GREEN HOUSE EFFECT

Prepared by :Lakshmi Narayana,

Varma
Simple imagination about Green House Effect
 What is Green House effect…?
• Carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases act
like a blanket, absorbing IR radiation and preventing
it from escaping into outerspace.
• The net effect is thegradual heating of Earth's
atmosphere and surface, a process known as global
warming.

Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and

fluorinated gases all help trap heat in theEarth's
atmosphere as a part of the greenhouse effect.
List of countries high emmition
How much solar radiation
reaches Earth?
 Is Global Warming Happening?
• 1. How much have global temperatures changed between 1980 and 2000?
• 2. How much are global temperatures expected to change between 2000
and 2100?
 Kyoto Protocol
• 1997, Kyoto, Japan  developed countries agreed to
specific targets for cutting their emissions of
greenhouse gases

• Industrialized countries committed to an overall

reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases to 5.2%
below 1990 levels for the period 2008 - 2012

• Objective is the stabilization of greenhouse gas

concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would
prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the
climate system
What Can be Done: Alternatives
Renewable Energy Sources

Solar Energies Wind Power Biomass

Changes In Vehicle Systems

Hybrid Fuel Cell Battery-

Electric
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Methane
Methane
•• Methane
Methane is is more
more than
than 20
20 times
times as
as effective
effective as
as CO2
CO2 at
at trapping
trapping heat
heat in
in the
the
atmosphere
atmosphere
•• 2004
2004 Levels
Levels of
of atmospheric
atmospheric methane
methane have
have risen
risen 145%
145% inin the
the last
last 100
100 years
years
•• Derived
Derived from
from sources
sources such
such as
as rice
rice paddies,
paddies, bovine
bovine
flatulence, bacteria
flatulence, bacteria inin bogs
bogs and
and fossil
fossil fuel
fuel
production
production
•• In
In flooded
flooded fields,
fields, anaerobic
anaerobic conditions
conditions develop
develop
and the
and the organic
organic matter
matter inin the
the soil
soil decomposes
decomposes

Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide
•• Naturally
Naturally produced
produced byby oceans
oceans and
and rainforests
rainforests
•• Man-made
Man-made sources-nylon
sources-nylon and and nitric
nitric acid
acid
production, the
production, the use
use of
of fertilizers
fertilizers in
in agriculture,
agriculture,
cars with
cars with catalytic
catalytic converters
converters and
and the
the burning
burning
of organic
of organic matter
matter
Deforestation
Deforestation
•• Responsible
Responsible for
for 25%
25% of
of all
all carbon
carbon emissions
emissions
entering the
entering the atmosphere
atmosphere by
by the
the burning
burning and
and cutting
cutting of
of about
about 34
34 million
million acres
acres of
of
trees each
trees each year
year
 Effects of Global Warming

• Negative Effects
• Rising Sea Level
• Change of precipitation and local climate conditions; acid rain
• Alteration of forests and crop yields
• Expansions of deserts into existing rangelands
• More intense rainstorms
• Destabilization of Ocean currents
• Positive Effects
• Can stimulate plant growth in places where CO2 and temperature are the limiting factors
(preventing photorespiration which can destroy existing sugars)
• Melting Arctic ice may open the Northwest Passage in summer, which would cut 5,000
nautical miles from shipping routes between Europe and Asia
 Conclusion
• Global Change is multifaceted (climate, nitrogen, land use, invasive,
biodiversity, air quality, etc.)

• The greenhouse effect is a natural process which is necessary to

maintain living conditions on the planet

• However, the natural planetary greenhouse effect has been

augmented by human activities, including primarily fossil fuel use and
deforestation.

• Responsibility to improve environmental conditions lies upon all of us

as individuals

• Concentrate on preventing environmental degradation before it starts

• Alternatives are feasible and can be used

 “The care of the earth is our most ancient and most Worthy,and after all our most
Pleasing Responsibility.To cherish what remain of it and to foster its renewal is our only
hope”
wendell Berryu
Any Quries
Thank you All