Topic > The Threat of Global Warming - 699

The threatening issue facing the world today is “global warming”. Global warming is the gas that contributes to the global increase in temperature, such as carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane gases. It is said that gases in the atmosphere thicken and trap the heat emitted by the earth's surface, preventing it from escaping into space, and the warming of the earth disturbs the balance of nature and the ecosystem. Global warming is an ongoing process and is due to human activities such as industrialization, the increasing number of cars and deforestation. Industrialization contributes to global warming which is a human activity. Since the industrial revolution, the great development of industries and machinery has increased the use of fossil fuels, such as the burning of coal, oil and gas to operate machinery and even domestic uses produce considerable quantities of carbon dioxide (Co2) in the 'atmosphere. It is said that one gallon of gasoline when burned releases 19 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere (Fenner, 2013). As the population and rate of human consumption have increased, industries have been encouraged to increase their amount of production, ultimately resulting in increased use of fossil fuels and increased production of greenhouse gases. The atmospheric greenhouse effect acts like a blanket and naturally keeps our planet warm enough to support life, carbon leads to accumulation and thickening of the volume of greenhouse gases and traps heat within the Earth's atmosphere instead of escaping into the space leading to the rise of the earth's temperature (Fenner, 2013). Clear evidence of global warming is the increase in global temperature, the melting of snow and the retreat of glacial lakes. Research found that the Ata Glacier sank 100 meters between 2003 and 2009 (Japanese Alpine News, 2013). In today's modern world almost every person owns a car and the movement of cars has increased dramatically since a few decades, there is an increase in the burning of oils such as petrol and diesel which emit huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. The annual concentration rate of Co2 is said to have been higher in the last 10 years (1995 – 2005) with an average of 1.9 ppm per year, and this projection indicates that in the next 50-100 years the concentration of Co2 would double compared to before the industrial revolution (IPCC, 2007). The earth's temperature is said to be increasing drastically since the industrial revolution occurred and with the increase in population along with individual needs. Global temperature rise is almost upon us 0.