Simon Rosser

The A to Z of Global Warming

Schmall World Publishing

Global warming and climate change are phrases that have been around for some time now, and refer to the warming of Earth's atmosphere resulting in higher world temperatures. Each chapter in this book deals with a specific and relevant aspect of the problem, from the Amazon Rainforest to How do hurricanes form.

Earth's atmosphere comprises many gases, collectively called Greenhouse gases. The greenhouse effect created by these gases maintains the Earth at a comfortable 15 degrees Celsius. Without the greenhouse effect the Earth would be a chilly minus 18 degrees Celsius.

Trees and plants photosynthesise. During the light dependent-stage, complex chemical reactions occur whereby light energy, CO2 and water produce sugar (food) and oxygen.

During the light-independent stage trees and plants capture CO2  from the atmosphere.

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Consequences of Global Warming

It is a known scientific fact that higher levels of greenhouse gases will lead to higher world temperatures, which appears to be happening now. Despite the winter of 2008/9 being one of the coldest for many years, the world has in fact warmed by an average of 0.74 degrees Celsius during the last 100 years or so. We are now faced with melting ice caps, as well as Earth's land-based glaciers. This in time will cause sea levels to rise, floods, and the submersion of low-lying islands such as Tuvulu and even the Maldives, as well as the world’s coastal cities.

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Since the industrial revolution we know from ice core records that carbon dioxide levels were about 280 parts of CO2 per million parts of air (ppm). As a result of industrialisation resulting in deforestation for agriculture and settlements and burning fossil fuels levels of greenhouse gases have increased by 37% to about 385 ppm.

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