Methane clathrate

Deforestation increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because when trees are burned 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.…

Causes and Effects of Global Warming According to a study done by National Wildlife Federation, “The current pace of global average temperature rise puts approximately 25 to 35 percent of plant and animal species at increased risk of extinction.” This poses a huge threat to humans, as the majority of oxygen is derived from plants. Furthermore, without the influence of various predatory animal species, the populations of prey would skyrocket. Global warming has recently developed into one of…

Water infiltration and gas diffusion and therefore CO2 production vary a lot with soil texture. CO2 production is 20 to 40% less in clayish soils than in silty ones, but around 50% greater than sandy soils. However, the proportion of total carbon respired is higher if the concentration in clay and silt increase. (Lou & Zhou 2006, 102). 2.4.7 Soil pH Many chemical reactions are regulated by pH, and many enzymes in soil depend on it. Bacteria grow with pH interval between 4 and 9, and fungi…

The antidote for climate change Everyone knows that there are four seasons in a year, but have we ever imagined that there will be only three of them left in the future, and our future generations may not be able to experience the bone-chilling weather in winter? Winter will be gone in the future on account of the impacts of climate change. Climate change is a disastrous problem for mankind as Naomi Klein stresses in her book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. Climate Change, which is…

1. Introduction 1.1 Background Global warming is the term used to describe an increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans. Global warming is caused by either an external factor or our (humans) own action. Examples of external factors are volcanic eruptions and the variation of orbiting the Sun. The burning of fossil fuels, smoking and so on are factors done by humans which could lead towards air pollution. The particles will basically make the ozone layer (the layer…

Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change Research Question: Is the rate of climate change affected by the amount of carbon emission? Hypothesis: If the Earth's concentration of carbon is high, than there will also be an increase in the Earth’s land temperature because of greenhouse gases that are created over time resulting in the warm up the earth’s land. Background Information: The earth is kept warmer than it should be because of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They retain heat. One of…

In a 2016 article entitled “Changing Climate” the author Thomas Sumner discusses a variety of topics that revolve around how humans have impacted the Earth’s climate. “Changing Climate” examines climate change research, ocean circulation, hurricane research, and geology and climate. This article uses past and present research to validate the importance of these issues to create a well written exploration of human’s effect on the climate. Despite the fact that there is not a lot of data about…

OPTIMAL SIMULATION OF CO2 WAG USING COMBINATION INJECTION AND PRODUCTION SCHEMES TO ESTABLISH IMPORVED EOR PROCESS INTRODUCTION: It’s been almost 40 years that CO2 flooding is used as an Enhanced Oil Recovery technique by the exploration and production industry. The technique was first used in Canada in 1957 as a pilot test and got commercialized in the early 1970s. The usage of CO2 as a displacing fluid to further reduce the residual oil saturation after the water floods has been a trend which…

EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING Only a person who has been away from our planet for some time would claim that global warming is not happening. The evidence shows abundantly on all the continents of the world. Several aspects of climate have been affected. For instance, in the temperate zones, the summers are warmer and more humid. Droughts are more frequent, particularly in Africa. Rainfall and snowfall are more intense and, in some cases, quite destructive. Snow (or ice) cover on mountaintops is…

Amorphous Peat Amorphous peat is a type of peat where its moisture content is constantly high which is more than 200% based on a case study by Kazemian et al., 2011. According to Huat, 2004, amorphous peat is also highly humified where any plant components in the peat itself is very indistinct or invisible with its colour of being more to of a darker side of a brown colour. This type of peat has high to medium composition of organic matter where, it’s fiber content is less than 33% (Huat,…