gases have strong infrared radiation absorption ability and are able to absorb the infrared emitted by the Earth’s surface, and re-emit this infrared to the Earth’s surface, thus warming the Earth’s surface more than it otherwise would be (Botkin & Keller, 2014). These gases are referred to as greenhouse gases and this warming of the Earth’s surface is referred to as “The Greenhouse Effect”. Figure 1 below presents an illustration of this greenhouse effect. The greenhouse gases cause heat to become trapped
The aggravation of air quality can cause diseases, allergies and even death to living organisms. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the main cause of global warming. Though animals emit carbon dioxide when they breathe, carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when associated with cars, planes, power plants, and other human activities that involve the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline
greediness has made Mother Earth suffer. Most of the environmental problems, if not all, are caused by humans. So, it is our duty to undo the destruction caused to Mother Earth. In today’s world, pollution has become exorbitant. In a similar fashion, global warming has become one of the biggest problems faced by us today. Their threatening effects are increasing day-by-day and pose a great danger to our planet. Another
exposed to rain and wind energy [55,72]. Deforestation-defined as the conversion of forested land to other uses, or a permanent reduction of canopy cover has attracted increasing international attention in recent years(FAO,2004).Annually, the rate of global deforestation is round 13 million hectares , most of which occurs in the developing world(FAO,2010;CIFOR,2005). Forest communities use their surroundings for a variety of activities, the collection of snails and mushrooms, gathering of medicinal herbs
The environment is an important part of any life and there is no existence of life without environment. It is very difficult to stop those activities which are destroying our environment. The western media left no space, making the headlines regarding environmental issues in comparison to Indian media. Many factors influence the coverage of different social issues by the mass media. And it is important to study the role of Indian media in keeping the environmental issues as one of the major social
You would imagine that major evidence on environmental change, would be sufficient to induce anybody that environmental change is genuine. Yet by one means or another, in America in any event, this is insufficient. Americans seem, by all accounts, to be separated from everyone else in having been tricked by the fossil fuel campaign, a truth respected with doubt by basically others in the current world. This condition represents a vexing predicament for atmosphere researchers in their endeavors to
Ocean and Caribbean Sea, flourishing in standard temperatures of 18℃-23℃ (Bryne 2007). Recently, climate change has become an increasing global issue, as industrial activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, produces CO2 gas that traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. This entrapment is causing the melting of ice caps, resulting in ocean cooling and warming in varied areas, thus affecting marine life (Climate Hot Map). Increased and decreased environmental temperatures have a significant affect
Who else is sick of seeing garbage all of the place everywhere we go? Knowing that trash is killing animals that are trying to eat it. Everyone likes to live on a planet that has supported us with so much, but we don't support the planet back. As we kill it with landfills smoke and oil. The Earth is better when we treat it right because everyone would be healthier and the planet would live longer for more generations to come. We need to start to take care of the planet. Creatures and plants are
climate change is an alarming issue for many reasons. Over the past 50 years the carbon in our atmosphere has been climbing at levels, which until now, were thought to be impossible. This carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is trapping heat and causing the global temperature to rise. The crude oil that this pipeline would be transporting contains levels of carbon that are much higher than that of the oil found in Texas. Along with the cost of building
Although developed nations are to blame for this growing crisis, undeveloped countries are affected the most by climate change. As a poverty-stricken country highly vulnerable to the results of climate change, Bolivia acknowledges that the severe impacts put the safety of humankind at risk. Bolivia’s vision is to relieve the effects of climate change and create more sustainable methods to development. One solution is infrastructure upgrades, or investing money to improve buildings, roads, and power