Global warming has become perhaps

the most complicated issue facing

world nowadays.
GLOBAL WARMING
A Gradual increase in the overall
temperature of the earth's atmosphere
generally attributed to the greenhouse
effect caused by increased levels of
carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other
pollutants.
 What is global warming?
The Planet Is Heating Up—and Fast
• The earth heats up (the temperature rises)=>
It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon
dioxide, water vapour, nitrous oxide, and
methane) trap heat and light from the sun in
the earth’s atmosphere, which increases the
temperature.
• This hurts many people, animals, and plants.
 What is the greenhouse effect?

•The greenhouse effect is when the temperature rises

because the sun’s heat and light is trapped in the earth’s
atmosphere.
•The heat and light can get through the atmosphere, but it
can’t get out. As a result, the temperature rises.
•Sometimes the temperature can change in a way that helps
us.
 What is global warming doing to the
environment?
• Makes the sea rise : the water covers many
low land islands, the plants and causes some
of them to die so, the animals lose a source of
food, along with their habitat, but people lose
two sources of food, plant food and animal
food
 One thing that causes global warming is electrical pollution,
fossil fuels are burned to create electricity. Fossil fuels are made
of dead plants and animals. Many pollutants are sent into the air
when fossil fuels are burned. Some of these chemicals are called
greenhouse gasses.

•The pollution that causes global warming is linked to acid rain. => Acid rain
gradually destroys almost everything it touches
 Another thing that makes global warming worse is
when people cut down trees. Trees and other plants
collect carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a greenhouse
gas.(deforestation)

Global warming=> it is also destroying many huge forests, many more

fires that wipe out whole forests. This happens because global warming
can make the earth very hot.
• Carbon dioxide is the air that our body lets out when we
breathe. With fewer trees, it is harder for people to
breathe because there is more CO2 in the air. Plants
collect the CO2 that we breathe out, and they give back
oxygen that we breathe in. With less trees and other
plants, such as algae, there is less air for us, and more
greenhouse gases are sent into the air.
 What are people doing to stop
global warming?
• Carpooling=>is driving with someone to a
place that you are both going to. This
minimizes the amount of greenhouse gases
put into the air by a car.

• Another thing that people are doing is being

more careful about leaving things turned on
like the television, computer, and the lights.
 The Clean Air Act is making many companies change their products to
decrease these problems. Part of the law says that you may not put a certain
amount of pollutants in the air.
The Clean Air Act has also made car companies change some of the things
inside of the cars. Cars pollute a lot. While cars make more than half of the
world’s smog.

•Reducing cars, buses, and trucks which are also responsible for over 50% of
dangerous chemicals let into the air
•Ozone (a poisonous form of oxygen) - Ozone is produced when other pollution chemicals
combine. It is the basic element of smog.
•It causes many different kinds of health issues dealing with the lungs.
• It can damage plants and limit sight. It can also cause a lot of property damage.
CLIMATE CHANGE!
 What is climate change?
• The Earth's climate is changing in ways that
you can't easily see.
• The Earth is getting warmer because people
are adding heat-trapping gases to the
atmosphere, mainly by burning fossil fuels.
These gases are called greenhouse gases.
Warmer temperatures are causing other
changes around the world, such as melting
glaciers and stronger storms.
• Scientists have warned that the world's
climate has changed a lot, and has
affected many living and non-living
things.

Many places that were warmer are now

getting colder, and many colder regions
are getting much more colder or even
warmer this is know as Global Warming.
HUMAN CAUSES (Anthropogenic or Man-
made causes)

 Greenhouse gases
 Deforestation
 Coal mining
 Burning of fossil fuels
 Industrial processes
 Agriculture
Major Causes
of Climate
Change
 Human Causes
Increasing green house gas emissions from
burning fossil fuels-oil, coal, gas
Pollution, smog from factories
Large forests have been cut down (trees
absorb CO2 and pollution, deforestation
creates about 6 billion tons of CO2 per year)
Increasing world population-more people
requires more food, energy, transportation,
etc. Farms animals release methane from their
wastes.
More people also means more CO2 production
Smog and Pollution From Factories
Burning of Fossil Fuels
Deforestation
 Coal Mining
An average increase in Earth’s temperature
during the last century
Melting of polar ice—polar bears and other
animals are drowning
Migrating birds are forced to change their
time and place of migration
Melting of glaciers will lead to higher sea
level, which will cause floods and put many
low-elevation regions at risk of disappearing
under water
Longer summers can disrupt animal habitation
New and widespread diseases because of
 Effects of Climate Change

RISE IN SEA LEVEL

Melting ice sheets  Sea level rise

Heavy rainfall across the globe
Extreme drought
Decline in crop productivity
Ecosystems are changing
Hurricanes
Rise in temperature
Alternative Energy Sources
and What You Can Do
If we want to live longer, to be safer
and in good health we must protect
our environment
Help Save Earth