Threats from Global Warming - Global warming is a natural phenomenon and has been taking place over years and years. Recently in last decade it has become threatening ad people are more aware about it. The reason is recently there has been a rise in the rate of global warming.
Global
warming is a natural phenomenon and has been taking place over years
and years. Recently in last decade it has become threatening ad people are more
aware about it. The reason is recently there has been a rise in the rate of
global warming.
Global warming primarily is the effect of
greenhouse effect.
Let us understand what
greenhouse effect is all about. The main source of light and natural energy
to earth is sun.
Almost half of the sun’s energy in rays is absorbed by earth’s surface. Earth in return, radiates back this energy
in form of infrared rays. Now, when this heat is absorbed by greenhouse gases
like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and gets trapped, it results in
global warming.
Global
warming is the increase in the temperature of earth and its surface
all across. The main contributor of carbon dioxide in atmosphere is power
plants. These power plants burn fossil fuels and coal to generate power.
Burning coal is the main contributor of carbon dioxide. With rise in carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere the gas absorbs more and more heat around and thus
increases the
global warming.
The major threat from
global
warming is global climate change. Climate change can be life threatening
also if people living in that area are not able to cope up with it. Glaciers
around the globe are melting. Melting glaciers actually means rise in the sea
level. If we think about it, then the rise in sea level in itself can pose a
lot of threats to human kind. First and foremost, it can be a dangerous thing
for all the tows and places near coastal areas. The life of people at such
places can be in danger. Secondly, with rise in sea water level, there is
threat to the ground level. When mixed with ground water, sea water can be a
threat to the drinking water. Scarcity of drinking water in itself can result
in lot of chaos.
With change in climate around the world, there will be more
of natural calamities. Natural calamities like floods, droughts, cyclones,
volcanoes etc. World will suffer a lot if
global
warming is not fought against today itself. We can also decrease the effect
of
global warming by controlling it.
It can be done by a lot of things which we as individuals can start at home.
Things like planting more and more trees around. Planting more trees will not
just help in avoiding soil erosion. It will also help in releasing live saving
gas i.e. oxygen. Apart from this, trees also help us in controlling the
greenhouse effect by absorbing greenhouse gases.
However, if we look around we hardly find people planting
trees. We can easily find people who want to cut trees and use them or use that
land. We should also avoid using paper and go for electronic media. This will
save trees as well.
Usage of plastic bags results in garbage and when this
garbage is burnt, it releases more harmful gases in the atmosphere.
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