Global+Warming

= Ice Melting= I think the ice is melting because we are using cars, power plants, factories, and cutting trees down which all release carbon dioxide into the air. The trees take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the air but when we cut them down they release the carbon dioxide back into the air.  Austin Irlenborn

Questions:
Is there something we can do to avoid the ice to melt? Is it only fossil fuels that is the major issue to melt the ice? Where has the water been the highest?

Defining the problem:
There are two causes that causes sea levels to rise. One of them is when the ice melts. That happens when we pollute to much and cause the global layer higher which melts it. When the ice melts the glaciers melt which kills sme animals and highers the water. The water gen n land and damages a large number of world`s cities in coastal area. Buildings and roads close to water can be flooded and could suffer damage from hurricanes and tropical storms. The other cause is burning fossil fuels, oil, coal, and natural gas which is turning our planet into a hothouse. Rainfall and soil moisture patterns could shift dramatically, skewing agriculture prductivity worldwide; sea level rise from one to four feet. This will swamp coastal cities, ocean currents could swift, further altering climate and disrupting fisheries. Also by burning fossil fuels, defrestation and the production of certain synthetic chemicals are releasing large quantaties of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere which highers global temperatures.

Questions:
What can be done to fight global warming? Would it save humanity from a disaster? Is there somewhere where global warming is going to affect more or less? Why? Why isn’t humanity trying to stop global warming if the know its solutions? What are the main causes of global warming? Are some of them made with no actual reason? What can be done to stop global warming and not affect human activities?

Defining the problem:
Global warming has many causes, but all of them are connected in a way. Cars, airplanes, and trains all contaminate the atmosphere by making carbon dioxide (Co2) go up to the atmosphere and block making the greenhouse effect. This might not seem much if it is just one car, or one airplane, but we are talking of billions of cars all over the world. Also, the burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal contaminate even more than the emissions of cars and airplanes. Another serious problem is the effect global warming will have in world temperatures and in climate. Scientists have found that hurricanes and typhoons will also be stronger, and will happen more frequently than before. Temperatures can rise about 2 degrees C, which can cause the Poles to melt. This would make sea level rise. If this happens, cities like New York CIty and Miami will be half underwater. Thousands of coastal cities would disappear and people would have to move to higher grounds. Also, deforestation isn't helping at all. With all the carbon dioxide that is being released into the atmosphere, trees could convert that into oxygen, but thousands of trees are being cut down, making this process difficult to happen. Another alarming factor is that if temperatures rise, the Atlantic current could stop, freezing the world into the next ice age. The biggest problem of all is that humanity already has how to correct this problem on time, but isn't correcting it. People think global warming is just a theory or a lie. If people keep thinking like this, they are going to destroy the Earth. By: Giancarlo B.

What are green house gasses? Are green house gasses the main cause of global warming? Is the Kyoto Protocol really contributing in global warming? Will another treaty such as the Kyoto Protocol help reduce global warming Co2 emissions? Can global warming be stopped? Are there ways advanced technology will help us, without increasing the emissions?  **Defining the problem:  ** Global warming is the increase of temperature in our world. Global warming is caused by humans. Factories and workshops producing things for people to buy, are using too much chemicals and contaminating materials. When contaminating materials are used, CO2 (carbon dioxide) is released to the air. This makes a blocking effect on the atmosphere, called green house gases or the green house effect. The green house gasses doesn't let the sun rays get out of the earth, once they enter, they cannot go. This is making the earth hotter and hotter, and temperatures are rising, known as global warming. Instead of being as before, humans have advanced on technology, and people with power really care of the economy not our environment. People nowadays care more of the economy, and powerful people are making changes that are affecting the world. Global warming is affecting parts of the world, but later it will affect the whole history of man kind. Sea levels will rise, marine and terrestial species will get extinct, new diseases will spread in epidemic proportions, and the world's agricultural productivity will decline due to weather changes. It will all come to an end when nobody can stop it, and humans will be extinct. It's one of the world's greatest issue, and even people care about it and are contributing to stop it, not enough people are helping. By: Mariana      <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">Questions:    <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">There is about how many years left until global warming affects the world entirely that we will become extinct if we keep doing what we are doing now? <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">Where would be the first place people started dying because there is to much pollution or the climate has changed to much?
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> Assumptions: <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">I think in 10 years we will see this Earth very polluted. There will be a huge amount of diseases that we don't know ho  <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">w to cure, some islands will be under the ocean, and many people will die of skin cancer, and the population will be decreased. <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">  <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">I think it would be almost impossible to save our kind of species, us humans, because many people are lazy and spoiled so they   <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">don't care and they rather watch t.v. They take global warming as a joke. <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">  <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">Problem:    <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">The growth of the population doubles and re-doubles very quickly making more people demand for so much more food supply, which requires so much more clearing of habitat and   <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> applications of chemicals on land. Also, this demands more energy, more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and all those fertilizers and shipping to get the food. <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);"> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">And scientists know that the world's climate is changing. This means there could be a drought and food shortages in Africa. Also, loss of forests, spread of diseases like malaria, wetter Great Brittain, and rise of sea level that would rise and flood islands. The problem is people don't take it seriousl, many people say they are worried about the environment but not everyone makes an effort. <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(138, 46, 79);">by: Rosa    <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: ArialMT; text-effect: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-line-through: none;">

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