What is Global warming? How does it effect us and our environment? Global warming is one of many serious issues we face in the world today. Global warming simplified is, warming of the earths atmosphere. To get a better understanding on global warming, we must understand what is called the Greenhouse effect. Like any greenhouse filled with plants, rays of light from the sun passes through the glass, which produce energy, which is then absorbed by plants, and the soil. Much of the energy absorbed in the greenhouse is converted into heat, which keeps the greenhouse warm. The glass around the greenhouse traps this heat inside. The Greenhouse effect has a very similar concept with the earths atmosphere. The Greenhouse effect is a natural process
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According to a article found in National Geographic, Scientists have told us that there are many of these greenhouse gases responsible to warming, and humans are primarily responsible for producing these gases. The most popular way we produce these gases are burning fossils fuels like coal, natural gas and oils, chemicals and other pollutants, from cars, factories and the electricity we use in our everyday lives also play an important role. Although there are many of what is called greenhouse gases, the most popular gas that seems to be contributing to a lot of the warming is carbon dioxide. According to an article found In Science News, the percentage of carbon dioxide has been steadily increasing over the years. Scientist have found that the levels of carbon dioxide is now at about 30 percent greater that 650,000 years ago.(Biskup, n.d.) There are many ways we produce carbon dioxide that eventually make its way into the atmosphere, one way that we don’t normally think about is deforestation. What is the connection between cutting trees and global warming? Back in our basic science classes we learn about an important concept, …show more content…
can we measure how warm it is? because of the constant movement of water in the ocean and what scientist call “The oceans conveyor belt” (Society, n.d.) which is a term referred to the constant movement of the oceans water driven by the temperatures, waves and tides are constantly mixing the water, moving warmer and cooler water to deep and shallow levels. It would be extremely difficult to get an accurate temperature by simply using a thermometer, So scientists use many different methods to get the most accurate data. Since the early 1960’2 scientist have been able to measure the temperatures of the oceans from 300 to 2000 meters deep using a device they called the xpendable bathythermograph or XBT. This device is probe like and are simply tossed off ships to measure the most accurate temperatures. Since this special tool has been around for awhile it allows scientists to compare temperature data from then today and allows them to see the changes throughout the years associated with global
According to a article found in National Geographic, Scientists have told us that there are many of these greenhouse gases responsible to warming, and humans are primarily responsible for producing these gases. The most popular way we produce these gases are burning fossils fuels like coal, natural gas and oils, chemicals and other pollutants, from cars, factories and the electricity we use in our everyday lives also play an important role. Although there are many of what is called greenhouse gases, the most popular gas that seems to be contributing to a lot of the warming is carbon dioxide. According to an article found In Science News, the percentage of carbon dioxide has been steadily increasing over the years. Scientist have found that the levels of carbon dioxide is now at about 30 percent greater that 650,000 years ago.(Biskup, n.d.) There are many ways we produce carbon dioxide that eventually make its way into the atmosphere, one way that we don’t normally think about is deforestation. What is the connection between cutting trees and global warming? Back in our basic science classes we learn about an important concept, …show more content…
can we measure how warm it is? because of the constant movement of water in the ocean and what scientist call “The oceans conveyor belt” (Society, n.d.) which is a term referred to the constant movement of the oceans water driven by the temperatures, waves and tides are constantly mixing the water, moving warmer and cooler water to deep and shallow levels. It would be extremely difficult to get an accurate temperature by simply using a thermometer, So scientists use many different methods to get the most accurate data. Since the early 1960’2 scientist have been able to measure the temperatures of the oceans from 300 to 2000 meters deep using a device they called the xpendable bathythermograph or XBT. This device is probe like and are simply tossed off ships to measure the most accurate temperatures. Since this special tool has been around for awhile it allows scientists to compare temperature data from then today and allows them to see the changes throughout the years associated with global