Global Warming

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An idiot's guide to
Global Warming
By Mark Mander
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What is global warming?
Global warming is when the overall temperature of
the planet increases. This is due to the frequent
use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) and many
other industrial processes causing a build-up of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
COAL
It has been known since 1896 that carbon dioxide
helps stop the Sun's infrared radiation from
escaping into space and thus functions to
maintain the Earth's relatively warm temperature.
Since 1850 there has been a mean rise in global
temperature of approximately 1 C (1.8 F), but
this rise could just be part of a natural
fluctuation.
NATURAL GAS
OIL
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What is the greenhouse effect?
Whilst the media claim were reasonable for the
greenhouse effect, thats only part of the story
(since when are the press ever right???). The
surface of the earth is heated when sun rays
reach it and it radiates at infrared wavelengths
heat energy through the atmosphere into space to
prevent the surface over-heating.
Gases in the atmosphere then reflect this
radiation back towards the earth, thus heating
it. It is expected that the temperature worldwide
will increase by anything from 2-6C
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
has been increasing by 0.4 per cent a year
because of the use of fossil fuels such as oil,
gas, and coal the amount of vegetation in the
tropical rainforests also effects the carbon
cycle as less is used by the plants.
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What parts of the world spit out the most carbon
dioxide? 2
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What part of the world spits out most carbon
dioxide?
Africa 1.8
Oceania 1.2
Latin America 2.9
Former USSR 13.2
Western Europe 26 (ooh, thats us!)
North America 35
Eastern Europe 6.6
Asia (excluding USSR) 13.2
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What are greenhouse gases?
Greenhouse gases are the reason for global
warming and are mainly produced by industry. The
main cause of this is carbon dioxide, which
becomes such a problem because of deforestation
and burning fossil fuels. However, carbon dioxide
isnt the only greenhouse gas but by far the most
well-known methane, nitrous oxide and
chlorofluorocarbons can also cause global warming.
The scary thing is that methane is part of human
waste, so global warming is unstoppable, all that
eco-friendly factories will cause is a delay of
the inevitable.
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Countries affected by flooding as a result
of global warming worldwide.
The rising water levels will cause many low-lying
islands or cities be completely covered in water,
and some of these are densely populated such as
our capital city, London. Many other countries
could be severely damaged.
The Alliance of Small Island States (ASIS) will
be decimated the 43 countries are Antigua and
Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cape Verde,
Comoros, Cook Islands, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica,
Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Grenada,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati,
Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius,
Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sao
Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon
Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent
and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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The predicted impacts of global warming on the
entire world.
Rising temperatures worldwide would cause ski
resorts to be wrecked as heat will melt the snow
ice there.
Forests are damaged by heat and drought
Permafrost ground will melt, causing massive
landslides. Oil pipelines, houses and road
foundations will be disintegrated
Global warming has already caused irreversible
damage to the planet winters are becoming
milder and less likely to be snowy, the arctic
has shrunk by 40 in the past few decades and sea
levels have risen by 18cm.
Arctic ice cap melts.
Bangladesh is already prone to flooding, so
rising water levels could devastate the country.
Global warming is also blamed for strong winds
drought and heavy rainfall however this is only
an opinion.
Mediterranean beaches will vanish as water levels
rise.
Water shortages in the Middle East would cause
the River Nile to dry up due to intense
evaporation.
Heavy storms not only threaten southern USA, but
also the insurance companies in the area face
bankruptcy.
Sahara desert could move northwards, even as far
as Spain.
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Impacts of global warming on Britain
Wet
Our homeland will be greatly affected by global
warming and will be totally separated into the
wet north and dry south.
Prone to FLOODING
Help the Aged Prevent Global Warming
The heat wave of 2006 killed a large number of
elderly people due to the intensifying heat and
low supply of water.
Dry
Prone to DROUGHT
The overall temperature in the world has been
expected to rise by around 4 degrees by 2080,
does this ,mean that when we are similar ages to
our grandparents we can look forward to dying in
a heat wave?
Reservoirs will be built in the south, which is
happening right now and the amount of people that
have to find new houses is generally small,
however these people still have to make serious
changes to their lifestyle.
In the north, however a much different story
excessive rainfall and heat (which causes the
snow on mountains to melt) will contribute to
widespread flooding.
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Impacts of global warming on animals
Have you ever seen a polar bear in person? The
way global warming is progressing, then no one
will be able to see them. They have adapted to
the cold climate, and if the temperature goes up,
the polar bear will overheat and become extinct.
Penguins also live in the Ice Caps, and if they
melt the land they call home could literally
vanish from under their feet. Could this be the
last place we can see penguins? Or even snow?
Dogs can die if they are left in a car with the
windows closed. Will the day when dogs die in our
own homes arrive in the near future? If it does,
then dogs can become extinct in our country.
We know how global warming is caused. We know how
global warming causes problems. We don't know how
global warming is resolved.
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Rio de Janiero (1992)
Whilst this meeting wasnt specifically for the
topic of global warming, it was prominently
discussed among with numerous other topics.
The greenhouse effect was agreed to be reduced
and around 150 nations signed a treaty to help
reduce this effect, but this was a non-binding
treaty.
The short-term costs greatly inhibit what action
can be taken to combat global warming.
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Kyoto (1997)
The Kyoto Protocol states that all who agree must
aim to decrease carbon emissions by 5.2 of the
amount used in 1990. This must be completed by
2010.
A total of 86 countries agreed to the proposal
that carbon emissions should be lowered (via
cars, power plants and other industry). This,
however, only applied to MEDCs LEDCs and
rapidly industrializing countries were excluded.
USA hope to achieve there target of carbon
restriction by emission trading this is where
they maintain/ increase their production and sell
their produce to other countries.
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Information Ann Bowen John Pallister wikipedia The
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