The Chemistry of Global

Warming
by Hritesh Pushparaj

Global Warming is a topic I am passionate

about because I do not take this world for
granted and wish for things to change by
spreading awareness. This problem can cause
very detrimental issues and this issue should
be spread everywhere to make a change
Science of The Greenhouse Effect

The Greenhouse
Effect

The greenhouse effect is warming the Earth s surface ’

and troposphere because of water vapor carbon ,
,
dioxide and other gases in the air Roughly . 30 percent

of incoming sunlight is reflected back into space by

bright surfaces like clouds and ice The remaining . 70

percent is absorbed by the land and ocean , and the

rest is absorbed by the atmosphere . The absorbed

solar energy heats our planet .

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Natural Greenhouse Effect VS Human The Greenhouse Effect

Enhanced Greenhouse Effect Vs Global Warming

Natural Greenhouse Artificial Greenhouse
’
the sun s radiation reaches Human activities ,
’
the Earth s surface Heat . - predominantly the burning of

trapping gases do not ( , ,

fossil fuels coal oil and gas ),
absorb the short wave - are increasing levels of

energy from the sun but do carbon dioxide and other

absorb the long wave - -

heat trapping gases ,
energy re radiated from- increasing the natural

the Earth keeping the , greenhouse effect and thus

planet much warmer than ’

Earth s temperature .
it would be

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Fossil Fuels Used in America
Carbon Emissions
and Energy
Electrical energy produces

Production 40% of carbon emissions and

is made up of about 65%

fossil fuels

Activities like burning fossil fuels increase

the amount of carbon dioxide and other

greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ,

amplifying the natural greenhouse effect ,
causing the temperature of the Earth s '
atmosphere , ocean , and land surface to

increase .
In the United States, power plants represent the single
largest source of carbon pollution, spewing two billion https://world-nuclear.org/nuclear-essentials/how-can-
tons into the air each year.
nuclear-combat-climate-change.aspx

The Ice caps 28 Years Later Ice Caps Melting

The maps compares the Arctic ice minimum

extents from 2012 (top) and 1984 . According to
NSIDC, the average minimum extent for 1979–
2000 was 6.70 million square kilometers

As temperatures rise , glaciers melt faster

than they accumulate new snow .

Ice cap is in a solid state -
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observatory n .
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: a glacier a ,
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Ice Cap

alizing the thick layer of ice and

2012- - sea ,
snow that covers

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ice minimum
fewer than 50,000
square kilometers

Sea Level Rising