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Global Warming-Causes and It's Impact
Global Warming-Causes and It's Impact
WARMI
NG
Causes And Its
Impact
Adhish Anand
XII-B
STOP
GLOBAL
ARMING !
CONTENTS
Preface
What is Global Warming?
What are the Greenhouse Gases?
What Is Greenhouse Effect ?
PREFACE
Human activities have led to large increases in heat-trapping
gases over the past century. The global warming of the past 50
years is due primarily to this human-induced increase. Global
average temperature and sea level have increased, and
precipitation patterns have changed. Human fingerprints also
have been identified in many other aspects of the climate
system, including changes in ocean heat content, precipitation,
atmospheric moisture, plant and animal health and location, and
Arctic sea ice.
Many types of extreme weather events, such as heat waves
and regional droughts, have become more frequent and intense
during the past 40 to 50 years. The destructive energy of Atlantic
hurricanes has increased... In the eastern Pacific, the strongest
hurricanes have become stronger since the 1980s, even while
the total number of storms has decreased. Sea level has risen
along most of the U.S. coast over the last 50 years, and will rise
more in the future. Arctic sea ice is declining rapidly and this is
very likely to continue. Global temperatures are projected to
continue to rise over this century. Whether by 2-3 degrees F or
What Is IPCC ?
In 1998, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was
established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in recognition of the
threat that global warming presents to the world.
The IPCC is open to all members of the UNEP and WMO and consists of
several thousand of the most authoritative scientists in the world on
climate change. The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical
and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the
risk of human-induced climate change. It does not carry out new
research nor does it monitor climate related data. It bases its
assessment mainly on published and peer reviewed scientific technical
literature.
The IPCC has completed two assessment reports, developed
methodology guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories,
special reports and technical papers. Results of the first assessment
(1990--1994): confirmed scientific basis for global warming but
concluded that ``nothing to be said for certain yet''.
Due to these assessments, debate has now shifted away from whether
or not global warming is going to occur to, instead, how much, how
soon, and with what impacts.
Conclusion
Global Change is multifaceted (climate, nitrogen, land
use, invasive, biodiversity, air quality, etc.)
The greenhouse effect is a natural process which is
necessary to maintain living conditions on the planet
However, the natural planetary greenhouse effect has
been augmented by human activities, including
primarily fossil fuel use and deforestation.
Responsibility to improve environmental conditions lies
upon all of us as individuals
Concentrate on preventing environmental degradation
before it starts
Alternatives are feasible and can be used