Human Contributions to Global Warming Essay

Another place that I’ve been to recently and admired its geographical landscape is Mount St. Helens. The eruption on May 18, 1980 caused a monumental change in its geography, altering it to a point where it was unrecognizable. The current landscape is a combination of both aggradation and degradation caused by the rockslide debris that displaced the water of Spirit Lake, producing gigantic north part of the lake. When the water returned to the lake bed, it brought with it trees and soil in…

It is concluded that Yellowstone will someday erupt again however, it might not be in the near future. With the myriad of tourists that visit the National Park every year, they had to be sure that it wouldn’t explode soon to ensure people’s safety. Geologists have found that the ground around where the volcano is, is now swelling. The swelling indicates that the underlying magma chamber is refilling once again. But people have other questions, how was this volcano formed? Usually volcanoes…

refers to the physical and biological cover over the surface of land, including water, vegetation, bare soil, and/or artificial structures” (Ellis, 2013). While, land cover change often means the modifications of Earth’s surface by human activities. Although, human have modified land for thousands of years for food, constructions or other things, the current rates, extents and intensities of land cover change are far greater than ever in history (Ellis, 2013). These changes always cause…

Wind Energy-The Power of the FUTURE How does wind energy work? When the sun warms the land on the Earth, the atmosphere heats also. Warm air rises and cool air sinks, therefore, when the warm air rises, the cool air from the sea replaces it. This movement of air is what makes the wind blow. When the wind blows against the wind turbines, this spins the blades. These blades capture some of the kinetic energy from the wind. The generator takes the kinetic energy from the spinning blades and turns…

Though not intentionally, humans are aggravating the epidemic in ways that don’t seem quite as distinct as the possibility of a virus lurking in the ocean. Instead, humans are contributing to global warming and its effect on coastal communities. Due to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels (Brooks, 2011), oceans are beginning to…

Since its history, global warming has posed a threat against Earth with its issues, such as pollution and rising sea levels. However, with research, scientists can search for a way to slow down the effects on global warming. Global warming has been defined as the extreme changes in Earth’s climate. Human activity has overwhelmed the atmosphere and is the major driving factor in global warming. Pollution has been one of the major issues in the Earth’s climate. Pollution has been around since the…

Solar desalinization is a technique of removing salt from saline water with a uniquely created still that absorbs the sun’s energy in order to boil saline water and intake the product’s steam to be cooled and converted back to pure drinkable water. Lower than one percent of desalinization plants are powered with energy sources similar to solar energy. An example of one of these plants is WaterFX in California which produces 65,00 gallons of drinkable water daily. This same company, WaterFx…

0.151 C° increase, China comes in second with a 0.063 C° increase and third is Russia, fourth is Brazil and fifth is India. China, Brazil and India are considered developing countries which means that three out of the top five contributors to global warming are in the process of industrializing. Is it fair that these countries be restricted in their development because of time…

A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases chemical energy as heat. Fuels can range from solid forms such as coal, liquid forms such as LPG & gas forms such as propane (you, 2017). Most of the fuels used are fossil fuels. Over 81% of America’s fuels are fossil fuels, these include fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas. Fossil fuels are fuels that are extracted from the earth, this means that they are a limited resource. This creates the need for…

and land. Cycle can affect the natural environment. ScienceDirect, Global Environmental Change, Volume 23 Issue 6, December 2013, Page1852-1861,“Natural cycles” in lay understandings of climate changeLinda H. Connor, Nick Higginbothamb Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378013001088 [Accessed 1 April 2017] Natural cycles are the center of climate change skeptics organization. It links nature and humans through time, explains climate change and weather. It is…