Global Warming And Its Effects - 1432 Words

The average temperature of the earth continues to rise over the years and we as humans have not conquered a win with this beast. We ourselves are adding more fuel to the fire as one would say. It is happening in communities all around us, from the constructions taking place to the cars driven on our roads, even the mass production of our products has an effect on climate change and contributes to global warming. Yet people tend to turn a blind eye to global warming and label it as a myth, whether they do not believe in it or it is not in their best financial interest to believe in it. Let us take a closer look at global warming and the effects it has on our people, homes and environments. Global Warming has become a rising problem in our†¦show more content†¦Earth’s temperatures are largely determined by the balance between the amount of sun energy entering the atmosphere and the amount of energy lost from the earth into space. The natural greenhouse effect is a band of gases that trap heat emanating from the planet’s surface. These gases are water vapour, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, tropospheric ozone and mainly carbon dioxide. These gases allow visible sunlight energy to penetrate deep into the atmosphere; they are then absorbed by oceans and land masses. When this stored energy is released back to space as infrared radiation and heat, the greenhouse gases act as an insulating blanket in helping to maintain warm temperatures needed for basic human survival. This is what scientists call the â€Å"greenhouse gas effect† Without it; scientists estimated that our planet would be 35 degrees cooler than usual, which would be too cold for an eco-system to sustain. We are contributing to the release of these greenhouse gases by burning waste, wood products, and fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Our farmers use synthetic fertilizers that emit nitrous oxide and methane is produced in our processes of composing waste in landfills, and last but not least the natural population growth increases our usage of these greenhouse gases when there