The Core of Global Warming Problems and Solutions

Name: Khalifa Al Suwaidi
Assignment: The Core of Global Warming Problems and Solutions
Professor: Mr. Headley Butterfield
Date: 05/20/2009


The Core of Global Warming Problems and Solutions

Nowadays, one of the most problematic issues in the world is global warming. This shows that the earth is becoming hotter every year. The “greenhouse gases are responsible for most of the observed temperature increase”(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming ,paragraph 1, line 4-5) in the earth. Not a lot of people understand this important situation but those who understand it try their best making political campaigns. In order to achieve what they want and try to solve the problems.

There are several ways to define global warming. One of the most common is the increase in the earth's surface temperature. This might not be a problem in life for most of mankind. However, it will take a long time for assumed results to be shown. Global warming has shown many abnormal changes in nature and most of them are horrifying such as, volcanoes, hurricanes, heavy rain falls, and the melting of the North and South Poles ice. ”According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the sea level has risen 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) in the last 100 years”.( http://science.howstuffworks.com/question473.htm, Paragraph 1, line 3 -4) This has caused a rise in sea level and a lot of places have become flooded. Some inhabitants’ islands now are evacuated because of their being flooded by the rise in sea water. Also another thing is that species that live in the Arctic are the “polar bears, which depend on ice floes during the summer for resting” (http://0-www.school.eb.co.uk.library.hct.ac.aecomptons/art-90106/The-dramatic-decrease-in-the-area-and-thickness-of-Arctic?&articleTypeId=31, paragraph 1, line 2)“The decreasing summer sea ice is forcing bears to swim greater distances than normal, leaving the animals exhausted, underweight, and vulnerable to drowning”. (http://0-www.school.eb.co.uk.library.hct.ac.ae/comptons/art-90106/The-dramatic-decrease-in-the-area-and-thickness-of-Arctic?&articleTypeId=31, paragraph 1, line 3 - 4)This has created an unbalanced form in the world which is also related to climate change. Colder and hotter countries now turn out to be the opposite of each other in temperature. Even some areas now have snow or hail which is still unusual in life. Also another problem of the earth’s surface is the Ozone layer which has been depleted. And now there is a very high possibility of receiving cancer from the UV (Ultra Violet) rays from the sun which can now penetrate through the earth’s surface. This UV radiation is changing the earth’s usual temperature and there is a high possibility of animal and human extinction in the future. Not only has this problem been going on due to the increase of temperature it also is caused by the cutting down of trees. This also created a big issue to discoverers and scientists because it is important through their research to learn new methods of protecting mankind and animals by developing a new cure. To gain this cure they obtain it from animals, plants and trees, for example camels nowadays can live in nuclear radiation area and if scientists learned its secrets it might be applied to other living creatures too and most of all the existence of mankind. A lot of emissions are caused by vehicles like planes which create a lot of CO2 because of the high rates of travel each day and over years and not only that but also they create much pollution in agricultural areas. When planes fly on top of these areas fuel falls on to these lands and it creates pollution and destroys the earth. Even the transportation of products in ships and trucks creates hazardous gases, along with the billions of people using these vehicles every second and creating CO2. This problem could have been solved before because they had no problem financially in the old days since 1970 when they had just discovered global warming occurring in world. However now we are in the financial crisis era and it has become very hard for many organizations within the globe to take action to solve this problem. Moreover solving these problems needs to billions of dollars; what's more is that there is a very low percentage rate of success in achieving the organizational goals to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide within the atmosphere.

It is known that this unstoppable problem that is coming within the future cannot be stopped; but it can be slowed down if the people around the world would co-operate together and were to use environmental resources. Here are several examples of solutions that can be used to solve this issue. Companies and organization now are taking action to stop or reduce the amount of Carbon Dioxide that is being released every day by discovering new resources and methods to save energy in a better way. A different solution is the use of green sources such as, solar power, electricity, and many more. When using green turbines at home and a green car this could save a lot of energy for the country to develop itself and reduce the amount of CO2 that is emitted in the air. Another solution is to reduce the land fill site areas because many of the things that are thrown there are being recycled and it consumes a lot of energy, such as paper. Also many land fill site areas are used to create a more dangerous gas than the CO2 which is methane which is used for lighters; because of this it increases the dangerous gas and will have a huge possibility in destroying the earth itself. Greenpeace is an organization that protects the environment and they are now planting as many trees as they can and they are against companies that destroy the forests because the trees and plants are the two main sources that keep the earth balanced and help the humans and other organisms live within this world. They convert the CO2 into oxygen and hydrogen which is a gas that we and other organisms can breathe freely in order to live.


I think that most of the people in the globe should be aware of this threat and that their cause could be great. Also this may be because of the daily consumption of fuel, electricity, water, etc that we use every day.

Bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question473.htm
http://0-www.school.eb.co.uk.library.hct.ac.ae/comptons/art-90106/The-dramatic-decrease-in-the-area-and-thickness-of-Arctic?&articleTypeId=31