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=THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT = The green house effect keeps the earths temperature at a median degree. The sun emits rays down to the earth. Those rays heat the earth up and also bounce back up toward the atmosphere. The natural green house gasses of water vapor, clouds, and other gasses capture some of the rays that bounced toward the atmosphere and send them back at the earth. The rays that hit the earth a second time heat it up to its regular temperature. The green house gasses create a blanket over the earth and help keep the earth from getting too hot or too cold. The blanket keeps the heat from the sun in our atmosphere to heat us up. Solar radiation trapped by the Earth and re-emitted from the surface as infrared radiation, is prevented from escaping by various gases in the air. These gases trap heat because they readily absorb infrared radiation. As the energy cannot escape, it warms up the Earth, causing an increase in the Earth's temperature, or global warming.

GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
==Global warming is an increase in the earth’s atmosphere. The oceanic temperatures strongly predicted to happen due to an increase in the greenhouse effect. This is resulting especially from pollution. It is concerning because it can cause the earth to become to hot and never have winter. This would hurt the way of living and be hard to survive. == There are many things that contribute of causing global warming. Humans contribute by enhancing greenhouse effect. Gases from the greenhouse are another cause of global warming. The Sunlight, gases, and particles in the atmosphere contribute to global warming. The gases cause it to change the temperature of the atmosphere. The humans affect the earth. Humans mainly contribute carbon dioxide for the greenhouses.
 * GLOBAL WARMING: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS **


 * __ GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS __**
 * Global warming can impact us by harming plants and animals that live in the sea. It would make new habitats and food. ** Weather patterns could change. It could cause flooding, drought, and an increase in damaging storms. It would be harder to survive because of all the chemicals and change of climate. The temperature would change a lot and be hard to adapt with.

-There are many contributing factors to global warming. The biggest contributor is power stations. Power stations account for 21.3% of annual green house gasses. A medium-sized power station, generating around 500 megawatts, produces 500 tones of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide, every hour. The next greatest contributing factor is industrial processes. They provide 16.6%of of annual green house gasses. Next comes transportation fuels. The gasses we burn to get around account for 14.0%of annual green house gasses. It is also thought that aircraft vapor trails could be contributing to global warming. Aircrafts release exhaust gases into the cold upper air, which freeze and form cirrus clouds. These clouds trap heat, increasing the warming of the atmosphere beneath them. Then there is agricultural byproduct which produces methane. The methane comes from the byproduct or the poop of sheep cattle or other farm animals. That provides 12.5% of annual green house gasses. The next greatest contributor is fossil fuel retrieval, processing and distribution. This accounts for 11.3% of annual greenhouse gasses.
 * GLOBAL WARMING: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS **

Rising fruit and vegetable prices due to droughts. Certain wildlife disappearing. Change in the seasons. In New England less snow. Warmer ocean water and volumes of fresh water from melting glaciers could disrupt the Gulfstream which influences Northern European weather. A cooling effect could occur Rising oceans could swallow low-lying islands and coastal areas. The effects include landslides, glacial lake overflow and flash floods as regular, seasonal patterns of snowfall and some melting are destroyed.Less glacier meltwater in summer means the drying up of rivers and streams, needed for drinking water, irrigation and many other processes. Some infectious, vector-borne diseases will spread as malaria already has. grass has established itself on Antarctica for the first time in millions of years. Polar bears are stressed through loss of habitat. Many species are steadily moving their ranges towards higher northern and southern latitudes, including butterflies, frogs, and birds. They breed earlier and plants flower earlier in the season. Heavily populated, low-lying coastal areas in cyclone-prone areas are particularly vulnerable. Global warming will cause more hurricanes and other cyclones.
 * GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS **

Turning off the lights when you leave a room will help the greenhouse effect. If you turn off the lights you will save a lot of money. You will also help the environment by not using a lot of fossil fuels. One bulb if you turn it off is worth $1.80 per month. Some houses can have up to 40 bulbs and then it will add up to a lot of money saved. It is easy to do and doesn’t take long at all, but helps a lot and saves money. A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESEARCH ** I did this research to find out what effects greenhouse and global warming. I choose turning off lights when you leave a room to show how much you are helping the earth and saving money. If everyone did it, they would save a lot of money and help stop global warming. They would be contributing to the greenhouse effect. Using the fossil fuels as less as you can, will help a lot. This is what global warming is and what the greenhouse effect is and why you should turn of the light when you leave a room.

-I want people to start using solar energy so we can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Solar energy technologies represent one of the least carbon-intensive means of electricity generation. Solar power produces no emissions during generation itself **.** ** Solar energy has a smaller carbon footprint than fossil fuels. That will help decrease global warming. ** Solar energy is an obvious choice for a carbon-smart, reliable energy future. Greater reliance on this comparatively untapped energy resource will help mitigate climate change while stimulating economies, creating jobs and increasing grid integrity and security. However, without robust international and national policy support for solar and other renewable energy sources, society will continue down the path of over-reliance on highly price-volatile, insecure and carbon-intensive energy sources. Solar power is safe, clean and infinitely renewable. Improved materials make solar panels less costly to install and easy to maintain; there are no complex mechanical parts to break down, wear out or replace. Solar energy is highly reliable, either by itself, or in conjunction with other options, including utility line back-up, storage batteries, generators and energy conservation. In some cases, solar homes are selling surplus electricity back to their local utilities. If we start using solar energy and stop using fossil fuels it will help reduce global warming. At first it will seem like you energy costs aren’t any different but in the long run you will have a lower gas and electricity bill because you will be getting a lot of energy from the sun. -I found that we are demanding on power plants that burn fossil fuels a lot. We also burn fossil fuels when we drive to work everyday. If we use solar energy we will emit less green house gasses into the earth’s atmosphere. By doing that global warming will go down and the threat of climate change and all the others problems will go down. Solar energy can help you reduce your energy bills and can help save the earth. Think Solar.
 * WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY: One specific area of focus **
 * A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESEARCH **

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