Effects of Greenhouse Gases Essay

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    Executive summary: INTRODUCTION: This report discusses the effects of greenhouse gases on New Zealand through tourism and the actions that the NZ Government has taken to protect the environment. Nowadays, greenhouse is become a serious issue for tourist countries. New Zealand is trying to take care of it. The number of tourist is increase dramatically and because of it the amount of greenhouse gases is increased.  Greenhouse Gases: Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation produced by solar warming of the Earth 's surface. They include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (NO2), and water vapour.  Carbon Credit: A permit that…

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    planet’s future, and I hope to prove in this project that carbon dioxide can indeed cause the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse Gasses: Greenhouse gases are gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, causing the greenhouse effect. According to A Student’s Guide to Climate Change, the major greenhouse gasses present in the atmosphere are, carbon dioxide, making up around 64.3% of all greenhouse gasses, methane, making up around 17.0% of all greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide, which is around 6.0%…

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    The Greenhouse Effect This paper will revolve around the the Greenhouse effect and its effect on all things around it. Basically our environment has all these gases in it that are bad and good. The basic idea is that there are gases in our atmosphere that are unable to leave and it just continue to build indefinitely. The earth 's temperature then starts rising and rising and until it is said that eventually it will cause everything to waste away.. This gradual rise of the Earth 's temperature,…

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    The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring process within our atmosphere, it aids in heating the earths surface and atmosphere. The greenhouse affect is caused by the fact that certain atmospheric gases, gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapour and methane are able to change the energy balance of the planet by absorbing long wave radiation emitted from earth’s surface. Without the greenhouse affect our earth would be a chilly -18°C in comparison to the present average temperature of 15°C.…

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    First it should be acknowledged that according to 97% of climate scientists, the rate of global warming trends the planet is currently suffering is not a natural occurrence, but is predominantly the outcome of human activity. In order to recognize how human activity is causing this, it is important to first introduce the greenhouse effect. This effect is caused by the interaction between incoming radiation from the sun and the Earth’s atmosphere and is crucial for the existence of life on our…

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    through the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the rising carbon level in the atmosphere, trapping radiation, and heating the Earth. Humans are depending on fossil fuels that release these emissions. Though we have increasingly started depending on renewable resources that don’t release these harmful gases into the atmosphere, we can already see the effects today and if this doesn’t stop now the planet will be destroyed. The human intervention that people have depended on with the…

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    The Greenhouse Effect Most people recognize global warming, but fail to recognize what is really behind it. In addition, most people would also recognize the concept of the greenhouse effect, or at least some variation of it. The fact is that the greenhouse effect is what leads to global warming, but how does that happen? Let’s start with some historical analysis of the topic. The greenhouse effect (or at least a rough version) was originally thought of and recognized by Jean Baptiste Joseph…

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    Teddy Willcocks Y1 Civics Ms. Marshall Essay Climate change affects everybody and everything all over the world and is impacting how we live our lives. Around the world, we need to tackle the issues of climate change and alter the way we consume and dispose of resources. The pollution we create from factories and vehicles goes up into our atmosphere and creates a barrier of greenhouse gas. When the sun 's rays come to earth and then radiate back out to space, they can’t go back because of the…

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    predicted to not have very much snow this year and have a very hot summer because global warming has affected the climate so much. My view on global warming is that it exists. Everyone in the world needs to cut down on driving. Combustion engines create so much pollution that they are the number one reason for global warming. The greenhouse gases are affecting our atmosphere creating a way warmer Earth, which then has an impact on almost every living being. Another thing that we could do to…

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    Global Warming Global Warming is an increase in the earth 's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution. The Earth 's temperature is rising every year, between 1906 and 2005 the temperature rose 1.1 degrees to 1.6 degrees and has doubled in the last 50 years. The greenhouse gases are needed for human life on this earth, global warming is slowly taking out these gases and hurting the planet and…

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