Global Warming

Did you know that we as humans are causing much of our Global Warming problem? Global
Warming occurs when the levels of greenhouse gasses rise and less infrared light, or heat, escapes the earth'satmosphere. Thus, the temperature experienced on Earth begins to rise. Climate change is a part of the Earth's history. There have been dramatic fluctuations in overall average temperature for the past150,000 years that suggest a direct association with carbon dioxide levels.

In the past the temperature highs and lows have been in a competition with carbon dioxide level highs and lows. Thisdoes not seem to be a mere coincidence. Carbon dioxide currently accounts for 0.03% of the gas content within the atmosphere. However, an off-balance impact on the earth's temperature. Thus, minorfluctuations in the percentage of atmospheric carbon dioxide will likely have a significant effect on the global temperature. The percentage of atmospheric carbon dioxide has risen over the past century atan alarming rate. Industrial civilization is essentially driven by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gasoline all major contributors to the raise in carbon dioxide emissions. Deforestation alsoreleases carbon dioxide via burning and exposing the soil to sunlight. Since trees are a major factor in the natural processing of carbon dioxide, when they are cut down, they can no longer serve toabsorb carbon dioxide.

Our practices are altering the environment and endangering society in return. Carbon dioxide is put into the atmosphere in many ways; some of which are naturally occurring andothers are from human activity. Over 95% of the carbon dioxide emissions are from natural sources, and would occur even if humans were not on Earth. However, Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere,released by nature, would change little if not for human activities that produce so much every year. The present addition of 3% annually to emissions is enough to throw off the balancing effect of the...