Gases

analyzed that over the last one hundred years, the earth’s average temperature has risen by about 0.6℃ . Another important term to note while dealing with global warming is greenhouse effect which is the process by which the earth’s atmosphere gets more gases and other substances that make it thicker and thereby making it to…

global warming? To understand global warming better, we need to better understand greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases. So, what is the greenhouse effect? Greenhouse Effect is the trapping of the sun’s heat in a planet’s lower atmosphere, due to the transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the surface. Some greenhouse gases that cause global warming are water vapor, ozone, carbon dioxide, and methane. Now that we know what the…

effect. The greenhouse effect is the concept of the planet retaining heat from greenhouse gas compounds such as, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide. These gases contribute to form a protective shield around planet Earth, however the more imbalanced this shield becomes with the greenhouse gases, the more detrimental the greenhouses gases become to Earth’s vast…

differing as a result of this. Current temperature trends display an aberrant rate of increase in global lower-atmospheric temperatures. This indicates an (presumably human-induced) escalation in the volume of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are essential in moderation, however, advancements and innovations since the Industrial Revolution (principally those involving…

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 environment is destroying the Earth. Some people want to do…

revolution lead to “coal, railroads, and land clearing”, which lead to increase greenhouse gas emission. According to the Global Climate Change web page, “greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, which makes the Earth warmer.” The gases that constitute the greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide,…

Have you ever heard the terms “Renewable Energy” and “Non-Renewable Energy?” What is renewable vs non-renewable energy? What does it mean to the billions of humans all around the world? To start, renewable energy are resources that can be used multiple times, replenished quickly, and never runs out or dies (Salata, 2015). Some examples of renewable energy are solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower. Non-renewable energy are resources that are used once and that is all, fossil fuel such…

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.…

small amounts of several other gases. As a diver descends, the pressure of the air he is breathing increases by about one atm for every 10 m of depth. Oxygen may become toxic and cause convulsions if it is breathed at a pressure above 1.4 atmospheres. According to Dalton’s Law, at what depth should a SCUBA diver be concerned about oxygen toxicity if he is breathing ordinary air? Discussion Points: • Dalton’s Law states that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the…

Every fossil fuel, coal, oil and gas is composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms, oxidizing these atoms releases their heat energy into the atmosphere. Natural gases have the highest hydrogen per carbon index, meaning it is a very low carbon intensive fuel. Coal is just the opposite, this means that burning these fuels releases CO2 into the air, trapping heat from the surface therefor warming the planet. A carbon dioxide tax means that users of fossil fuels will pay for the environmental damage…