Global Warming

Introduction

The average increase in temperature of the earth is called global warming. Global warming wasn't an issue before, but nowadays it's a burning issue. For the past 100 years, the temperature of the earth has increased by 0.74 degrees. The reason behind the global warming is green house gases. The greenhouse gases like carbon-dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydro-fluoro-carbons, sulphur hexafluoride and water vapour are covering the earth's atmosphere more than required.

These gases act as a blanket for the heat energy reflecting back to the space and heat the earth's atmosphere more and more resulting in extreme temperature pattern. If the atmosphere is without greenhouse gases, all the energy that comes from the sun radiates back to the space, resulting the earth as a cold ball. However, if the greenhouse effects becomes stronger, more of the heat than needed gets trapped, and the earth becomes less habitable for humans, plants and animals. Different climatic changes like climatic imbalances, draughts, storms, wildfires, hurricanes, rainstorms, sea level increment, extinction of mammals and different typical problems have become the common news nowadays (Americans college of physicians, 2007). Every single day is becoming hotter and hotter, which increases in chance of daily deaths and spreading of diseases.

Discussion

Warming is a serious epidemic affecting the earth due to the main carelessness of its inhabitants. Even a slight temperature change due to Global warming can affect us and the earth with such things as polar ice caps melting causing global flooding. If the temperature were to still increase, it could cause drastic affects to the earth and the earth's population. An article named "Life in the greenhouse" cites many facts and data that are occurring due to Global warming. Studies that have proved Global warming is affecting the earth are fairly new although the idea that the planet has been increasing in temperature has been theoretical for the past few decades. Global warming is defined as an increase in the world's temperatures, believed to be caused in part by the greenhouse effect and depletion of the ozone layer. The general idea is that global warming will be slow and the world will find time to discover the solutions to it. Facts prove otherwise, and that global warming is an ever-increasing risk to the human race. Why cannot we as humans face the fact and actually stop polluting, even though we are posed with the constant threat of melting poles, increasing sea levels, massive storms, and a drastic change in temperatures (Karnaukhov P.56-70).

Melting Snow: Warming climate is already affecting our economy. In Mammoth Mountain, the slight weather change is drastically affecting the 4.5 million dollar industry. The heat and humidity is forcing them to produce much more synthetic snow that is already coasting them 20 percent of their operation coast.

There is great chances of food poisoning and breakdown of infectious and communicable diseases. Developed countries could provide health services to some extent, but the undeveloped and developing countries will have the adverse affect ...