Greenhouse Gas Effect Essay

Register to read the introduction… However, since the industrial revolution, the rate of climate change has steadily increased. Carbon dioxide or Co2 emissions have steadily rose over time as a result of industrialization. Co2 is categorized as a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gasses take part in something known as the "greenhouse gas effect". The greenhouse gas effect, according to experts from Pearson Education, is a natural process by which radiant heat energy produced by the sun collects in lower atmospheric areas of the Earth. The greenhouse gasses help to collect the energy, which in turn regulates the temperature of the Earth (2012). In some areas of the world that are highly industrialized, such as China and India, the greenhouse gas effect results in warming. Warming in some areas of the world, namely the arctic, has resulted in the melting of the polar ice caps. When the polar ice melts, the overall global sea level rises, and dark pools of melt water absorb heat that would otherwise be reflected by the ice (Quaile, 2013). In addition to the problems associated with polar ice melting, viruses that were thought to be previously eradicated have begun to resurface. In a recent study, scientists were able to revive a virus that had been frozen in Siberian soil for roughly over 30,000 years (Duhaime-Ross, 2014). The same scientists also speculated that viruses such as smallpox could resurface as frozen northern soil melts (Duhaime-Ross, 2014). Climate change can also lead to stronger storms, droughts, and wild fires. Climate change is not just restricted to warming, however currently research points toward warming in many areas of the …show more content…
In his article on climate change, Chris Tackett highlighted that scientists within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or IPCC) speculate that the damage done by climate change will soon be irreversible (2013). In order to reduce climate change, and the emission of greenhouse gasses, every citizen in the industrialized world needs to cut down on electricity and oil usage. Regulations known as carbon taxes currently exist and continue to be enforced in order to reduce carbon emissions. A carbon tax is in essence a pollution tax issued based on countries' yearly carbon emissions (Dowdey, 2007). Another potential solution to reducing carbon emissions (although an extreme one) is converting to vegetarianism. This is due to the fact that meat production produces more pollution and labor than producing vegetable based goods. There are numerous simple choices than humans can make every day to help reduce the rate of global climate change. However, if the citizens of the world community do not start to make changes now, the intensity of climate change and water pollution alike will continue to grow and cause