Causing Or Solving Global Warming

Have you ever wondered what causes global warming, why the weather changes from freezing to blazing, or why the ice in Antarctica melts? Many people in our world don’t know about the greenhouse effect, even though it could damage our environment. The greenhouse effect is a natural warming process. It happens when gases that we release, obtain energy, forming heat. The four main gases in the air are water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone and methane. They form a blanket around the earth, not only to make a comfortable temperature, but also to help life grow. If the greenhouse effect did not exist, then the earth would be too cold for most of its life. Human activity on earth has been increasing this effect. Reducing the number of greenhouse gases is important to fight for because if the greenhouse effect continues to increase, this could cause a global climate change.

The warming of the earth causes many natural disasters. These days, we have cars, buses, and planes that add gases into the environment. In a matter of years, our lives could change. ‘’The Day After Tomorrow’’ has some true science in it. In the movie, society has been producing greenhouse gases causing major ice sheets to melt. This changed the Gulf Stream current in the Atlantic Ocean and made many oceans colder. Additionally, the mesosphere, which is very cold, gets pulled to the earth. The mesosphere itself is 90 degrees below 0 degrees Celsius and is between fifty and eighty kilometers high, creating a second ice age in the northern hemisphere. This movie might be ‘’cool’’ to watch but it could be true. Gases that we release make the blanket around the earth thicker and cause this effect by making a global climate change. Our society does not know that this could happen and are then not reflective in their actions.

According to a NASA study, earth’s climate will change over the next 50 years. James Hansen, who works at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies claims, “Some continued global warming will occur…even if the greenhouse gases in the air do not increase further.” However if we keep increasing the number of greenhouse gases, global temperatures may increase even by 1-2 degrees Celsius. Researchers use different instruments to predict earth’s temperatures in the next half century. One of these instruments is called a climate model which displays the change of temperature and the energy balance over the next fifty years. Also it demonstrates how the greenhouse gases form a blanket around the earth. This blanket was made by nature and increased by human activity. It traps heat just like a blanket traps body heat. If we just continue doing nothing to address this problem than our world will make that global climate change. Therefore the whole human race should at least attempt to take action.

Scientific evidence shows an increase in global surface temperature. Global warming is real and cannot be denied, so what can we do? Mainly we could try to reduce the number of greenhouse gases in the air and discourage our development that involves these gases. Reusing energy would be efficient in this process. We use energy daily for our technology but this energy is mostly produced from oil and other gases. Another type of energy that's called green energy is energy produced by for instance sun panels, wind mills and water power.

Generations pass by and we don’t take action. Our actions have a big consequences.The effect of global warming is that there will be more natural disasters such as floodings, hurricanes and the increase of sea level. Informing people about the effects could help them to be more thoughtful to save our environment. It is a global goal that could be achieved only if all people agree. Changing our future that lays beyond, we could make the earth a better place for our following generations.