Greenhouse

Cities are voluntarily signing an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and joining the Cities for Climate Protection program. There have been “efforts on designing and implementing ecosystem-services-based “green infrastructure” in urban environments” as well (Pataki et al., 2011). They hope to improve…

Discussions about greenhouse gases are almost always dominated by the topic of carbon dioxide. While carbon dioxide’s recognition is well-deserved, not enough time is invested in thinking about the problems associated with the emissions from another very important greenhouse gas: methane. Although there are higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air, methane is shockingly thirty times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere. (1) Methane can be dangerous in other ways as well;…

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was designed to address the global emissions of greenhouse gasses. Effective in 2005, it provided legally binding targets for countries which varied depending on the level of development of the country as well as contained certain measures for collaboration between countries for trading credits. Evidently, to successfully reduce global greenhouse gas emissions requires complete international cooperation, especially the cooperation of heavy…

Climate change is bad for the earth because of excess amounts of greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere. Earth 's” temperature can only continue to increase..” by continuing to contribute to excess greenhouse gas emission” (Polar Bear and Climate Change 2). While some greenhouse emissions are necessary in order to maintain life here on earth, too much carbon in the air will cause living things to slowly die off. Finley…

carbon dioxide is released, carbon dioxide is also, released when trees are decomposed by microorganisms. Cutting down trees also, reduces the amount of carbon dioxides taken up by the photosynthesis and trapped in the wood and carbon dioxide is greenhouse gas therefore, Trees play a huge role in the carbon cycle. They convert the CO2 in the air to oxygen, through the process of photosynthesis. 6CO2 + 6H2O  C6H12O6 + 6O2 Therefore, cutting down trees increases the carbon dioxide with more…

warming? Global warming is the increase of the overall average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere. This gradual increase in temperature is caused mostly by greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere which include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and ozone. Normally, these gases are essential in the process of the greenhouse effect which is supposed to keep the Earth from being too hot or cold. Unfortunately, the amount of these gases in the atmosphere has increased due to…

increased emission of greenhouse gasses by human processes. The most significant greenhouse gasses include carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and nitrous oxide. In order to understand the effect greenhouse gasses have on the earth, one must comprehend how energy enters and exits the atmosphere. The sun constantly emits short wave radiation. This radiation can be dangerous to human health in large quantities, causing sunburn and skin cancers. Ozone (O3), another greenhouse gas, protects life on…

Data: they use a lot of harmful chemicals in producing flowers and producing tons of CO2 in both growing and transport cut flowers around. Warrant: we should value our life and the environment we live in Claim: we should not produce and buy cut flowers backing of warrant: Back of warrant: a lot of people get sick of inhaling harmful chemicals. High amount of CO2 can contribute to the global warming Rebuttal: there are more things that are harmful and produce more CO2 than planting and…

The greenhouse effect, regardless of all the disagreement that surrounds the term, it is one of the most well debated because of it’s scientific uncertainties. This is where science looks to the past snow and ice caps of the northern and southern hemispheres for their inquiries. These hemispheres mostly untouched by human hands can pass on their information about the past and the possible future. Where the past is frozen in place, waiting for discovery and considered to be a vastly useful tool…

family were reacting so dramatically to this news, but the more I read about the relevance of the Paris Climate Agreement, the more I began to feel the same way. From the first science classes I took in public school to graduation, I learned about greenhouse-gasses and the basics of global warming- how humanity has such a deep impact on our planet’s health. With a background of compassion for our environment and the lives of future generations, researching…