Thursday, October 1, 2009
The ever increasing water level, continuous weather disturbances, and the fast-paced melting of the ice caps in the Polar Regions are just of the well-known effects of global warming. Indeed, this unconventional phenomenon in the environment and the past pace rise of the temperature are detrimental to the existence of every organism on the planet, including mankind.
The word global warming itself tells its meaning. It is the rise of the earth’s average temperature in the atmosphere, bodies of water, and landmasses. According to Encarta Encyclopedia (2003), “The planet has warmed (and cooled) many times during the 4.65 billion years of its history.”
Eugene P. Odum and Garry W. Barrett (2006) discussed that “before 1850, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased more than 370 parts per million (ppm),” prompting for the rise of greenhouse effect and subsequent global warming. Since 1860, according to Odum and Barrett, the average rise of temperature rose to an astounding 0.50 Celsius by 2005.
Among the main cause of global warming is believed to be burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, which emits carbon dioxide aside from other substance known as greenhouse gases. Since these gases fill the atmosphere, they serve as insulator and traps heat with should have gone out to the outer space.
Odum and Barrett further discussed that, “there is now an ample evidence to evaluate the ecological impact to marine environments,” which have caused significant pattern in the ecosystem from the polar terrestrial to marine environment.
The word global warming itself tells its meaning. It is the rise of the earth’s average temperature in the atmosphere, bodies of water, and landmasses. According to Encarta Encyclopedia (2003), “The planet has warmed (and cooled) many times during the 4.65 billion years of its history.”
Eugene P. Odum and Garry W. Barrett (2006) discussed that “before 1850, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased more than 370 parts per million (ppm),” prompting for the rise of greenhouse effect and subsequent global warming. Since 1860, according to Odum and Barrett, the average rise of temperature rose to an astounding 0.50 Celsius by 2005.
Among the main cause of global warming is believed to be burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, which emits carbon dioxide aside from other substance known as greenhouse gases. Since these gases fill the atmosphere, they serve as insulator and traps heat with should have gone out to the outer space.
Odum and Barrett further discussed that, “there is now an ample evidence to evaluate the ecological impact to marine environments,” which have caused significant pattern in the ecosystem from the polar terrestrial to marine environment.
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