Exploration of global warming causes and impacts

Global Warming Reduction

Global warming is caused by human activities of burning solid waste, wood, and fossil fuels, release of hydroflurocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) from industrial processes, and deforestation (Rey, 2011). Burning fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, and coal puts greenhouses gases that affect the atmosphere. The industrial processes increase heat more than normal and when released into the air, it gets trapped into the atmosphere. And, deforestation allows carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere that also causes the global warming.

As the human population grows, so does the demand for housing that uses more trees, the number of vehicles that are operated that release more greenhouse gasses, and more demand for industrial processes that also release more gasses into the atmosphere and increase the demands that are needed to meet human needs. All these gasses going into the air and land are harmful to the atmosphere and cause the global warming of the earth. As a result of the global warming, the earth's temperatures are increasing more every day.

Trees absorb the carbon dioxide by 20% (mtrguanlau, 2011). Planting more trees can help to decrease the carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere. Trees are also useful to reduce electricity costs used from air conditioning by 15%. Tree planted around a home can block some of the harmful UV rays that cause the home to heat up. It is important to protect the forests to create more effort to control the carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere.

Looking for ways to reduce the use of electricity reduces the gasses released into the atmosphere from industrial processes. Unplug appliances when not in use. Even though it is not turned on, it will still use a certain amount of electricity. Turning off lights when rooms are not in use also reduces the electricity consumed. Opening curtains to let sunlight into the house during daytime hours helps as well. Drying clothes outside on the clothes line reduces electricity from running a clothes dryer and additional electricity used to cool.

Regular maintenance on vehicles and other forms of transportation also reduce greenhouse gasses. Regular maintenance helps the vehicle to run smoother and releases fewer gasses into the air. Carpooling, riding bikes, and walking reduces the driving of vehicles, and consequently fewer gasses.

Recycling efforts and reusing materials is also a way to reduce greenhouse gasses from industrial processes. Everything that can be reused, such as shopping bags, jars, plastic bags, paper, old clothes etc. reduces the need to manufacture more, reducing the industrial processes of those items. Reusing products around the home cuts the overall expense of these items and recycling them when they cannot be used again reduces the costs of manufacturing new products.