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"Global climate change needs global
action now. The alarm bells ought to be ringing in every capital of the world"
John Gummer, British Environment Secretary
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 What is Global Warming?
"The progressive gradual rise of the earth's surface
temperature thought to be caused by the
greenhouse effect and responsible for
changes in global climate patterns. An increase in the near
surface temperature
of the Earth. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of
natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to the warming
predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases".
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Comprehensive Biology related dictionaries and
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 History
Historically and
geographically speaking the Earth has always gone through periods of changes in
temperature. Scientist have concluded that the Earth has over its history gone
through many changes
ranging from extreme heat to extreme cold. But one can say
that global warming is beneficial because
it prevents us from enduring the
Icehouse Climate in which we would endure extreme cold
temperatures.
This is a
normal process, however the problem lies in how we humans effect this cycle
of
Climatic Change. |
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 What Controls the
Cycle of Climatic Change?
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 What is The Greenhouse Effect?
Definition: "The process in which green house
gases, like carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, cause thermal radiation
emitted by the Earth's surface to be reflected back down, therefore causing
the
climate to warm. This natural process is enhanced by man's added pollutants and
can reach proportions at which a number of animal and plant species can be
threatened with extinction, not to mention cause drastic changes
in the Earth's
natural weather patterns."
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Most of the effect is due to water vapor while the
remaining is the result of
man made
carbon dioxide,
nitrous oxide. The process
is vital because the Earth's heat would not radiate back
into space without these gases. The Earth's average temperature would be
about 60 degrees or more colder with out this process. The recent increase in man made carbon
dioxide and
methane gases has had a dramatic effect on the Greenhouse Effect and now must be
controlled.
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Global warming
and climate change: Introduction, Student research
...
Zillions of web links and references to articles and books
to help students find out about global warming and climate
change! |
The Greenhouse Effect
EPA Global Warming Kids Site: The greenhouse effect is the
rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the
atmosphere trap . |
Greenhouse effect - Wikipedia,
The key to the greenhouse effect is the fact that the
atmosphere is relatively ... A substantial part of the
greenhouse
effect due to carbon dioxide exists . |
Greenhouse Effect: Background Material
The earth's "greenhouse effect" is what makes this planet
suitable for life as ... In the atmospheric greenhouse effect, the
type
of surface that sunlight ... |
Greenhouse Effect - animated diagram
Animated diagram of the greenhouse effect for teachers and
students. |
Past and Present: Greenhouse gases and climate change
What factors ...
What factors control climate? • Plate tectonics: location
of continents, subduction,. volcanoes, weathering,
uplift. • Earth’s orbit:
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BBC NEW-animated diagram
The greenhouse effect is the natural process by which the
atmosphere traps some of the Sun's energy, warming
the Earth enough to support
life. ... |
Greenhouse Gases
The "greenhouse effect" is the heating of the Earth due to
the presence of ... Every year humans add over
30 billion tons of
carbon dioxide in the ... |
RealClimate.org
Climate Science from Climate Scientists |
 How does the Earth's Orbit Control Climatic Change?
"400,000 Square miles of
Arctic sea ice that have melted
in the last 30 years (roughly the size of Texas), threatening polar
bear habitats
and further accelerating global warming worldwide, according to the Arctic
Climate Impact Assessment." Source:
Environmental Defense
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Three Astronomical Factors: |
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Procession: The orientation of our axis in it's rotation |
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Eccentricity: The shape of our solar orbit |
Obliquity: The angle between our axis and the line of
perpendicular to the orbital plane
Source: Observe
changes in Earth's orbit that contribute to climate change. |
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Astronomical Theory of Climate Change
The Milankovitch or astronomical theory of climate change
is an explanation for changes in the seasons which result from
changes in the
earth's orbit around ... |
Ice Age Climate Cycles
It suggests that the abrupt climate change occurs during
destruction of ice sheets, ... The orbit-climate
connection squarely puts
Earth's climate into the ... |
The Seasons and the Earth's Orbit - Milankovitch Cycles
The Earth's orbit is an ellipse, and there is a slow
change in its ... But the dominant climate cycle that is seen
has a period of about 100000 years. ... |
Observe changes in Earth's orbit that contribute to
climate change.
Three characteristics of Earth's orbital motion change
slightly over long periods of time. ... Eccentricity—the
shape of
Earth's orbit around the sun.
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Predicting Climate Change
The atmospheric and ocean circulations that control
the earth's climate are perhaps the ... in the northern
summer because of
changes in the earth's orbit. ... |
 How do Plate Tectonics Effect Climatic Change?
The Earth's outer shell is primarily made up of giant
plates which move at a rate of about 3cm per year. They can effect the climate
by changing the land formation, altering ocean circulation and volcanic
activity. Plates can cause land levels to rise or fall and temperatures will
increase or fall accordingly. Plates can cut off or
open ocean currents and
again temperatures will change accordingly.
A Volcano can be effected by plate
movements. When it erupts it increased Carbon Dioxide and temperatures will
increase. |
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TECTONICS AND CLIMATE
Partial answers include plate tectonic processes,
elevation and erosion of ... Andean Uplift, Eolian Dust,
Volcanism,
Climate Change, and Biogeochemistry ... |
Animations of Plate Tectonics
NEW Evolution of the Farallon Plate: Farallon VR.
NEW Tectonics Viewed from the ... Climatic Change:
Paleoclimate VR. NEW Coals, Salts, Tillites & Tropical ... |
Earth & Environmental Science - Tectonic Impacts
Plate Tectonics and Climate - from a lecturer of
Meteorology and Climatology at Wichita ... Volcanoes and
Global
Climate Change - a NASA Fact Sheet in pdf ... |
OVERVIEW OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF Climatic
Change
The motions of plate tectonics, which act to build
mountains, ... Based on studies of the geologic record, we
know that
climate change has occurred . |
Climate Change due to Plate Tectonics
Climate Change - Plate Tectonics. Theory of
Plate Tectonics - Continental Drift; Earths outer shell is composed
of
plates they move at a rate of about ... |
 How doe The Sun's Energy Output Effect Climatic Change?
The amount of heat and the sunspot activity can have
a great effect on our climate. Increase in energy by
the sun
will increase our
temperatures while a decrease in energy will have the reverse effect. The
effects of sunspots is still under debate but many scientist believe it does
have some effect on our climate. |
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CRU Information Sheet no. 2: The Causes of
Climatic Change
Variations in the Sun's output. Change in the
amount of energy emitted by ... the sun that might also
affect the
solar output and, hence, Earth's climate? ... |
The Sun and
Climate
Assessments of climate change that consider possible
effects of the Sun ... about the Sun, they may also
underestimate climate
sensitivity to energy output ... |
US National Climate Data Center
What is the greenhouse effect, and is it affecting our
climate? ... to reason that if the sun's energy output were
to change, then so would the climate. ... |
Causes of Climate Change
The sun as seen at sunset. The sun is essentially
the only source of energy for running the Earth's climate.
Thus
any change in its output will |
CO2 Science
The Variable Energy Output of the Sun Appears to
Be the Major Determinant of Decadal- to Millennial-Scale
Global Climate
Change ... |
Changing Sun, Changing
Climate
When scientists began to ponder the possibility of climate
change, their thoughts naturally ... would connect climate
with the
Sun's total output of energy.
... |
NASA - Top Story - NASA STUDY FINDS INCREASING SOLAR
TREND THAT ...
NASA STUDY FINDS INCREASING SOLAR TREND THAT CAN CHANGE
CLIMATE ... to the sun's total output of
energy, yet equivalent to all the energy that mankind uses
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 How has the Government Affected Climatic Change Through Laws?
Governments can not change the laws of nature but it can control
commercial and human behavior. Laws need to
be enforced, modified and enacted to
limit those gases and particulates that are
effecting the
way our climate is
changing. |
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Climate Justice: enforcing climate change law
If these, and other laws are enforced now, all over the
world, they can help combat climate change and ensure that the
necessary
cuts in greenhouse gas ... |
Law
and Justice - Environment and International Law (Climate Change)
Environment and Natural Resources Law ... The 1992
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
and its 1997 Kyoto
Protocol are the two instruments ... |
Climate
Justice: Climate change could be next legal battlefield
This is a collaborative venture involving lawyers, scientists and
more than 40 civil groups supporting the use
of the law to combat
climate change. ... |
Climate Change Fact Sheet 01/16/98 - USIA
BACKGROUND. At a conference held December I - 11 1997 in Kyoto,
Japan, the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change agreed to an
historic ... |
Climate Change:
Federal Laws and Policies ...
Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Related
to Greenhouse Gas Reductions: 22-Feb-2006; Brent D. Yacobucci and
Larry Parker;
21 p. ... |
States Take Lead on Climate Change Laws
State initiatives are determining the next generation of
climate change law. Although some federal oversight is needed for
programs such as emissions .. |
Climate Justice: cases
Climate Justice enforcing climate change law ...
On 14th November 2005, the Federal High Court of Nigeria
ordered that gas
flaring must stop in a Niger ... |
NRDC:
Environmental Laws and Treaties
A short list of major United States federal laws
pertaining to the environment. ... United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change adopted in 1992. ... |
 How Much Effect Does Human Activity Have on Global Warming?
Often people question their role in global warming, given the immense
environmental factors. But we do
affect
the climate, not so much as individuals but as a collective. Billions of
people all doing the same
negative or
positive behavior can have a dramatic impact on the environment, for
example in the United
States the average
American drives in one year over 10,000 miles and releases as
a group over 5.5 tons
of Carbon Monoxide into
the atmosphere. Thinking in a global view imagine how
much CO2 is being
release from all the cars on the
planet. Working together we can not stop the
natural changes that are causing some of the global warming trends but we can
slow down and mitigate the effects we have on the environment. |
Carbon Footprint
Definition: The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to
directly and indirectly support human activities, usually
expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Source:
Time for a Change |
Individual Emissions - Personal Emissions Calculator |
Climate ...
EPA site to calculate your carbon impact |
Time for a Change
A short description of a carbon footprint |
Carbon Footprint
Calculate your carbon footprint, reduce it and then offset
it. |
Carbon footprint - Wikipedia,
Information Site |
Climate Change News and Actions by SafeClimate |
calculator
The SafeClimate carbon footprint calculator allows you to
determine carbon dioxide emissions from major sources: home
energy consumption and transportation ... |
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Earth Saving Tips from Earth Share Cool the Globe
Earth Saving Tips from Earth Share Cool the Globe. From the
Fall, 1997 Issue. Global warming occurs because carbon dioxide (CO2) and other
gasses released ... |
Esurance
Tips on changing your driving to help improve the environment |
Environmental Defense
Tips on ways you can fight Global Warming |
The Greenguy
Ethical Stuff everyone can do. |
Did you know that for every 100 kilowatt-hours of energy you
save, you are preventing the release of 130 pounds
of global warming gases? ... |
NRDC-Stop Global Warming
Put this four-point plan into action and carbon dioxide
emissions will drop to half of current levels by 2050. |
One Billion Bulbs
Imagine the possibilities.
Imagine if people all over the world mobilized to replace one billion standard
incandescent light
bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) light
bulbs. What would that mean? It would mean that those people would save money
each month on their electricity bill. It would mean they would save enough
energy to light tens of millions
of homes for a year. It would mean the
prevention of greenhouse gases equivalent to the annual emissions of millions of
cars. |
Preventing Global Warming
Tips on slowing global warming |
Stopglobalwarming.org
Information and tips on stopping global warming |
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