By far the largest amount of political time and effort has gone
negotiated in 1997. The Protocol now covers more than 160 countries
the United States and Kazakhstan have not ratified the treaty, with the
began in May 2007 on a future treaty to succeed the current one. Many
production, citing a direct link between fossil fuel production and CO2
economy wide cap and trade scheme. The IPCC's Working Group III is
responsible for crafting reports that deal with the mitigation of global
In the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, they conclude that no one
future warming. They find there are key practices and technologies in
these techniques may be necessary. Whilst some cool roof and tree
to global warming. These range from the trivial, such as the installation
Engineers
Solar Towers can be constructed to power an entire city. The tower has
cost of such towers is too steep, hence it has become a challenge for
commercialized for a brief time not very long ago with the help of subsidies
and will probably return. Portable Solar Chargers :These small size chargers
are handy and portable ;They can fit into your pocket and charge everything
from mobile phones to ipods ;Wind Energy: Wind power—growing globally for
the past decade at about 30 percent per year—is playing a substantial role in
turbines on land can be used in many ways, including for agriculture and
output yet can also operate a large fraction of the time;Vertical Farms: With
for the future is construction of vertical farms which will solve the problem of
food scarcity for under developed nations and provide clean air at the same
time; The construction of such farms will be a civil engineering challenge but
propelled vessels crossing the world’s oceans and seeding clouds by misting
sea water high into the air has been proposed to reduce sunlight and hence
global warming;Just a thousand ships like these (called the albedo yachts by
the designers) will check temperature rise due to global CO2 doubling
.Scientists still have to determine the side effects on the rain cycle due to
excess clouds; Blackle is a custom whose screen is predominantly
precise;According to the website the site has saved around 413,523.067 watt
hours till date;CO2 gobbling Plankton: By adding nutrients like iron or urea
,or by pumping deep-sea water to the ocean surface ,ocean fertilizers could
stimulate CO 2 – gobbling plankton blooms ,like the natural red tides in New
put to good use due to a new development in the technology used for
dioxide (CO2) from large point sources such as power plants and
available for large CO2 emitters, such as power plants. Storage of CO2, on
plant without CCS. Storage of the CO2 is envisaged either in deep geological
potential of CCS could be between 10% and 55% of the total carbon
sinks entails fostering the biological absorption of carbon and increasing its
storage above and below the ground by, for example, reducing
tilled cropland has resulted in the loss of more than 50 billion tons of carbon
practices;The world could take some pressure off the energy system by
simple things mean a lot. What difference can we make? When faced
can make a difference. Think back to the days before recycling became
greenhouse gas reductions. For other types of actions, the changes are
worldwide, the savings are significant. First reduce what you can and
join one or more environmental organizations that fight for you and
your environment. Volunteer your time and talk to people about the
importance of climate change and the effects that it would have on our
fossil fuels is causing global warming. Since these fuels are burned for
energy, and everyone uses energy, everyone can help stop global
warming just by using less energy. Think about the things you do each
day that use energy. The lights in your house use electricity. The TV
dryer all use gas or electricity. Every time you ride in your car, it uses
gasoline. There are some very simple things that everyone can do to
help stop global warming: Turn off the lights when you leave a room,
use fluorescent bulbs; Plant trees and avoid cutting tress; Turn off your
computer or the TV when you’re not using it, theTV even in standby
mode uses considerable amount of power; Wait until you have a lot of
clothes to wash before using the washing machine; Don’t use the
machine for one item just because it’s your favorite shirt. Take shorter
showers. Heating water uses energy; Close the blinds on a hot day if
the sun is shining in; Dress lightly instead of turning up the air
vehicles; Dress warmly when it’s cold, instead of turning up the heat.
Offer to help your parents keep the air filters on your AC and furnace
burning them Recycle: this would not only help to reduce pollution but
We can take an Action now before it’s to late.We can Heal and help