Is the global climate change man-made?

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Univeridad popular del Cesar Lic. Ciencias naturales English 4th valledupar 2012

Introduction

We will die by heat, due to global warming and its influences. This document has been developed to know more about the changes that our planet may present and everything man has made to cause it. The atmosphere is a cape composed by different types of gases that round the earth with the purpose of propitiate life on it. Thanks to it there is life, due to the fact it has the responsibility to regulate temperature in the planet. Which is indispensable to living things might survive in the different climatic conditions that planet has. Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans; it is affecting many parts of the world. This is a big problem for many of the plants, animals and people on the earth. Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. It is one of the most current and widely discussed factors. It has far-reaching impact on biodiversity and climatic conditions of the planet. In short, global warming represents a fundamental threat to all living things on earth. In this report we talk about the global warming, it causes and consequences in our planet.

General aim
Know about global warming problem. What is it? What causes it? And what may we do to stop it?

Specific aims
Determine causes and consequences of global warming. Establish its influence in the planets life. Explain the constitutions of human activities to the climatic change. Understand the influence in the change and supporting of the temperature on earth.

Nowadays, It is a scientific fact that global climate is being altered significantly, as a result of rise of greenhouse gases concentrations such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and methane. These gases are catching a growing portion of the infrared terrestrial radiation and it hopes to get increase the planetary temperature. As response of this, also it is estimated global precipitation patrons and sea currents be affected. Although a general agreement exists about these conclusions, there is a great uncertainly with this topic and the magnitudes and rate of international change it can bring about. Global warming is a natural process caused by the human influence and the bad use that people give to the nature. Although the greenhouse effect makes the earth able to have people living on it, if there gets to be too many gases, the earth can get unusually warmer, and many plants, animals, and people will die. They would die because there would be less food (plants like corn, wheat, and other vegetables and fruits). This would happen because the plants would not be able to take the heat. This would cause us to have less food to eat, but it would also limit the food that animals have. With less food, like grass, for the animals that we need to survive (like cows) we would even have less food. Gradually, people, plants, and animals would all die of hunger. The oceans are affected by global warming in other ways, as well. Many things that are happening to the ocean are linked to global warming. One thing that is happening is warm water, caused from global warming, is harming and killing algae in the ocean. Global warming is doing many things to people as well as animals and plants. It is killing algae, but it is also destroying many huge forests. The pollution that causes global warming is linked to acid rain. Acid rain gradually destroys almost everything it touches. Global warming is also causing many more fires that wipe out whole forests. This happens because global warming can make the earth very hot. In forests, some plants and trees leaves can be so dry that they catch on fire. People are doing many things to try to stop global warming. One thing people are doing is carpooling. Carpooling is driving with someone to a place that you are both going to. This minimizes the amount of greenhouse gases put into the air by a car. Another thing that people are doing is being more careful about leaving things turned on like the television, computer, and the lights. A lot of people are taking time away from the television, and instead, they are spending more time outdoors. This helps our planet out a lot. Now, more people are even riding busses, walking to school, and riding their bikes to lower the amount of

greenhouse gases in the air. Planting trees and recycling also helps. If people recycle, less trash goes to the dump, and less trash gets burned. As a result, there are fewer greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere. Watch what people buy. Many things, such as hairspray and deodorant, now are made to have less of an impact on the atmosphere. Less greenhouse gasses will rise into the air, and global warming will slow down. The Clean Air Act has also made car companies change some of the things inside of the cars. Cars pollute a lot. While cars make more than half of the worlds smog (visible pollution in the air), many things that cars need to move and heat up make even more pollution. Some things that are inside of cars, buses, trucks, and motorcycles, like gasoline, pollute the air when the fuel is burned. It comes out as a chemical and when mixed in the air, forms smog. Smog is a kind of pollution that you see in the form of a cloud. Sometimes the smog gets so bad that people cannot see at all! Smog forms when car exhaust, pollution from homes, and pollution from factories mixes in the air and has a chemical reaction. The suns heat and light add to the reaction.

Conclusion

The global climatic change is a fact. Therefore world governments are reacting to this threat that is closer every time. On the other hand, the overall climatic change have left very clear global environmental problems, it is impossible and useless face one of the most immediate environmental topics without help. It is necessary share different solutions to try to stop this problem, and look for the best way to make people understand what is happening and what we can do to change this terrible dream that is coming true. Fighting and facing every obstacle that comes is fundamental to win this hard fight, sharing information about what do to get better these situations and change the world is one of the most useful thing we must do to improve the mind of people in order to live in a better world.