Topic > Greenhouse Gases Essay - 1472

If we stop all greenhouse gas emissions, will global climate change stop? Introduction - What is global warming and how does it workSince the industrial revolution of the 1700s, greenhouse gas emissions have increased dramatically. So far these gases have changed the Earth's climate, making it warmer every year. This is called global warming and it has become a problem. The Earth's temperature increased by 0.85 degrees Celsius from 1880 to 2012. If this continues, the Earth will suffer from more natural disasters, animals will not be able to adapt to atmospheric conditions and will die, the polar ice caps will melt completely and eventually the Earth will become habitable. First we need to know what and how these greenhouse gases contribute to global warming. Carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and especially water vapor are the main gases that increase the Earth's temperature. These gases prevent the Earth's heat from escaping. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are a type of greenhouse gas that depletes the ozone layer, which is a layer of gas that prevents ultraviolet radiation from the sun from harming life. Carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases, has increased by 30%. This will continue until the entire human population has been wiped out. What are the causes of these gas emissions? As mentioned before, the Industrial Revolution is somehow responsible for this scenario. As humans tend to become greedy for money, the growth of factories and machinery increases. Many large companies and very successful people honestly don't care about the condition of the Earth. They produce hundreds of thousands of them, countless factories around the world, and most of the... half of the paper... issued by factories is mandatory so that the waste products released are not harmful to the environment. Even if it's not as easy as it seems, we must act on the things we do today, for the future of our one planet. Conclusion If we stopped all greenhouse gas emissions, we would most likely stop climate change as it is the main problem of global warming. This will take a long time, not years but probably centuries, if humans did not care as they do today. If people cared about global warming, this problem would have been solved long ago. This is because, to solve a problem, it is necessary to enter the problem itself and solve it from the inside. Many lives will be saved by natural disasters but as we know, most of the human race is so selfish that they don't care what happens to the Earth or anyone else, only to themselves.