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    GLOBAL WARMING The term Global Warming can be defined as the gradual increase in the temperature of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere generally associated with the greenhouse effect caused by increased level of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.The Greenhouse effect is responsible for the increase in temperature all over the world. It is a change that is believed to be changing the Earth 's climate in a permanent way. Global Warming the most important and biggest…

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    Greenhouse Effect Essay

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    As stated earlier, global warming is the rise in the degree of hotness of the Earth’s surface. But the question is, what is the reason of the rise in this temperature? How does the degree of hotness elevate without us knowing? Certainly, we cannot see the process on how the temperature changes with naked eyes but via deep understanding in Physics and other sciences, we can verbally explain how this rise occurs. There are a few elements that encourage the increase in the global temperature…

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    which is the, “warming that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space.”(“Global Climate Change”) Many gases we are releasing into the atmosphere such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons are all known as greenhouse gases,…

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    food security. First of all, according to the definition of greenhouse gases (GHG) “The atmospheric concentrations of some greenhouse gases are being affected directly by human activities namely carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons. Water vapour is also a major greenhouse gas, but its concentration in the atmosphere is not influenced directly by human activities.” (Climate Change in Australia, 2015). The future human civilisation will be…

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    What is pollution? Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that the environment becomes harmful or unfit for living things. Various types of pollution exist, including water, air, personal, noise, light, radioactive, thermal, visual and soil. Human beings are involved in different daily activities that contribute to the contamination of the environment leading to the different types of pollution.…

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    Chlorofluorocarbon gasses (CFCs) were originally used as propellants but these were banned from use in 1978 because it was discovered that they deplete the ozone layer. Other gasses like butane and propane were used as replacements for CFCs. These hydrocarbons…

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    Earth Under Fire Analysis

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    Global warming is literally a hot topic for today. According to the numerous researches, average global temperature has increased by more than 0.7 °C throughout the last century. This rise do not seems to be significantly high. However, millions of people around the world as well as the representatives of wild nature suffer from the negative impact of this abnormal tendency. Generally, global warming is presented by the high amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The primary reasons for…

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    Global warming refers to the gradual temperature increase due to the overall global temperature rises phenomena in the ocean and the earth 's surface. (1) The Earth’s atmosphere is holding the heat cause of several gases such as carbon dioxide and methane; it can be made an effect like a greenhouse. Result from this reason, overall global temperature increases. (2) Also, by burning fossil fuels such as coal or gasoline causes global warming (4) In this essay we 'll look at the issues caused by…

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    services and poverty eradication; these effects are magnified and become more urgent in the context of climate change. Nowadays everyone keeps a refrigerator in their house for their daily use . These refrigerators produce a harmful gas called chlorofluorocarbon , which cause depletion of the ozone layer. Ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet radiations , and helps to keep the earth temperature normal. Chemicals used to replace CFCs, such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons, which are…

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    Before discussing the environmental benefits of eating local food, it is very important to know about local food. Local food is basically a locally or regionally produced food product that travels less than 400 miles from its origin or within the state where it is produced. Local food is grown close to the consumer’s houses in small farmlands and is transported to the consumers through short distances. Local food is being sold near the points of its production like at farmers market or roadside…

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