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    Understanding Global Warming
    Understanding Global Warming
    Understanding Global Warming
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    Understanding Global Warming

    By mark mullen

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    Is humanity out of time on Earth as Stephen Hawkins suggests? Or is global warming just a one-time speed bump in the road for mankind?

    Either way, the climate is warming. But is man singularly responsible for this? Are there other contributing forces? Understanding Global Warming will explore both man-made and natural sources of climate change that leads to global warming.   

    You may be surprised to discover that the Earth's climate is always changing and always will regardless of man's activities. The Earth does not negotiate with mankind; it follows its own set of behaviors without regard to the desires of humanity. Unfortunately, the study of climate change remains a scientific mystery. Like many aspects of human life, politics has entered the debate and muddied the waters. There is far too much name calling and political interference suffocating a need for a broader and more in-depth study of all climate change activities.

    Understanding Global Warming will help you understand the science behind global warming as well as separate the science from politics.

    The media, politicians, and Hollywood like to warn us about the impact of man-made carbon dioxide on global warming. But can carbon dioxide, which makes up a minuscule portion of the atmosphere (less than one-half of one percent), be exclusively responsible for global warming? Or are there other factors at play? You might be surprised to learn the answers to these questions.   

    Who is really driving the global warming alarm, science or politics? Global agreements such as the Paris Accords sound like good ideas, but are they really? Saving the planet from rising surface temperatures may not be the primary goal of these covenants. Understanding Global Warming will open your eyes to the rhetoric and facts surrounding global warming.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publishermark mullen
    Release dateNov 7, 2018
    ISBN9781386514541
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      Understanding Global Warming - mark mullen

      Preface

      Man and Carbon Dioxide

      Mother Nature Impacts Climate

      Earth Affects Climate

      Other Greenhouse Gases

      Putting the Puzzle Together

      The Politics of Climate Change

      Conclusion

      Preface

      As we approach the end of 2017, the Earth’s surface temperature is in a warming pattern. Many ask, is this part of Earth's 13 billion years never-ending growth cycle? Or is it something more permanent, a non-reversible trend that will bring an end to mankind in a similar manner as the dinosaur? We don’t really know. Predicting the future has never been easy. Especially when there are multiple variables to consider, both known and unknown.  The purpose of this book is to examine numerous components that factor into the global warming equation to separate scientific fact from scientific opinion.

      Man and Carbon Dioxide

      We begin with a definition of global warming. Simply put, global warming occurs when too many greenhouse gases gather in the atmosphere. The most talked about, carbon dioxide, is like most things in life, helpful to mankind when present in moderation, but harmful in excess. Carbon dioxide is most known for its role in the process of photosynthesis, the method used by plants to make food. It also exists naturally in our atmosphere acting as a heat shield preventing heat rising from the Earth’s surface from escaping into space. This why it is known as a greenhouse gas. Without carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the Earth's surface would be too cold to support life as we know it.  Scientists warn us that when too much carbon dioxide accumulates in the atmosphere, it traps too much heat, which raises the Earth’s surface temperature ever so slightly. Increased surface temperature leads to droughts, forest fires, extreme weather patterns, and melting of glacier ice and rising sea levels. All of these abnormalities have negative impacts on humans, plants, and animals.

      We know that carbon dioxide is vital to life, so where does it come from? Carbon dioxide is a gas produced through respiration – breathe animals and humans exhale, the decay of organic materials, and the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) among other sources. The burning of fossil fuels is considered to be man-made carbon dioxide, while respiration and decay are considered to be natural occurrences. But nature also releases carbon dioxide in other ways rarely mentioned on the news reel or your favorite social media outlet. Let’s examine the multiple sources of carbon dioxide.

      As previously mentioned, carbon dioxide falls into one of two possible categories: man-made, or natural. Let's take a deeper dive and flesh out the major emission sources of carbon dioxide and the percentage of each in the atmosphere.

      Natural Emissions [1]:

      Ocean-atmosphere exchange (42.84%) - The oceans contain dissolved carbon dioxide molecules generated from life underwater. When the molecules reach the surface and make contact with the air, they are converted to carbon dioxide gas and rise into the atmosphere.

      Plant and animal respiration (28.56%)

      Soil decomposition (28.56%)

      Volcanic eruptions (0.03%)

      Man-made emissions [2]:

      Electricity generation and distribution (29%)

      Transportation (27%)

      Industry (21%)

      Commercial and residential homes (12%)

      Agriculture (9%)

      Many climatologists and politicians believe that the burning of fossils fuels alone is responsible for the current warming trend. No doubt, fossil fuel consumption is a significant variable in the equation, but it is not the only one. To truly understand global warming problem we must recognize the significance of all variables

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