Global Warming Causes and Effects Essay 5 (300 words)

Scientists and economists of many countries are working regularly in the field of global warming
from many decades in order to figure out causes, effects, preventions measures, and solutions
of it. In the last few decades, a huge level of change in the climate and weather has been seen
clearly. It has disturbed the natural cycles and ecological balance in the atmosphere. The most
important cause of increasing global warming is the effect of greenhouse gases which are
emitted by human activities. In order to work together and solve this issue by the global effort,
there is a group of scientists formed by the United Nations (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change or IPCC). This group works together to research the various causes, dangerous effects,
effective prevention measures, and effective solutions.
According to the research and report of various highly skilled scientists, it is noted that ever
increasing level of several greenhouse gases are highly responsible for warming of atmosphere.
Combustion of fossil fuels by various means such as automobiles, cars, factories, electricity use,
etc are responsible for emitting various green house gases like carbon dioxide, gases of sulphur
and nitrogen, etc. Other contributors of the green house effect are methane (released by means
of landfills, agriculture, digestive systems of grazing animals), nitrous oxide from various toxic
fertilizers, gases released by means of refrigeration and industrial processes, loss of forests, etc.
The release of various toxic greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is increasing the atmospheric
temperature as they have heat trapping abilities.
Methane gas molecules (20 times) and Nitrous oxide (300 times) have more ability to trap heat
than CO2. In many countries the use of chlorofluorocarbons has been banned because they also
have ability to degrade the ozone layer (a protective layer in the atmosphere) as well as high
potential to trap heat thousands of times more than CO2. Other causes of global warming is
deforestation which increases CO2 level, decreases oxygen level, drought, disturbs ecological
balance, changes climate and changes weather patterns.

Global Warming Causes and Effects Essay 6 (400 words)

Global warming is increasing day by day because of the continuous increase in the levels of
greenhouse gasses. Such gases have tendency to trap heat from many sources like sun,
electricity, burning coal, burning fuels, etc and prevent them to escape back to the atmosphere.
Thus, the collective effect of all the green house gases increases temperature on the earth and
gives rise to many dangerous problems. Earlier, the earth was so cool and every natural cycles
were going timely however nowadays lots of dramatic fluctuations in the weather, climate,
temperature, health, etc takes place. A vast increase in the temperature, sea level, and weather
patterns has been seen clearly in few last decades.
All the changes because of the ever increasing global warming are not a coincidence however
it is caused by the human activities and technological advancement. A little fluctuation in the
level atmospheric carbon dioxide may cause high level significant effect on the global
temperature. The continuous rise in the percentage of atmospheric carbon dioxide is alarming
us by its dangerous effects however we are still ignoring. Increasing need of fossil fuels (such
as coal, oil, and gasoline) by the people of industrial civilization is giving the opportunity to rise
in carbon dioxide emissions.
Deforestation is also causing increase in the carbon dioxide through decreasing number of plants
and exposing soil to the sunlight. Trees are best source to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere
however what happen if we finish the main source of reducing CO2 level. Our mal practices just
to live luxurious life on daily basis are hugely altering the environment as well as endangering
the lives of people in return. A little rise in the level of green house gases may hugely affect the
global warming.
The use of a chemical called chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) in the refrigerators, aerosol spray
propellants are continuously damaging the ozone layer thus increasing the chance of heat to
remain on the earth by preventing them to escape back out to the environmental surface.
Destruction of ozone layer increases the incidence of many health disorders and diseases such
as skin cancer, respiratory disease, low immunity problems, etc. Global warming is damaging
seasonal crops and marine food channel web, etc. It has affected the weather patterns (summer
season has increased and winter season has decreased) and climate because of the increasing
temperature and heat of the earth atmosphere.
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1. GLOBAL WARMING
2. GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS
Infographic: Sea Level Rise
and Global Warming
Sea level is rising—and at an accelerating rate—
especially along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of
Mexico.
Why are the East Coast and Gulf of
Mexico hotspots of sea level rise?
 Global average sea level has increased 8 inches since 1880. Several
locations along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico have
experienced more than 8 inches of local sea level rise in only the
past 50 years.
 The rate of local sea level rise is affected by global, regional, and
local factors.
 Along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico, changes in the path and
strength of ocean currents are contributing to faster-than-average
sea level rise.
 In parts of the East Coast and Gulf regions, land is subsiding,
which allows the ocean to penetrate farther inland.
How quickly is land ice melting?
 Shrinking land ice — glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets —
contributed about half of the total global sea level rise between
1972 and 2008, but its contribution has been increasing since the
early 1990s as the pace of ice loss has accelerated.
 Recent studies suggest that land ice loss added nearly half an inch
to global sea level from 2003 to 2007, contributing 75 to 80
percent of the total increase during that period.
Why is there such a large range in sea
level rise projections?
 The long-term rate of global sea level rise will depend on the
amount of future heat-trapping emissions and on how quickly land
ice responds to rising temperatures.
 Scientists have developed a range of scenarios for future sea level
rise based on estimates of growth in heat-trapping emissions and
the potential responses of oceans and ice. The estimates used for
these two variables result in the wide range of potential sea level
rise scenarios.
How high and how quickly will sea level
rise in the future?
 Our past emissions of heat-trapping gases will largely dictate sea
level rise through 2050, but our present and future emissions will
have great bearing on sea level rise from 2050 to 2100 and
beyond.
 Even if global warming emissions were to drop to zero by 2016,
sea level will continue to rise in the coming decades as oceans and
land ice adjust to the changes we have already made to the
atmosphere.
 The greatest effect on long-term sea level rise will be the rate and
magnitude of the loss of ice sheets, primarily in Greenland and
West Antarctica, as they respond to rising temperatures caused by
heat-trapping emissions in the atmosphere.