projection of the future. In “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next Fifty Years With Current Technologies”, Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow went in a different direction and presented a positive outlook on the improvement of the Earth’s current environmental state and introduced the idea of stabilization wedges. Lastly, the IPCC 2014 Summary report is a report that focused on looking at how nations can act to limit climate change. In the rest of this response, I will provide a synopsis
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warming? Scientifically speaking it is describe as the gradual increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere believed to be due to the green house effect. In this paper I will discuss the history or global warming and how it became the most talked about topic in environmental science. In addition I will describe various types of pollutions that we humans have contributed to making the atmosphere worst every year. Finally I will conclude the paper with a variety of solutions humans have begun
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shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner. The earth maintains a habitable temperature due to the Greenhouse effect, which allows heat from the sun to penetrate our atmosphere, without it, the earth would be a cold and hostile planet, and would most likely be uninhabitable. In author, Stephanie Pappas article entitled, “Carbon Dioxide is warming the planet (here’s how),” Pappas passionately argues that Carbon Dioxide
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Abstract Deforestation is occurring around the world at an unprecedented pace. Throughout the forests of virtually every continent, people are destroying valuable forests either for purposes of living or trade. International trade and the buildup of the industrial complex are causing rapid deforestation. With the recent discovery of the damage to the ozone layer, numerous worldwide organizations and governments have taken strides to reduce the actions of humans that damage, not only the ozone
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sometimes used to refer specifically to climate change caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes. The term climate change, hence, has become synonymous with global warming. Any scientist will acknowledge that earth’s climate has always been changing. Increasing emissions into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (such as methane) have created the so-called “greenhouse effect,” leading to overall global warming
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existed prior to the industrial period. Thus, the argument is cemented by the fact of logical truth. In addition, the manmade chemicals are typically polar molecules. Polar molecules contain a negative end and a positive end. Keep in mind, the earth’s anti-air defense system is the ionosphere, the sphere which makes city sized asteroids into watermelon sized meteorites. With polar molecules present in our troposphere, the accumulated electronegative pull of troposphere molescules upon ionosphere
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Atmospheric Science 8/31 Chapter 1 : Composition & Structure of the Atmosphere Overview * Weather vs. Climate * General characteristics of the atmosphere * Composition of the Atmosphere * Vertical Structure of the atmosphere What is Meteorology? * The study of the atmosphere and the processes that cause what we commonly call weather. What is Weather? * Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at some place and time. * Defined by temperature, pressure, wind, clouds
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century, another force has started to influence Earth’s climate change: humanity. Though people have had the largest impact on our climate since 1950, natural changes to Earth’s climate have also occurred. A great example in which two major volcanic eruptions occurred,El Chichon in 1982 and Pinatubo in 1991. These two volcanoes pumped sulfur dioxide gas high into the atmosphere. The gas converted into tiny particles, reflecting sunlight and shading Earth’s surface. Temperatures across the globe dipped
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on a global plan to deal with the earth's changing climate and that's causing many people to be upset and try to find ways to help the planet. Many people argue that even if the production of greenhouse gases is dramatically reduced, global warming will continue and destroy the planet (Global Warming). There is plenty of evidence that global warming in fact is real, including evidence from many scientists and data from the past showing the changes in the earth's temperature and the levels of water
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night too. This is because the heat received from the sun is trapped inside the greenhouse by the glass. The Earth is also like a greenhouse. During the day Earth’s surface warms up in the sunlight. At night, the surface cool, releasing the heat back into the air. But some of the heat is trapped by gas like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. These gases, called greenhouse gases, work like the glass walls and the roof and keep the earth warm. This is global warming and it is making the earth dangerous
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