The Effect of Greenhouse Gases On Earth's Temperature: Ahmad L. El Zein, Nour A. Chehayeb
The Effect of Greenhouse Gases On Earth's Temperature: Ahmad L. El Zein, Nour A. Chehayeb
The Effect of Greenhouse Gases On Earth's Temperature: Ahmad L. El Zein, Nour A. Chehayeb
Email address:
ahmad.elzein@hotmail.com (A. El Zein), nourchehayeb94@hotmail.com (N. A. Chehayeb)
Abstract: Global warming is affecting each and every part of the world. Due to global warming, the glaciers are melting
which are causing the rise in the sea level. When the level of the sea rises, it causes danger to the people living in the low lying
areas. So, this causes a big problem for people, plants and animals living on the earth or the ecosystem all in all. Pollution
whether vehicular, electrical or industrial is the main contributor to the global warming. Everyday billions of vehicles release
various gases into the atmosphere. This causes earth to warm up and increase its average temperature. The main purpose of the
study is to collect information about a real problem that has negative impact on something in order to be able to reach solution
or decrease its impact. This study shows that global warming is the result of many factors including greenhouse gasses which
can be reduced if people behave in a responsible way. We can state that pollution is the link between the greenhouse gases
released to the air and get trapped in the atmosphere which cause the raise in temperature known as global warming and
leading to a huge bulk of negative consequences to all living and non-living creatures on Earth’s surface.
Keywords: Green House, Global Warning, Gases, Environment
The first cause of the global environment refers to the vapor is a step in the ocean circulation. In fact, the ocean
natural causes. Since the change of one factor in the earth plays an important role in determining the atmospheric
affects the whole system of warming. The climate system concentration of carbon dioxide. Changes in ocean
combines the different natural elements on earth and links circulation may effect to climate by slowly moving carbon
them together forming the safe place. The Climate System dioxide into or out of the atmosphere.
consists of: The atmosphere, the oceans, the land, the ice caps,
and the biosphere. Because climate is everywhere it must be
normal, neither cool nor warming. Since human are all
affected by it, everyone must knows which gases involves in
changing the climate into warming which affect the life. This
is very difficult to predict but may include the factors that
increase the carbon dioxide: Tundra, Water vapor in the
atmosphere increasing, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gas variations, solar variations, volcanic eruptions, Ocean
circulation, Orbital variations, Permafrost, Climate change,
Greenhouse gas. About 50 billion tons of carbons are
estimated to be held in a frozen state in the tundra is
beginning to become a source of carbon dioxide (Masih,
2010).
Since water vapor is an important factor in the atmosphere Figure 1. http://www.climate-change-knowledge.org
increasing, it is the most spread and powerful greenhouse gas
on earth, but its increase leads to the warming caused by Many gases and most importantly the water vapor and
carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases. carbon dioxide contribute to the greenhouse effect that
Moreover, the ocean circulation which is the result of warms the earth’s surface. Few scientists suspect that a
temperature change can be considered the main factor in heat portion of the warming in the first half of the 20th century
transportation. The melting of the ice mountain increases the was due to an increase in the output of solar energy (Hansen,
fresh water in a way that changes the ocean circulation. This et al., 1999).
is a natural cause in global warming. As it’s known, water
Figure 2. www.realscience.org.uk
An important natural cause refers to the orbital variation warming, the buildings may be destroyed permitting the
since slow changes in the earth’s orbit lead to small but methane to release into the atmosphere
climatically important changes in the strength of the seasons The global warming is the result of the climate change
over tens of thousands of years. Another cause in the global which affects all the above factors. As global warming and
warming refer to the rising temperature which could badly related climate changes become accepted libraries to have it
affects the constructions in permafrost by causing damages to is increasingly important for, as scientific fact resources that
buildings, electric generating stations, pipe lines & other inform about these serious global issues. Brenda w lemer and
structures because the instability of the ground would cause k signed 250 volume reference works of contributors to
erosion to affect the terrain, roads and others. The Permafrost create two entries on the scientific causes and global
is frozen soil situated deeply in the land in a way that consequences of climate order to understand the essential
represents approximately 25 percent of the surface. In case of facts of topics and change in issues related to the scientific
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Greenhouse gas is a natural cause in the global warming; it that provides energy to the largest number of people in
is the result of absorbing the surface radiation released by the industrialized nations, and then its carbon dioxide burning
earth. The greenhouse gas is represented by several gases: emits the carbon dioxide that contributes more to the recent
water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide increase in greenhouse warming than any other gas. This
(N2O), methane (CH4), ozone (O3), chlorofluorocarbons. permit for the Urban environments to create lands of heat due
These gases absorb the radiation which creates energy that to industry, buildings, vehicles, and the absorption of solar
released into the atmosphere. energy by dark-colored surfaces. Deforestation can greatly
A warming global climate believed to be due to the increase in the atmosphere the amount of carbon dioxide
accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and which warms the planet (Leggett, 2000).
caused by the release of manufacture and human activities. Due to man-made energy represented by the industrial
The human activities includes: Deforestation, Methane, revolution which leads to the increase in the carbon dioxide,
carbon dioxide from cars, carbon dioxide from power plant, the earth’s greenhouse effect is doubled. Human activity is
human activity and green house gases, land use changes, the essential factor in changing the important green house
greenhouse effect and carbon dioxide. gases. However, Carbon dioxide can be classified in both
Deforestation is the second main reason of atmospheric natural causes and man-made causes since it is obtained from
carbon dioxide. It is also responsible for a large amount of the complete oxidation, from cars (light cars and sports utility
carbon entering the atmosphere, and resulting from the vehicles), and from power plants. The concentration of
burning and cutting of about millions of trees each year carbon dioxide caused the climate change leading to global
which refer to the human activities in order to get their needs warming.
from wood, While Methane is the second principal
greenhouse gas and more than 20 times as effective as carbon
dioxide at preventing heat from escaping in the atmosphere,
it is the other solid sediments at the ocean which can be
classified as natural cause for the global warming. The
increase of the ocean floor temperature leads to the melting
of this icy solid causing methane bubbles that released into
the atmosphere in order to change the climate.
The third cause is carbon dioxide from cars which is
divided to two types; about 33% of carbon dioxide is emitted
by the burned gasoline of light vehicles which are a partial
cause of global warming. Sports utility vehicles used in cities
are very harmful to the environment. Moreover, Electricity is
Figure 3. http://www.reuters.com
generated thanks to the burning of fossil fuels, which emits
carbon dioxide. One of the main constituents of carbon 2.2. Pollution
dioxide is coal, which is very toxic for the environment.
Therefore, as noticed, The world’s economy depends on “fuel” One of the greatest problems that the world is facing today
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