Gases

atmosphere and so many theories were made up for why this was so. However, as life evolved, oxygen became abundant. Today, oxygen and nitrogen makes up the largest volume of gases in the Earth’s atmosphere with 78.09% and 20.95% respectively and consist of trace gases. Trace gases makes up less than 1%, example of a trace gases…

human-caused greenhouse gases. Animal agriculture and its byproducts are therefore responsible for 51% of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions or 32.6 billion tons of CO2 per year. This is according to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, co-authors for “Livestock and Climate Change”. Greenhouse gases are a collective term for various gases that are able to trap heat in the atmosphere and in this way keeping the earth’s surface warmer than it would be if the gases were not present. These gases…

average surface temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels or from deforestation, which trap heat that would otherwise escape from Earth” (“ What is Global…”, n.d.). There is a major difference between global warming and greenhouse gases. The greenhouse effect is a natural process in earth’s atmosphere that maintains the average surface temperature. It is caused by certain gases such as water vapor, ozone (O3), carbon dioxide (CO2),…

Use of Carbon Compounds as Fuel: Carbon based fuels: What makes a good fuel? What are these fuels used for? Combustion effects good bad The main carbon based gases in use today are coal, gasoline and natural gas. Coal: The chemical formula of coal is C135H96O9NS. Nearly 85% of Coal is made up of Carbon and the rest is mainly hydrogen and oxygen. Coal doesn’t have a melting point. Like all fossil and biofuels, all different kinds of coal produce CO2 when burned. Coal energy quality varies…

thinking it’s normal, however it affects us along with the Earth. This has an impact on the world because we are the ones who come across problems involving the Earth and we don’t do anything about it. Although the Earth faces many issues such as gases out on the atmosphere and climate change which isn’t normal.Overall, the Earth doesn’t need to go through problems if we learn through the past and realize that…

“Greenhouse Effect”, meaning when radiation from the sun is directed towards Earth’s surface some is reflected away, while most is absorbed into the greenhouse gases making up our atmosphere. These gases in order of abundance are water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and ozone (O3). Some other gases that only make up a tiny percentage of the atmosphere include Chlorofluorocarbons…

Greenhouse gases are accumulating within Earth's atmosphere, causing climate change. According to PETA, " Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are all powerful greenhouse gases, and together, they cause the vast majority of climate change." Global warming is warming the climate around the world. This affects humans because places that are already hot become hotter, which could cause death to increase. National Geographic states, " Without major reductions in emission of greenhouse gases…

resultant climatic changes are due to uncontrolled human exploitation of earth, and its resources thereby emitting large volume of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The greenhouse…

immediate danger. Humans are causing climate changes due to which the average temperature of the earth has risen over the past one decade. Many man-made and natural processes cause the global warming that continues to affect our environment. Greenhouse gases are the main cause of global warming. Human beings have raised carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with their activities, such as deforestation, and burning fossil fuels. The other major causes of global warming is population growth, pollution,…

What is Climate Change? Climate change has been a subject of discussion in the media for many years, supported with the use of arguments against oil polluting the environment and extreme scare tactics of Polar icecaps flooding civilians backyards. The issue has been ignored by the majority of laypeople as seeming too complicated, and with all the conflicting information in the media in the past, who can blame theme? However, scientifically, climate change and what perpetrates it is fairly…