GLOBAL WARMING

THE GLOBAL CATASTROPHY

 WHAT IS GLOBAL
WARMING?
 Global Warming is defined as the
increase of the average temperature on
Earth. As the Earth is getting hotter,
disasters like hurricanes, droughts and
floods are getting more frequent.
 Over the last 100 years, the average
temperature of the air near the Earth´s
surface has risen a little less than 1°
Celsius .It is responsible for the increase
in storms floods and raging forest fires
we have seen in the last ten years.
 How can global warming be
measured?
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 Usually global warming cannot and

is not measured in the terms of
temperature variations, but it
measured in terms of extinction.
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
GLOBAL WARMING AND
CLIMATE CHANGE.
Global warming
 Climate change


• Is the increase of • Is a broader term

the Earth’s that refers to
average surface long term
temperature due changes in
to a build-up of climate, including
greenhouse average
gases in the temperature and
atmosphere. precipitation
 CAUSES OF GLOBAL
WARMING.
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 1. The greenhouse effect

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 Major greenhouse gases:

Øwater vapor(36 to 70%)
ØCarbon dioxide(9 to 20%)
ØMethane(4 to 9%)
ØOzone (3 to 7%)
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§
 2. Carbon dioxide emitted from:
Øpower plant
ØCars
ØAirplanes
ØBuildings
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 3.Deforestation
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 4. Traffic jams/grid locks

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DEADLY EFFECT’S OF
GLOBAL WARMING.
1.Spread of


Disease
•
 As northern countries
warm, disease
carrying insects
migrate north,
bringing plague and
disease with them.
•
2.Warmer waters


and more
hurricanes


 As the temperature
of oceans rises, so will
the probability of more
frequent and stronger
hurricanes.
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.
4.Economic
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consequences
 Most of the effects of
global warming won’t
be good. And these
effects spell one thing
for the countries of the
world: economic
consequences.
5 . P O L A R IC E C A P S M E LT IN G
§ First: It will raise sea levels. There are
5,773,000 cubic miles of water in ice caps,
glaciers, and permanent snow.
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§ Second: Melting ice caps will throw the global

ecosystem out of balance.
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§ Third: Danger to several species of animals.

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§ Fourth: Warming of the Earth.

 PROOF OF GLOBAL
WARMING.
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Alaska
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1914 2004
 COLORADO RIVER
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 Arizona

June 2002 Dec 2003

 MEASURES OF
CONTROLLING GLOBAL
WARMING.
1.Raising awareness
2.Choose alternative transportation
3.Using energy efficient appliances
4.Switching of electronics and appliances
when not required
5.Replace light bulbs
6.Reduce deforestation
7.Promote aforestation
8.Recycle
9.
 CONCLUSION
The bottom line is, it is coming if not
already here. The fact is that it is
going
to hit everyone not the poor
or the rich.
Unless some serious steps are not
taken to prevent it, there will be a
global
catastrophy about which we will be
helpless.
So it is up to us , the choices are take
the
preventive measures or ignore it and get
ready for the