By Putra Thrii Sandhye Class : XII Exact One

Global Warming
The cause of global warming - Since known science regarding climate, scientists have learned
that in fact the climate on Earth is always changing. From the study of ice ages in the past indicate that
the climate may change by itself, and changed radically. What cause? Meteor falls? Variations hot sun?
Mountain erupted causing a cloud of smoke? Changes in wind direction due to changes in the structure
of earth and ocean currents? Or because of the changing composition of air? Or other reasons?.
Until new in the 19th century, the study of the climate began to know about the gas content in
the atmosphere, known as greenhouse gases, which can affect climate on Earth. What is a greenhouse
gas?
Actually known as 'greenhouse gases', is an effect, in which the molecules in our atmosphere
acts like a greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect itself, should be a natural effect to keep the Earth's
surface temperature is at normal temperature, about 30 ° C, or if not, then of course there would be no
life on this earth.
In about 1820, father Fourier discovered that the atmosphere was very could be broken
(permeable) by sunlight entering the Earth's surface, but not all the light emitted into the Earth's surface
it can bounce out, infra-red radiation which should be reflected trapped, with Thus, the Earth's
atmosphere to trap heat (the principle greenhouse).
Thirty years later, Mr. Tyndall found that the types of heat-trapping gases are mainly carbon-
dioxide and water vapor, and the molecules that ultimately named as a greenhouse gas, as we know it
today. Arrhenius later showed that if the concentration of carbon-dioxide doubled, the increase in
surface temperature becomes very significant.
Since the discovery of Fourier, Tyndall and Arrhenius, the scientists further understand how the
greenhouse gases absorb the radiation, lets make a better calculation for linking greenhouse gas
concentrations and increased temperatures. If carbon-dioxide concentrations are doubled, then the
temperature may increase to 1 ° C.
However, the atmosphere is not as simple model calculation, in fact increasing temperature can
be more than 1 ° C because there are factors such as, say, a change in the number of clouds, the
reflection of different heat between land and sea, changes in moisture content in the air, surface
changes Earth, either because of land clearing, changes in the surface, or other causes, natural or due to
human actions. The evidence suggests, the atmosphere is getting warmer and the atmosphere holds
more moisture, and store more heat, warming strengthening of the standard calculation.
Since 2001, studies on global climate dynamics indicate that at least, the world has experienced
warming of more than 3 ° C since pre-industrial era, that's if you can suppress the concentration of
greenhouse gases in order to stabilize at 430 ppm CO2e (ppm = parts per million = per million of CO2
equivalent - which states the ratio of the number of gas molecules of CO2 per one million air dry). To
be sure, since 1900, the Earth has experienced warming of 0.7 ° C.
Then, if warming does occur, as mentioned, which became known as global warming, (or in
popular terms in English, we refer to as Global Warming): Is it an inevitable natural phenomenon? Or
is there some reason that significantly, thereby becoming 'popular' as it is today? Is it because Al Gore
with his movie "An Inconvenient Truth" which popularized the global warming? Surely not that
simple.

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