GLOBAL WARMING

It is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of

the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the
greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of
carbon dioxide, CFC’s and other pollutants.
 CAUSES EFFECTS
• Several greenhouse gases • Accelerated the rate of ice loss across the continent
• Carbon dioxide or CO2. • Native plants and animals struggle to adapt to the
• Methane changing conditions

• Nitrous oxide • Dry, hot weather has increased the intensity and

• Gases used for refrigeration and industrial destructiveness of forest fires

• When forests are lost, the carbon they held locked
processes
up in their tissues is released into the atmosphere,
• Loss of forests
contributing to further global warming
• Rapid population growth
• Impact on flora and fauna across the Arctic
• Mining activities • Acid rain
• Rapid industrialization
.
This graph provides evidence that atmospheric CO2 has increased since the Industrial Revolution.
 For the Philippines, a warming world means stronger
typhoons, fewer fish

•Global warming is expected to increase the frequency of El Niño and La Niña weather events in the Pacific, resulting
in more powerful typhoons hitting the Philippines, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change.

•The report’s authors warn that even under a low-carbon-emission scenario, such extreme weather events are
inevitable.

•The Philippines also has to contend with warming ocean waters that threaten to kill its coral reefs and drive its
once-plentiful fish stocks to cooler regions of the Pacific.

•The IPCC authors say more research is needed to better understand how ocean warming will impact the Philippines
and the wider region.
HOW TO HINDER THESE EFFECTS?
Reduce the amount of fossil fuels burnt
Use renewable energy to power your home
Eat all the food you buy and make it less
meat
Use energy-efficient appliances
 WANT TO HELP STOP GLOBAL WARMING?
Change a light
Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon
dioxide a year.
 Drive less
Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You'll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every
mile you don't drive!
 Recycle more
You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.
 Plant a tree
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
 Turn off electronic devices
Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer, when you're not using them, will
save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
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