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We all know that it is bad but because most people don’t know what to do to help their environment. Well its the simple things like recycling and reducing your carbon-foot print. All these things if each person contributes we can make a better world not just for us but for our children and our grandchildren. Cause and Effects of Global Warming Global warming it’s the increase in the average temperature on Earth. Temperature on earth is controlled by the oceans, the average temperature is fifty-five degrees and if it were to increase or decrease in either direction than it would be the point of no return.
The increase of temperature is caused by the release of CO (carbon-dioxide), the methane which both act as greenhouse gases, and the melting of the glaciers are a result. The reason for all this is human interference and disregard for Mother Nature and her limits. Cause 1 Carbon-dioxide is a gas that is released from burning fossil fuels for us most commonly known as oil. When it is burned in the engine of cars a process called combustion which has a byproduct of CO Burning up in combustion”). CO is also released from industries, though they filter what they release it is still harmful to the environment.
Carbon-dioxide is still a greenhouse gas (“What is carbon, and what it does to the environment is real even if some people chose not to except this carbon-dioxide is still going to effect the environment. It’s our fault that global warming is increasing, so it falls on us to help earth cool down. Carbon-dioxide causes an increase in earth’s global temperature by trapping the heat which is received from the sun which in turn increases the temperature this is called the greenhouse effect. However Carbon-dioxide is not the only cause of the increase in the Earth’s global temperature.
Methane is a major contributor to Global Warming. Cause 2 Methane is a greenhouse gas that is mainly from animals expelling gas. While the gas expelled contains many other gases like nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon-dioxide, oxygen, and of course methane. Methane is just like any other greenhouse gas except it is mostly concentrated in agriculture. It is the cows, pigs and goats (Kate Melville) that are fed corn and other grains they get very gassy and “pass gas” and it is now a major cause of global warming.
It is because the agriculture is such a big business and since most of America eats meat to meet that demand the farmers have to raise more cattle and in urn the more cattle there is than the more gas there that is being released. Most people wouldn’t think that they are hurting the environment with what they do every day, eating meat however it is not major because animals would do this anyways right. Well yes to a point but since agriculture is so concentrated that it is having a major impact and this could all be stopped if we all limit how much meat we eat.
I have talked on and on about these different gases well why do you care it getting a little hotter well the increase in temperature is having other effects indirectly and we have all heard of this n the news at one point or another and I??s the melting of the glaciers. Cause 3 and Effect Though we have talked about greenhouse gases and what is releasing them, and what they have caused, We have not talked about what happens when the temperature does increase what effect is there to the environment.
The increase in temperature cause the glaciers to melt and the melting cause the rocks to show under the ice sheet under Antarctica which heat up because of the exposure to the sun. This will cause the ice to melt more causing a reaction that repeats it’s self. They call this a positive feedback loop it means hat it is “an action that causes a reaction and the reaction causes more of the action, which in turn causes more reaction and so forth”. (Rachel Sway. 2010).
The rate of this happening is also increasing because of the hole in the ozone. The ozone is a thin layer of gas that contains 03. The hole in the ozone is caused but the release of Cuff’s or Chlorofluorocarbons Annie Allen). Cuff’s have been banned in the United States for twenty years, countries all around the world also agreed to stop the use of Cuff’s called the Kyoto protocol (Up radiation 2010) but they are still in use in developing Mounties like China and India, however this is only in small amounts and illegally.
The ozone layers purpose is to block out UP (ultra violet) rays, they block 99% of UP rays. Now because of the hole the amount of XIV rays entering the earth has increased and this can have major impacts on humans and animals (Up radiation,” 201 0) because the UP rays mutate our DNA. This does not mean that we will mutate and grow a third arm or leg however it can cause skin cancer and cataract. While the uses of Cuff’s have been banned it is our duty as citizens of the world to make sure that other countries adhere to the contract that they signed.