The carbon cycle refers to the movement of carbon in its many forms between the oceans, atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere. This movement is essential because it ensures that earth is able to sustain life. All living organism found on earth needs carbon for either energy, structure, or in the case of humans for both. In the atmosphere, carbon exists in different forms. Carbon dioxide and methane are mostly responsible for the greenhouse effect. They are also amongst the most human-contributed greenhouse gases. According to statistics, it is estimated that in the past two centuries human activities have greatly altered the carbon cycle and most significantly in the atmosphere. Human activities have been directly linked to the excessive emissions of greenhouse gases, but there is no conclusive evidence that supports or denies this fact. There are other natural aspects that should be considered even though human activity might be a great contributor to these natural aspects. With the massive industrialization that has been taking place, the amount of carbon dioxide emissions has increased and this has created unnatural fluctuations in the atmosphere, which has resulted in the increased warming of the continent. It is estimated that there is approximately 40 percent more carbon dioxide in the air currently that there was about 100 years ago.
Statistics can be used to analyze the amount of carbon dioxide within the air currently and there can be numerous methodologies that could be developed to reduce the amount of emissions. As indicated by Lewis and Nocera (2006) the possibility of using other energy sources is the best alternative that we have for reducing the amount of greenhouse emissions. Lewis and Nocera (2006) has proposed and demonstrated that making use of solar power has the potential to reduce the emissions significantly and there is a possibility of having much cleaner air. They...
It is indicated that making use of renewable energy resources is one of the largest exploitable resources that has the potential to provide more energy within 1 hour than could be consumed by all humans in 1 year. Reducing the amount of carbon would result in a much better environment and this would reduce the overall warming of the globe. This is a positive effect because we would now have normal weather patterns and there would be reduced extreme weather conditions like tornadoes and hurricanes.
Activities of Statistics to Global Warming
Scientists have indicated that the Earth's global climate is changing and it is getting warmer faster than had been predicted by all the studies carried out in history. It is a well-known fact that the ice caps have been melting at a higher level and this has hugely contributed to the erratic weather patterns that are been experienced across the globe (Tubiello et al., 2015). In the previous studies, the data that had been used and the predictions that were made were based on the assumption that the carbon dioxide emissions would not increase as much as they have increased. This does not mean the predictions were wrong, it is just that the anticipated amounts have become higher and this has quickened the effects of global warming. As the Earth continues to get warmer, we are bound to have unpredictable weather patterns like extremely high temperatures that result in prolonged droughts. The risk of drought increases as the climate changes. In the western U.S., the prevalence and duration of drought has increased and this is a cause of concern especially considering that it might result in famine. Countries that do not have enough…
