Why Global Warming and Why now?

This blog basically is our college’s idea of an English level 2 project. I have no objections whatsoever but I am continually bored by the same subject every single day. Let me just get this out now ''we are going to die anyway so why bothe'' but unfortunately as I am a high flyer I have to do my best if I want to nail this project, even if it kills me which eventually it will. In this posting I will just briefly talk about Global Warming which is today’s everyday big issue, the end of the world.




Carbon emissions, pollution, ozone, ice melting, rise in temperature and rise in sea level; these phrases or words have become repetitively common to the human race these past few years with the birth of the millennium and the constant development of technology. With all the facts and figures that scientists bring, what have we to do? Sit back and enjoy the ride, for it will be a ride to remember, or wake up and feel the temperature rising and icebergs melting and do something about it. Our future is in our hands. What we do with it is entirely up to us. It is only a matter of time

What is Global Warming and why is the end here?

Global warming is like saying ''what is for lunch?'' It has become so common in our language that it has become a part of our everyday lives. What actually is global warming I asked myself the first time I heard it. I just never knew that it would have a huge impact on our lives, stalking us at every turn we make. Scientists believe that global warming is:-

#A gradual warming of the Earth's atmosphere reportedly caused by the burning of fossil fuels and industrial pollutants.

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#The progressive gradual rise of the earth's surface temperature thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect and responsible for changes in global climate patterns. An increase in the near surface temperature of the Earth. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases.

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#Global warming is the gradual increase in global temperatures caused by the emission of gases that trap the sun's heat in the Earth's atmosphere. Gases that contribute to global warming include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and halocarbons (the replacements for CFCs). The carbon dioxide emissions are primarily caused by the use of fossil fuels for energy.

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An increase of the earth's temperature by a few degrees resulting in an increase in the volume of water which contributes to sea-level rise. That all in all, is global warming in a nutshell, trapped by greenhouse gases.

Causes of Global Warming

Eventually with out stop, with industrialization global warming has finally come. There are many causes for this tragedy but the major ones are listed below:-

Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants
Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars
Carbon Dioxide from Trucks
Carbon Dioxide from Airplanes
Carbon Dioxide from Buildings
Nitrous oxide
Deforestation
City Gridlock
Carbon in Atmosphere and Ocean


One cause not mentioned above but might sound a bit strange is livestock.
I found this on a site; the article says “Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars” that sounded obsurd in the beginning but, as I read it, it made a lot of sense. Below is the article that I read.

It said that livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming which is more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together.

It also said that burning fuel to produce fertilizer to grow feed, to produce meat and to transport it - and clearing vegetation for grazing - produces 9 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas. And their wind and manure emit more than one third of emissions of another, methane, which warms the world 20 times faster than carbon dioxide.

Livestock also produces more than 100 other polluting gases, including more than two-thirds of the world's emissions of ammonia, one of the main causes of acid rain.

And for more on the topic go to

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2062484.ece