Obesity and Global Warming

We now have another reason to shed those unwanted pounds. It has been reported that Obesity is a contributing factor to Global Warming. Yes; can you believe it! If we didn't have a big enough problem to deal with on the weight loss issue; it now appears that us porkers may be affecting our planet (and when I was jogging I thought that the groan I heard was in my head but it might have been Mother Earth complaining about the pounding I was giving her!)

ABC News reported on May 16, 2009 and The New York Times reported on July 18, 2009, about a new study that has suggested that obesity is affecting the planet by raising carbon emissions.

Apparently a couple of researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine recently published a report in the International Journal of Epidemiology titled "Population adiposity and climate change."The report goes on to say that there appears to be a relationship between obese people and an excess amount of carbon dioxide emissions compared to thin people.

Apparently, they found that there is a significant amount of extra carbon dioxide emitted from our heavier neighbors.

Some of the things that enter into the observations are
1. Overweight people are comparable to running around in a gas guzzler as far as consuming calories.
2. Overweight people tend to use motor vehicles to travel short distances rather than rather than walk or cycle

We all need to do things to cut our carbon footprint. The research suggests that reducing our weight to a healthy level is the best place to start.

It's interesting that the focus on global warming can be focused on how much carbon dioxide individual people emit.

I knew that the scientists have been observing cattle for some time but it seems as though some scientists may have too much time on their hands when they begin calculation how much people emit.

With the government trying to push through the "Cap and Trade Act" and wanting to raise taxes on energy consumption, you watch, they're going to start taxing us because we're overweight! Maybe we'll get a tax credit if we are actively trying to lose our extra pounds.

The bottom line is that we must take responsibility for our personal carbon footprint along with our weight so let's do our part to keep the planet from overheating. Enroll in an exercise program and do whatever is necessary to promote good health and get out of the obese range.

Get a journal and get moving.

Global Warming - Is It Real For You?

The information age has landed with a head bursting thump. In fact it has not only landed; it has planted roots and made a firm home for itself within our society. On a daily basis we have the opportunity engorge ourselves with new information - magazine articles, blogs, pod casts and e-books. And yet as we revel in this golden age of information, we manage to casually face our biggest ever challenge as a species, and note it down on a virtual to do list for the future - "global warming, fix next week".

Just this evening while discussing the topic, my six year old daughter dropped her shoulders rolled her eyes and moaned "not that again!" Too much information can be as bad as too little, as we run the risk of desensitization setting it. What's more, information without experience to help us internalize it does little good. Experience enables us to assign an emotion to the new information; this is what makes it meaningful.

This being the case, I am not here to overload you with facts about global warming, there are multitudes of pages about it on the net and the "almost" US president Al Gore has adequately illustrated the threat of global warming in his award winning film, The Inconvenient Truth.

My interests are more to do with the effects of global warming on plants and more specifically the plants that live within my direct human experience.

How will the increase in average global temperature affect the plants live around you? The question was sparked by the unprecedented dry summer we have just experienced in Johannesburg. After a season of unrelenting heat, punctuated only by two meager rainfalls, Johannesburg's surrounding grasslands turned from green to brown and then shortly after to black as the inevitable veld fires started.

These savannah areas are rich in medicinal plants including the hardy African Potato, Artemisia and a host of golden savanna land grasses. While these areas often burn in winter, the unseasonable fires arrived at the wrong time during the plants' growth cycle. Consequently some plants were badly damaged, while many did not survive at all. It was this experience that happened on my doorstep that really caught my attention.

My local African potatoes are only a reflection of a much wider problem. "Approximately 20-30 percent of plant and animal species assessed so far are likely to be at greater risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature exceed 1.5 to 2.5 Celsius" . Water supply and drought are not the only problems, some species of plants and animals are temperature sensitive for reproduction. With the onset of global temperatures; botanical gardens around the world have noted that plants around the world are booming ahead of their normal schedule .

We are reminded that global warming was created by factors such as industry, traffic and agricultural practices to name a few, however when we follow the road to the source, these contributors come down to one place -the place you call home. The quandary with global warming is the name itself. It evokes a sense of "globalness" or if you prefer, a sense of bigness that is hard to equate with the day to day hustle and bustle of the family home, its hard to absorb it, and say, "It's my problem". You may wish to test this yourself; what is the first image that enters your head when you hear the term "global warming"?

With the home in mind let's avoid the multitude of tips available to reduce global warming and consider what experiences we can have that will help us to internalize this mass of information and make it real. Experiencing means processing our world though our five senses, perhaps it's the time you take to brush your teeth while leaving the tap running and saying a sad farewell to those water drops that not even your grandchildren will gain any benefit from. Perhaps its taking a walk through your local botanical garden as if it was the last time you could do it, or perhaps it's as simple as taking the time to notice what it feels like for your body to experience thirst. The fact remains that until information about global warming becomes real and experiential to each and every person, we can expect a good few very dry summers to come.

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Global Warming's Affection

In the past century, the Earth's heat has increased by about one degree Fahrenheit, especially the past two decades with accelerated warming.

The National Academy of Sciences says that this is the certain sign of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.

 

 

Energy from the sun drives the earth's climate and weather. It heats the earth's surface, the earth radiates energy, bouncing it back into space. Greenhouse gases trap some of the outgoing energy which retains heat. Hence, giving us the name of, "The Greenhouse Effect."

 

Since the birth of the industrial revolution, concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased nearly 30%., methane concentrations have more than doubled, and nitrous oxide has risen about 15%. All of these increases has increased the heat-trapping capability of the earth's atmosphere. Trees and plants breathe in carbon dioxide, and have been what's kept our carbon dioxide emissions in balance. But the destruction of our rain forests and woodland areas, have dramatically decreased this intake. Also, increasing agriculture, landfills, industrial production and mining contribute significantly.

 

Globally, sea level has risen four-eight inches, over the past century. Worldwide participation over land has increased by about one percent. The frequency of extreme rainfalls has increased throughout much of the U.S. Scientists expect that the average global surface temperature could rise one - four-point-five degrees, Fahrenheit, in the next fifty years. And two-point-two - ten degrees, Fahrenheit, in the next century. Which could cause fifty percent of our animal life to be extinct in our children's/grand children's lifetime.

 

Evaporation will increase as the climate warms, which will increase average global participation. Sea levels are likely to rise two feet along most of the U.S coast.

 

Carbon Dioxide is released to the atmosphere when solid waste, fossil fuels, (oil, natural gas, and coal), and wood and wood products are burned.

 

Methane is emitted during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil. Methane emissions also results from the decomposition of organic wastes in municipal solid landfills, and the raising of livestock.

 

Nitrous Oxide is emitted during the agricultural and industrial activities, as well as during combustion of solid waste and fossil fuels. (EPA global warming).

 

Some global warming signs are: heat waves, and periods of unusually warm weather, ocean warming, sea-level rise, coastal flooding, glaciers melting, Arctic warming, Antarctic warming, insect diseases spreading, earlier spring arrival, plant and animal range shifts, and population changes, coral reef bleaching, downpours, heavy snowfalls, flooding, droughts and fires. How many do you recognize happening right now?

 

People can make a difference. Here's some steps you can take:

 

Drive a fuel-efficient car. Look for the model with the best fuel economy in its class. Each gallon of gas you use releases 25 pounds of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, (CO2), into the atmosphere. Another great reason to car pool!

 

Choose clean power- more than ½ the electricity in the U.S comes from polluting coal-fired power plants. Power plants are the largest source of heat-trapping emissions. Try to switch to electricity suppliers that provide 50-100% renewable energy.

 

Look for the energy star- when it comes to replacing appliances, look for the energy star label. (Refrigerators, freezers, furnaces, air conditioners, and water heaters, use the most energy). If each U.S household replaced its existing appliances with the most efficient models available, we would save fifteen billion in energy costs and eliminate 175 million tons of heat-trapping emissions.

 

Unplug a freezer- if you own an extra refrigerator or freezer you rarely use, one of the quickest ways to reduce your global warming impact would be to unplug it. (Only plug it in when needed). This can reduce the family's carbon dioxide by nearly ten percent.

 

If we all work together, we can make a huge impact on global warming. You could literally have your child or grandchild's lives in your hands.

 

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Emergency Managers Deal With Global Warming

For Seattle residents, rain - and lots of it - is a fact of life. But they'd never seen a month quite like November 2006. With 15.59 inches of rain - including snowfall and hail - it set the record for wettest month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center. It was the most rain the Emerald City had ever seen in a one-month span, in 115 years of record keeping.

If that weren't enough, mid-December brought supercharged winds of 60 to 90 mph that cut power to about 1 million people, some of whom lived in the dark for prolonged periods.

"It wasn't just for a couple of hours, a couple of days," said Eric Holdeman, former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management. "There were folks without power for 10 days in isolated areas, or even longer than that."

That same month, drought plagued parts of Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma; thunderstorms and tornadoes whipped through the South; a cyclone lashed the Eastern coastline from South Carolina to Virginia; and the earliest snowfall on record fell on Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., according to the National Climatic Data Center.

Worldwide patterns show an increase in heavy precipitation and intense droughts caused by a warmer atmosphere, increases in water vapor and a rising sea-surface temperature - all results of global warming.

Holdeman, now principal at ICF International's Emergency Management and Homeland Security team, holds last winter's unusually hazardous weather events as anecdotal evidence that our weather reality is shifting.

"Whatever the cause is, the weather is changing," Holdeman said.

"There's been any number of extreme weather events happening."

Scientists may not agree on some of the possible effects of global warming, but most do agree that it's happening, said Gabriel Vecchi, research scientist at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J.

According to a February report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the nation is already seeing warming effects in the Western mountains and melting of the snow pack; with increased winter flooding and summer warming; through pests and wildfires plaguing forest environments; with the intensifying of heat waves; and in hurricanes pounding coastal cities.

Unfortunately any changes related to the planet's increased temperature will be magnified in developing countries, where resources won't be available to delay or minimize effects. But in richer nations, like the United States, where the resources are forthcoming, it's time to adapt and plan for changes we might see, or are seeing now.

Lemming-Like March

The most egregious global warming effects will occur on global warming's frontlines - at the poles, where there's damage to ecosystems and thawing of glaciers and ice sheets, and on small islands, where beach erosion and storm surges are expected to further deteriorate coastlines, according to the IPCC.

Though most scientists agree that global warming is happening, the question of how exactly it will manifest remains. Many believe, however, that warming oceans may be contributing to more devastating hurricane seasons.

The 2004-2005 period was one of the most active 24 months ever witnessed in the Atlantic basin, setting records for number of hurricanes and tying the 1950-1951 record for most major hurricanes with 13.

But hurricanes don't just endanger lives; they also threaten people's livelihoods, businesses and homes, and cities' economies. And because tropical storms tend to hit the United States in its sweet spot - expensive and growing coastal stretches from Texas to Maine - they represent one of the country's gravest storm challenges.

Hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast region during the 2004 and 2005 storm seasons produced seven of the 13 costliest hurricanes to hit the United States since 1900 (after adjusting for inflation), according to an April 2007 report by the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

This year's hurricane season, from June 1 to Nov. 30, already looks grim. Experts at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center project a 75 percent chance the season will be above normal. They predict a strong La Niña - which favors more Atlantic hurricanes, while El Niño favors fewer hurricanes - will cause three to five major hurricanes.

Also a factor is a phenomenon called "the tropical multidecadal signal" - the notion that two or three decades of lessened storm activity are followed by two or three decades of increased activity. The period since 1995 has wreaked conditions for more hurricanes.

Yet despite signs of a rough hurricane season ahead, a surprising phenomenon is occurring: People are increasingly moving to the Atlantic coast. Census Bureau data shows that in 1950, 10.2 million people were threatened by Atlantic hurricanes; today more than 34.9 million are threatened, according to USA Today.

"The areas along the United States Gulf and Atlantic coasts where most of this country's hurricane-related fatalities have occurred are also experiencing the country's most significant growth in population," the National Hurricane Center report confirmed.

But since coastal communities won't stop corralling newcomers, the report concluded that communities themselves should take action.

Jim O'Brien, professor emeritus of meteorology and oceanography at Florida State University, said emergency managers and policymakers should address the hurricane issue by enforcing stricter building codes, readdressing evacuation strategies and educating people about the imminent problem.

However, more drastic action must be taken to stop people's risky behavior, according to Kerry Emanuel, an atmospheric scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.

The coastal migration is made possible, he said, through an unwise mix of state and federal policies, like government regulation of property and flood insurance (which covers storm surges), and federal disaster relief given to flooded regions. While such policies help people in the short term, Emmanuel explained, they also enable the risky behavior to continue.

Scientists have long feared America's vulnerability to hurricanes because its shores are lined with some of the nation's wealthiest residents. Emanuel, in conjunction with nine scientists, released a July 2006 statement about the U.S. hurricane problem: "We are optimistic that continued research will eventually resolve much of the current debate over the effect of climate change on hurricanes. But the more urgent problem of our lemming-like march to the sea requires immediate and sustained attention."

Preparedness Challenge

Paul Milelli, director of public safety for Palm Beach County, Fla., contends that global warming's effects may inherently force people to change their ways.

"If we start having to build homes to meet a 200 mph wind, the cost would probably stifle some growth," he said, "and then [there's] the fear factor of people moving in."

Because the county uses an all-hazards approach, emergency planning won't change much with global warming in the equation, he said.

"The economy is just going to be affected tremendously, and that, to me, is going to be the biggest concern. Because we can prepare our people for a hurricane, whether it's a Category 1 or a Category 5, and how we prepare the people really doesn't change - except that as the categories get higher, we start asking people to make their plans earlier and earlier."

For a statewide evacuation, Floridians would have to begin leaving days before the hurricane hit - a logistic impracticality.

"It's bigger than me. It's bigger than what I can plan for as a planner of the county," said Milelli, whose 31-year emergency management career ends in January when he plans to retire in Wisconsin - far away from hurricanes.

To help combat storm destruction, the Gulf Regional Planning Commission in Mississippi focuses on hurricane preparation as well as planning and redevelopment.

"We're certainly well aware of the dramatic impacts of climate change and also the need for looking outside of our localized area when we're starting to talk about the impacts of climate change," said Elaine Wilkinson, the commission's executive director.

The commission is working to build bridges that withstand high winds (similar to the effects of an earthquake), and building up seawalls to match the roadbed.

After Hurricane Katrina, the commission took an extra year to engineer its long-range transportation to plan for major storms. Transportation planning is important to ensure safe evacuation, she said.

Wilkinson was also involved in a U.S. government study on how global warming could affect the nation's coastal transportation systems. The study, which just released its first phase for scientific review, concluded that with climate change, the sea level is rising and the land is sinking, according to a National Public Radio news report.

Listening to scientists provided a good opportunity for Wilkinson, who said scientists must share global warming findings with people who can effect change.

"We need to find a way to bring the scientific data into the planning process," Wilkinson said. "That's something that'll challenge us. But we're very much in need of information to make some good decisions."

Ask the Question

Working with science, King County integrated global warming policies into its government. In October 2005, the county sponsored a conference to understand Washington's climate changes in the coming 20, 50 and 100 years, and identify approaches to adapt to climate change predictions.

The Climate Impacts Group (CIG), along with King County, developed conference materials, including Pacific Northwest climate change scenarios. CIG, which is funded by Washington University's Center for Science in the Earth System in Seattle and by NOAA, explores climate science with an eye to the public interest in the region. The group is one of eight NOAA teams that assess regional climate change in the United States.

From the conference, the CIG and King County established a relationship and jointly wrote Adapting to Global Warming - a Guidebook, to be released this November following a peer review process.

As a resource for regional leaders, the guidebook outlines King County's global warming approach, addressing its water supply, wastewater and floodplain management, agriculture, forestry and biodiversity. The county approved an aggressive levee improvement plan and adopted a climate plan in February that includes a two-page outline for the King County Office of Emergency Management to revise its strategies given projected climate changes.

In the guidebook, the CIG tells how scientists can communicate climate change information to emergency managers and policy leaders. But government officials are also responsible for opening the dialog.

Elizabeth Willmott, global warming coordinator for King County, stepped into her position upon its creation in January 2007, and works to coordinate projects, ideas and information related to the county's climate change mitigation and preparedness plans.

"What we suggest simply," Willmott said, "is that regional leaders ask the climate question, 'How is climate change going to affect my region?'"

Just asking, she said, can plant the issue in people's minds.

Though weather seems to be telling us something about how climate change will impact our future, there's uncertainty in many circles about what to do to prepare and how to mitigate its consequences.

ICF's Holdeman said we must focus on finding global warming's regional effects and work to lessen them now.

"We end up being so reactive as a society, and certainly the United States is," he said. "We don't address issues - like Social Security or Medicaid. Everybody knows it's a problem, but we're not going to do anything about it until it's staring us in the face, and there's a trillion dollar deficit."

It's up to emergency managers, he said, to spread the word and ensure global warming consequences are known.

"For emergency managers themselves," Holdeman said, "if we're not talking about it generally and trying to educate elected officials about it and the hazards, then you're counting on them to stumble on it as an issue."

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The Truth About Global Warming And Hillary Care

Somebody needs to tell the global warming crew to send a little global warmth to Indiana. Today the wind chill was -20 (and I work outside). When I was a kid there was an ensuing ice age (before it changed to global warming). Over the years these (same) fear mungers have made multiple billions $ $ $ $ in the arena of fear exploitation.

I have often wondered why nations who are not free, who have exceedingly high Co2 emissions (Can you say CHINA?) are never cited by the world community. Yet the US is always under extreme scrutiny. Why? Could it be because we're FREE? (at least we are for now).

Last year our C02 emissions were reduced dramatically. A few years ago the global community almost had a conniption fit because we (the US) refused to join Kioto. A few months ago ALL of the nations who joined Kioto were subjected to international fines costing billions of dollars per nation for failing to lower their co2 emissions to appropriate levels.

Not one nation was able to meet these benchmarks; because these benchmarks are virtually impossible to meet, especially on a consistent basis.

Folks, it's time for us to unite and quit being used as political pawns. Global warming is a natural phenomena that's been going on for centuries. According to reliable scientific evidence global warming is caused by the sun. Co2 emissions do not cause global warming; they are a result of global warming. Every nation who joined Kioto will now pay dearly through the raising of their taxes. This is nothing more than an international shakedown. It's pure socialism veiled in an unproven dogma about wanting to save the planet.

In the communist manifesto, in order to control large masses of people a government(s) must do two basic things: disarm the public (That's why when you hear about gun control "we need to get more guns off of the streets in order to reduce crime rates," said the politician; they NEVER EVER address the fact that criminals DON'T obey laws.

That's because public safety is not the real issue. The real underlying issue is 3 simple words: restriction-of-freedoms.). The second thing a government must do in order to control large masses of people is to control the flow of money. The more of your money the government has means the more control the government has over you. Remember our country was founded upon the precepts of a severe injustice known as "taxation without representation." That's right! Spending YOUR MONEY has always been a big deal as far as the government is concerned! That's the true underlying theme behind Hillary Care, gun control, tax hikes, man made global warming. etc... That's why nations such as China get a free pass even though their C02 emissions are astronomical.

Folks, we've got to wake up! Does anyone out there really believe that our politicians have the right to take more of our money? Does anyone believe that they have been handling our money in such a responsible fashion that they deserve more of it? If you do then I most certainly have nothing more to say to you concerning this matter. GOOD BYE! (at least for now).

When politicians talk about the national deficit, they're the ones who caused it. When you hear them talking about a possible recession guess who caused it? That's right! They did. Since 2002 they have had an absolute field day spending our money without any real restraints. Now the national deficit is equivalent to each American citizen owing the government 0,000 per citizen. The solution so far has been to keep on borrowing from China (our good socialist friends). If the government doesn't cap spending quickly this could prove to be very dangerous, especially as China's economy continues to grow in record proportions. Besides if our politicians got their out of control spending under control... (Note: Do you hear any of the candidates talking about spending caps? Of course not. Although some are talking about raising taxes even in lieu of a possible oncoming recession. Now what sense does that make? The government will give us a portion of our money back in the form of a stimulus package in order to avoid a recession, but then some of the same candidates who support the stimulus package want to turn around and take our money right back again in the form of a severe tax hike.). The truth is that people like Hillary Clinton would not have to sheepishly admit (like she did the other day) that she intends to garnish our wages (That's right! And you will have no say so in the matter whatsoever) in order to pay for her socialized health care plan. If Ms Clinton would just introduce a bill (no pun intended) that would cap government spending, in a few years she would have more than enough money to pay for her socialized health care plan (to the tune of 6 hundred billion $ $ $ $ per year). But then again, it's just like global warming. Her health care package has nothing to do with helping people. It's all about getting her elected, as well as giving the government more power & control over our lives (alias: a restriction of our freedoms).

Folks, don't be fooled any longer! There are solutions out there to every problem we face but, we, the people, have to quit buying in to these crazy socialist notions, protocols and ideas. We could end this silliness very quickly if we would just rise up and quit being willfully deceived.

Now the earth is going into another cooling period. So what does that tell you about (man-made) global warming? Are you going to be the next political pawn (alias: SUCKER) for the next money making socialist agenda that comes along? Brrrrrr! It's getting awfully cold! Feel the chill? Folks, the choice is yours. PEACE BE STILL!

Effect of Global Warming

Global warming is the increase of average world temperatures because of what is known as the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect happens when solar energy reaches the Earth in the form of short-wave radiation. When that radiation strikes a surface, much of its energy is converted into heat, a form of radiation, which has a long wavelength. Carbon Dioxide, water vapour, and other gases present in the atmosphere absorb and retain long-wave radiation or reflect it back toward the surface of the Earth. These gases act like panes of a glass in a greenhouse, letting light in, but retaining some of the heat before it escapes into space. Therefore, this build up of heat has many dramatic effects, which affect the whole world.

The average surface temperature of earth has increased more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900 and the rate of warming has been nearly three times the century-long average since 1970.

Almost all experts studying the recent climate history of the earth agree now that human activities, mainly the release of heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes, and burning forests, are probably the dominant force driving the trend. The gases add to the planet's natural greenhouse effect, allowing sunlight in, but preventing some of the resulting heat from radiating back to space.

The detailed causes of the recent warming remain an active field of research, but the scientific consensus identifies increased levels of greenhouse gases due to human activity as the main influence. Human activities such burning fossil fuels for energy etc. Other factors include solar activity, volcanic emissions and variations in the earths orbit.

Global warming has been in the news a lot recently.

Is it our fault or does it just happen every one hundred and fifty years that is the question? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that temperatures will increase by up to 4C by the end of the century. This increase in temperature will have a very large effect on our planet. The panel has said sea levels will rise by 43cm due to ice caps melting, which could mean Bangladesh, which is 1 m above sea level, could be under water. In addition, this increase in sea levels is likely to influence the intensity of tropical storms, which can spread even more damage to other countries. We in today's society must try to use our resources carefully so that future generations can live on this planet with as few environmental problems as possible. Global warming is mostly dew to countries developing very fast, to build the countries economy a country must have industry and infrastructure. Therefore, industries have opened and caused a lot of air pollution.
Another reason for the air pollution is due to the emissions from cars. There are now more than 28 mega cities and everyday most of their populations drive cars. More cars equal more pollution, which increase global warming. The rate we are burning fuel is not sustainable for future years and we must act now in order to save this planet from devastation.

One of the main greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide (CO2). As trees grow, they take in CO2 from the air. When the wood dies, the CO2 is returned to the air. Forest clearance and wood burning (deforestation) which happen in tropical rain forests is adding to the CO2 in the atmosphere. Deforestation is now out of control. For example in 1987 an area of the Amazon rain forest the size of Britain was burned, adding 500 million tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere. The loss of the forests also means that there are fewer trees to absorb CO2.

Other greenhouse gasses include:

Methane - which is released during coal-mining activities, oil exploration and when vegetation is burnt during land clearance. The main source of methane though is agricultural activity. It is released from wetlands such as rice paddies and from animals, particularly cud-chewing species like cows. The problem with methane is that as the world population increases, agricultural activity must increase and so emissions of methane will increase. Since the 1960s the amount of methane in the air has increased by 1% per year - twice as fast as the build up of CO2 .

Nitrous oxide - comes from both natural and man-made processes. Man influenced sources, which represent about 45% of output to the atmosphere, are mainly: fossil fuel combustion, as in power stations; use of nitrogenous fertilizers; burning rain forests and human and animal waste. N2O contributes about 6% to the greenhouse effect at the moment.

CFCs - found in fridges, air conditioners, aerosols etc are extremely effective greenhouse gases. Although there are lower concentrations of CFCs in the atmosphere than CO2 they trap more heat. A CFC molecule is 10,000 times more effective in trapping heat than a CO2 molecule; methane is about 30 times more effective. Methane molecules survive for 10 years in the atmosphere and CFCs for 110 years.

About half the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels is absorbed by the oceans. It is taken up by small sea creatures or dragged to the ocean depths by the circulation of water. So as more carbon dioxide is taken by the oceans, they will one day become less efficient, leaving more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and so adding further to global warming. As the temperatures become hotter, large quantities of methane stored in the frozen tundra of the north may be released. In addition, the methane trapped in the seabed may be freed by temperature rises. This adds further to the warming.

Higher temperatures means more evaporation can occur providing more cloud which traps heat below and reflects back sunlight. This will again add further to the warming process.
The effects of global warming include heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather, which will increase ocean warming and make sea levels rise by glaciers melting causing coastal flooding. If nothing is done to stop global warming or slow down its effects other may arise such as the spread of disease, plant and animal range shifts and population changes, coral reef bleaching, downpours, heavy snowfall, flooding, droughts, and fires.

Global warming statistics:

• 2006 Hottest year since records began

• 100% Increase in intensity and duration of hurricanes

• 0 Billion in damages

• By 2030 all glaciers will have melted

• 400,000 square kilometers of the artic have melted

• 26% of plant species could be wiped out by global warming by 2050

I decided to conduct an interview on my local high street to find out peoples views on the effects of global warming. The results have been published at [http://www.pollutionproblems.info] I asked the question:

"What do you think about global warming?"

• "Global warming will cause so much damage to our world we need to do something about it."

• "Droughts, forest-fires, heat waves, floods and storms, what will be next? I cant bear to imagine life when my grandchildren are older."

• "Global warming will destroy the earth is a bit misleading. It will destroy plants, animals and us humans. The earth will just go on spinning and forget about us like the bad dream that we are."

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Global Domains International, An Honest Review

The chances are you are thinking about joining Global Domains International, but you're looking for more information about the company. Well, Global Domains International or GDI is a great company. They are actually one of the biggest Network Marketi'ng companies in the world. The reason for that is probably something to do with the low entry price, the marketing systems and perhaps the compensation plan.

If you're looking to build a Network Marketing business and earn six plus figures, then Global Domains International may not be for you. The reason being is the entry price and product. The entry price is just a month. This means that you're not going to make much money off of every person you sponsor. You make a grand one dollar for every one in your downline which goes down five levels. The money can add up but it requires a lot of money to make a lot of money.

If the company charged 0 a month then you would probably make a lot more money. It really depends how much effort you put into the business and how you market the opportunity. Network Marketing is about making money from the masses and not from a few people. Still, we want people who have some money to join our businesses. I would usually look at a company that requires you pay at least a month for the product and opportunity.

The low entry price can mean you will sponsor a lot more reps, but you're still only making a dollar per month from each one. As much as I want to be positive about the cost, I think it's a bad thing. Next is the product, the product is ok. GDI offer a domain and hosting for a month. The truth is that you can get a domain and hosting for less than a month, but it's still a good price.

As you are getting such a great opportunity out of it, you may as well use their hosting. Everyone needs a website and hosting. Maybe not everyone, but every business and or company needs their own website which means they also need hosting. The product is ideal for Internet Marketers, Network Marketers and just about anyone who runs a business online or offline.

The last thing is the compensation plan, the compensation plan is decent. What's great about the comp plan is the bonus feature. At ten dollars a month you gain access to the 5 by 5 matrix. You also get 0 bonuses for every 5 people you recruit in a week. You make one dollar per every customer in your downline. It goes 5 people wide and 5 levels down which adds up to a full time income once full. The bonuses can be quite exciting. Just sponsoring 5 people in any week will give you 0. You could even pay five people each and make profit. There is also an upgrade where you pay something like a month for extra products and a higher paying comp plan. All in all, Global Domains International is a great company. They have a good product, a good compensation plan and ok leadership.

Global Warming vs. Planet Poisoning

Al Gore recently won a Nobel Prize for his documentary on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth". Since then, there has been much debate over whether or not Mr. Gore deserved this accolade and thus rekindled the debate over global warming in general. This seems to be the point of movie in the first place, to focus our attention on climate change and what we can do about it. Now if only someone equally famous would put together a documentary on how synthetic chemicals are killing us and the planet.

The effects of carbon emissions from our insatiable appetite for energy may be melting the polar ice caps and endangering the polar bears, but Perchlorate in our ground water is compromising the healthy function of thyroid in both man and beast. Increasingly prescribed over the decades, synthetic hormones have also found their way into our lakes, streams and drinking water and already there are populations of frogs found with both male and female organs.

Though banned more than 30 years ago, DDT can still be found in the breast milk of women all over the globe.

Since the Second World War, over 80,000 new synthetic chemicals have been manufactured and released into our environment, with 1,500 new chemicals introduced every year. We were promised that "chemistry" would make our lives better and to the degree of making our lives easier this may have been true. But with this increase in synthetic chemical compounds come all sorts of problems with adverse interactions and unknown synergistic effects. It's becoming increasingly difficult to isolate any one chemical in the body to find harmful effects. We are all walking test tubes with hundreds of toxins interacting in our liver, fat stores and active blood stream.

Autism rates have soared more than 800% and still researchers have yet to identify the cause. Skin cancer rates continue to increase even though sales of sunscreen were nearly nonexistent fifty years ago. The medical research community continues to look for single smoking guns. A drug that cures cancer or a toxin that causes it. None of it is that simple. With research showing one out of three people in the U.S. will develop cancer in their lifetime, do we really think that global warming is our biggest concern?

Most would agree there is a need save energy and cut green house gases. But there is also a need to connect the dots and see how we are poisoning ourselves and the planet. Eating healthy, fresh foods that are free of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and preservatives has shown to reduce the risks of developing cancer. Cleaning with a little "elbow grease" instead of "Scrub Free", and purchasing natural products for our homes can begin to reduce the amounts of toxins we bathe in and breathe. By choosing products free of synthetic chemicals we can begin to reduce the number of them released into our environment. This may do more for us and the planet in the long run than any synthetic chemical or drug ever could.

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Reduce Global Warming Tips

Have you noticed the change in the weather lately? If you do, you probably realize that the weather is really bad. The change in the weather is happening in your neighborhood and every country in the world. Global warming is a worldwide phenomenon. All of us need to contribute to solve this global crisis. Here are things that you can do to help.

Recycle: Recycle as much as you can. Buy products with minimum packaging. Recycle is not only good for the environment. You can also earn money from recycling. In fact, there are billion of dollars in recycling business.

Plant A Tree: Even if you do not have the resource to grow a forest, you can still help the environment by planting a small tree in your garden. Trees absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. The studies show that one single tree can absorb at least one ton of carbon dioxide in its lifetime.

Start planting tree as much as you possibly can.

Change a Light Bulb: If your home use incandescent light bulbs, you should replace it with compact fluorescent light (CFL). Believe it or not, compact fluorescent light bulbs are last ten times longer than incandescent light bulbs. Even though compact fluorescent light bulbs are a little more expensive, it is cheaper in the long run.

Encourage others to conserve: Saving the environment is everyone's responsibility. It is impossible to do it alone. One of the most important things that you can do is encouraging others to know their duties. Talk to your friends and neighbors. If you have children, you should teach them how to recycle.

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Global Domains International

Global Domains International, Inc.,was founded in 1998 by Michael Starr and Alan Ezeir, the CEO and President. Mike and Alan were aware that in the mid 1990s, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned each nation a country code. These codes were designed to give each country an address to use for their own Internet needs. For instance, the United States was assigned .us, Australia .au, Ireland .ie.

(GDI) has the potential to become the largest direct sales/network marketing company in the world in terms of number of distributors and customers, says NMBJ, the Network Marketing Business Journal.

In the 2002 Special issue of Inc. magazine, GDI placed #37 on the Inc. 500 List of the USAs 500 fastest growing private companies and #5 in the state of California.

Michael Starr and Alan Ezeir, the CEO and President respectively of Global Domains International , Inc. (GDI), recognized another opportunity that was largely ignored; they wondered, Besides dot com, are there other extensions that businesses could use as a domain name?

Before you can start up a business any business customers need to be able to find you. On the Internet, your address is your domain name; the part of an Internet address that comes after the www. With the unparalleled growth of the Internet, dot com domain names continue to sell like hotcakes. Currently, there are more than 80 million dot com domains, and over 100 million total domains registered worldwide. Industry experts forecast that more than 500 million domains will be registered in the next ten years. In fact, reliable sources from companies like Intel are predicting that every personal computer in the future will have its own domain name.

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How To Prevent Global Warming

How to Prevent Global Warming


You want to know how to prevent global warming?

There are actually many ways and I've included four below that are simple and easy for you to implement right away. All four of these recommendations focus on reducing your energy consumption in order to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases you are personally responsible for generating. When you look at this list you may think to yourself that these things don't have a big impact. If that's what you think, then you need to understand...
If you only pay attention to your own actions, then you are not going to be effective in preventing global warming!

If you are the only person to implement the following recommendations, you'd be right; your actions wouldn't have a

big impact. But, by making these simple changes you show the people around you how to prevent global warming by leading by example.

By being the change you wish to see, you greatly increase your credibility in the eyes of your peers, which makes it much easier for you to enroll them in helping to prevent global warming with you.
So, don't underestimate the power of these four easy ways to prevent global warming!

Global Warming - A Brief Primer

Carbon dioxide or CO2 and other air pollutants that are collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trap the sun's heat and cause the planet to warm up. For the past 200 years, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, and deforestation have caused the concentrations of heat-trapping "greenhouse gases" to increase significantly in our atmosphere. These gases, mainly carbon dioxide, prevent heat from escaping to space, somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse. Carbon dioxide has increased by leaps and bounds in our atmosphere by as much as 30 percent in the last 100 years! With estimations of increases of temperatures of between 2.5 and 10.5 degrees by the year 2100, global warming is a cause of grave concern.

Causes of Global Warming

Coal-burning power plants are the largest source of carbon dioxide pollution in the United States.

They produce 2.5 billion tons every year and account for 36 percent of carbon dioxide emissions and 32 percent of mercury emissions. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually mainly with the use of fossil fuels.

Consequences of Global Warming

Rising sea levels will lead to increase beach erosion and flooding from coastal storms on the Eastern seaboard, in Florida and in other areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico.

Precipitation changes are inevitable, which will increase the risks of drought and floods all over the world. Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages in the American West. Warmer sea surface temperatures will fuel more intense hurricanes in the Southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Significant storms are already on the rise. Sea levels have risen between 4 and 10 inches in the last century. The destruction of beaches and wetlands are also taking place around the world.

Deadly heat waves will be more common. 669 people died from heat exposure in the summer of 1995, followed by 250 deaths in 1999.

Forests, farms and cities will face troublesome new pests and more mosquito-borne diseases. Infectious diseases that were not known to be a problem in the United States before have reared their ugly head. Malaria has been reported as far north as New York, New Jersey and Michigan.

Disruption of habitats such as coral reefs and alpine meadows could drive many plants and animal species to extinction.

Shifting ranges of infectious diseases-Diseases that were not known to be a problem in areas such as the United States have shown their ugly head. Malaria has been reported as far north as New York, New Jersey and Michigan.

Evidence of global warming has begun.

Geothermal Energy and Global Warming

Geothermal energy has been used for centuries, but its use has increased recently in an effort to offset global warming since it is considered to be a clean and renewable energy source. The use of geothermal hot dry rock, geothermal hot water, and geothermal heating are currently the most popular forms of geothermal energy. While geothermal energy does emit some greenhouse gases, they are considerably less than that of fossil fuels. Compared to fossil fuels, geothermal energy benefits the atmosphere and reduces global warming.

Geothermal energy has been used since the third century BCE to generate hot water for things like community baths. Geothermal hot water (hot springs) is created through fissures and pores in the earth's crust.

Water that is collected or captured in these fissures is heated all the way to the earth's surface.

Geothermal hot water can be used in many ways. It can be pumped directly into an application for hot water or it can be used to heat buildings, grow greenhouse plants, used for pasteurization or for fish farming.

Geothermal hot dry rock can also be used to generate electricity. The energy from hot dry rock can be harnessed by creating extra down holes, which water is poured into. When natural cracks and pores will not allow for positive flow rates of geothermal energy, high pressure cold water is pumped into the rock. This increases the rate of the geothermal energy, and the water captures the heat of the rock until it is forced out of the ground in the form of hot water. The water is then converted into electricity with either a steam turbine or a binary power plant system.

While geothermal energy itself is renewable, geothermal sites are not necessarily. An overworked site, or one with an excessively large energy plant, can quickly be depleted. The use of water at hot dry rock sites can damage surrounding land. It can create other fissures and stability issues. The use of water at a hot dry rock site can also release chemicals such as mercury, arsenic, and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is theorized that this can be offset by injecting these fluids and gases back into the planet's core.

Geothermal energy is used in approximately 70 countries for heating. With the use of heat pumps, it is possible to heat many homes, as well as bodies of water, using underground pipes and loops which work with a heat exchanger and ductwork.



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A Guide to Global Warming

Temperature change is a normal occurrence that is happening in the planet that we live in, but the varying temperature patterns seen lately has been linked to the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, more simply known as Global Warming. Even though there were changes in the temperatures in the early ages of our planet, it was considered to be normal. But, the evolution of industries and factories in the early 1900's has brought a wide change in the temperature patterns that are causing a lot of concern to the researches and scientists. The main factor attributing to global warming is the emission of polluting gases like carbon dioxide, methane etc into the atmosphere. By definition, Global warming is the increase in the average temperature that gradually warms the Earth's atmosphere.

Global warming is a phenomenon that has been on the rise all these years.

But, in the last century, the rise in the temperature levels has been alarming. The studies that have been conducted to find out the increase in the atmospheric temperature have been attributed to the greenhouse gas concentrations, volcanoes and solar variations. The increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere will cause severe climatic changes and weather condition changes. The main cause of global warming is the emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is well known that every tree takes in carbon dioxide from the air during its growing process and it gives out carbon dioxide when it dies or the wood decays. In the last decade, many trees have been felled and woods burnt and these acts have further added to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

The effects of global warming are even more alarming.

If no action is taken to prevent or subsidies the effect of global warming, it will prove to be catastrophic. Already a few facts have come out regarding the ill effects of global warming on this planet. The Kilimanjaro glaciers have been melting so rapidly that the mountain lost a quarter of its ice from 2000 to 2006. There have been reports that the glaciers in the Andes Mountains are also melting rapidly. The massive melting of these glaciers is evidence that the world is getting too warm too fast.

The following are the facts about the effects of global warming on this planet - average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6 C over the past 100 years; sea level has risen by 10 to 20 cm over the past 100 years; increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide of about 75% annually due to the burning of fossils, while 25% is attributed to changes in the land use like deforestation, overgrazing and over cultivation; precipitation has increased in some land areas and deceased in other areas; increase in the droughts in areas like Asia and Africa; major flooding in different areas and more recently Tsunami that caused havoc to life and property in many parts of the world.

The major cause for this global warming to occur on this Earth is considered to be man made and its effects can only be drastically reduced or erased from this planet, if each and every one of us drives ourselves to this common cause. Global warming in this planet can be significantly reduced if we reduce the emission of carbon dioxide and other polluting gases into the atmosphere, stopping deforestation and starting re-forestation, minimal use of non renewable energy and using renewable energy sources in your homes and offices.

Term paper on Global Warming

With the current state of our Earth, many of you must be getting term papers to write on current topics which have an effect on our environment. One such topic which many of you must have to write about is global warming. This is because global warming is an issue which concerns many of us today.

Many of you must be aware as to what global warming actually is. Global warming is basically the increase in the temperature of the Earth. There are many reasons for this such as the release of certain gases known as the greenhouse gases, into the atmosphere, which are harmful for the Earth and the environment and which heat up the surface of the Earth. Another example of what increases global warming is the growth in many industries all across the world, industries such as agriculture, transportation etc.

all these contribute to global warming.

Writing a term paper on global warming can be challenging for many of you as in-depth and up to date information needs to be gathered and not everyone is capable of doing a good job when research is concerned. Due to this, you might have a problem in producing a term paper on global warming which will get you an A grade. We however can help you in securing that A grade on your paper! Here's how:

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You Are Contributing to Global Warming and Miserable Doing It

No one likes being stuck in traffic, but sadly this daily unpleasantness is necessary for millions of people to get to work. If you are an automobile commuter, then you are intimately familiar with frustrating delays and reckless drivers while your vehicle issues pollution, including the global warming carbon dioxide. Freeing yourself from the colossal polluting waste of time that comes with long commutes would greatly enhance your life and reduce your carbon emissions.

According to the book "Simplify Your Work Life" by Elaine St. James, millions of Americans spend two hours or more every day traveling to work. For a five-day work week, this calculates to a staggering one month per year spent commuting.

Furthermore, the frenetic effort given to getting to work is followed by long working hours. The stereotypical hardworking American who is praised for productivity continues the unchecked energy consumption started during the commute.

The Spring 2007 issue of OnEarth magazine reported that long working hours equal higher energy consumption. The famously lackadaisical French worker is on the job 22 percent less than American counterparts, but OnEarth magazine went on to state that French workers are 9 percent more productive each hour. This makes sense because you really would need to squeeze some work in between your multiple vacations.

A recent study from the Washington D.C. think tank the Center for Economic and Policy Research asserted that energy consumption in Western Europe would rise 30 percent if its citizens worked longer hours like Americans. Even without studies, it is easy to guess that long hours and long commutes add up to voracious energy consumption.

Apparently the American work culture that demands long hours and little or no vacation is not the most productive model when you factor in energy consumption.

If you are struggling in this exhausting system, you would benefit by pursuing alternatives. You could move closer to your job and perhaps try to shorten your work hours. You could even change jobs to an employer with flexible scheduling, telecommuting opportunities, or one that is simply closer to your home. These lifestyle strategies will make your happier, more productive, and reduce the amount of environmentally destructive pollution you generate.

Cultural change starts when people adopt new methods of living. If companies begin to have trouble obtaining qualified workers because they do not want to commute, then pressure will be created for more flexible schedules, telecommuting, and public transit.

If you do not seek a new lifestyle, then you will be sucked dry - along with our planet - by the proverbial rat race. Consider that, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, peasants did not flock to the factories because they longed for grueling toil. The people went to the factories because the lords had kicked them off their estates, where the peasants had farmed the land, so that the land could instead be used to graze sheep - to produce wool for the textile factories.

The lesson is that if you do not attempt to exert some control over your circumstances and lifestyle, then your lifestyle will be chosen for you, and not necessarily to your benefit. Your health and happiness will suffer along with your environment.

What is the U.S. Doing to Control Global Warming?

The success of the documentary cinema The Inconvenient Truth, starring former Vice President Al Gore, coupled with major weather related disasters the world over in the last few years has once again brought climate change and global warming to the fore front.

While United States has long remained the world's largest contributor of green house gases that lead to global warming, the Bush administration has yet to sign the internationally heralded Kyoto Protocol. In fact, it has been caught in some blatant controversies trying to disprove a body of scientific evidence regarding the matter.

Many politicians and journalist have concluded that this has happened not because they don't believe climate change is taking place, but rather because of the powerful lobbying groups mainly from the auto and oil industry that supports them. Cars and fossil fuel use, along with coal based electricity, remains some
of the biggest source of carbon emission the world over.

With recent hubbub about global warming, and polls showing immense public concern over the issue, President Bush has spoken publicly many times about slowing down the effects of global warming, mainly by using technology to cut carbon emissions.

In his State of the Union address last year, he explicitly endorsed the Hybrid car technology, one that would run not just on gas but also electricity.

After the Democratic Party won control of the House and the Senate, the U.S Government has also steadily endorsed many pro-environment causes such as the development of alternative energy such as bio fuels for automobiles, and is actively drafting bills that will require Detroit to produce cars that give better mileage. This April, the Supreme Court voted 5-4, giving the federal government the authority to regulate vehicle' carbon emissions under the country's Clean Air Act.

While the environment has already become a major Presidential campaign agenda for elections '08, true leadership on global warming has so far come most effectively form local authorities across the United States. Almost two hundred cities have taken to the cause, designing and implementing their own campaigns to slow down the effects of global warming as much as possible. California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg have both take the lead and made fighting global warming a primary objective during their time in office.

While California plans to plant over 11 million trees in its urban space within the next two decades, New York recently hosted one of the world's largest summits of the mayors with a focus on cities and local authorities taking the lead for this cause. Trees are natural air purifiers, and today there is a serious public effort across towns and cities to build greener space.

There has also been a massive grassroots campaign to fight global warming from religious groups as well as celebrities. And saving the world itself has become a financially sound decision for investors the world over. Wall Street, too, has taken to the cause, and Goldman Sachs has already invested billions in clean energy.

The people of America seem to be increasingly geared up to take responsibility for their part in causing global warming, which will affect countries that were not major contributors of the greenhouse gases the most. And it's forcing leaders in the Republican and Democratic Party, as well as the business and scientific community and religious groups to do what it takes to neutralize the global warming effect.

Preventing Global Warming with Solar Power Panels

We may have all burned paper under the sun through a microscopic glass during our early days in life. To very few did it strike about the immense amount on energy the sun rays carry as for many it was just an act of amusement. We were kids then, curious but uninformed about the developments in the field of solar energy. Today, the sun is the most researched of all planets when we talk of alternative or renewable energy. Since it does not generate any waste and there is zero fuel cost, Solar Power Systemsare the most environment friendly energy product available in the market.

 

The concern about global warming is now an international matter with several nations trying to play an effective role in reducing carbon footprint.

Scientists have been working tremendously to develop technically more advanced products that could help create more energy through relatively less amount of light and hence reduce one's carbon footprint by more than half. To obtain such results it is important that modifications are made to the mechanism of a solar power panel. One recent development was the flexible solar panel that aims at improving the absorbing capacity of a panel to create more electric energy. Solar power installers too are always in the watch for new developments in the field of solar power system and have plenty of knowledge about solar power advantages. So if you ever choose to go green the sunny way then it highly recommended that you start from a solar power installer, as they can guide you through the entire range of advanced solar products and the one that would be most suitable for your home.

 

The fuel of the earth may not last for long but the sun shall shine forever until eternity and this maybe one amongst several reasons why we should consider shifting from fossil fuel to Solar power systems.

Other than saving the environment, we will also be creating our own energy and not get bothered about hiking fuel prices pushed onto the public by different governments. It would be all about everybody creating their own self sufficient energy system and not relying on others. Solar Energy Informationis critical for every individual on this planet because only through personal aspirations can we bring the world together and give back the nature what have been taking away from them every since we first put our foot on this planet.



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Global Warming and Rain Attractors

Forests attract rainfall! For instance, the wet cloudy tropics are kept that way by trees. The trees themselves keep things that way, by evapotranspiring huge volumes of water through their leaves. The rising vapour condenses to form clouds, the rain falls, the trees grow, and bacteria rapidly recycle nutrients. This is a closed loop where trees, rain and soil self regulate their environment.

However, if you open the loop by cutting down the trees, the rain ceases and arid conditions replace the forests. This is ample proof that forests and rain are closely linked.

Microorganisms

Rainfall is not haphazard. Microorganisms are responsible for the carbon cycle. Other organisms and plants also release oxygen, methane and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Microorganisms are responsible for transferring carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

Forests also release Co2. Microorganisms, which break down plant and animal residues, can release carbon to the atmosphere if oxygen is present, or, methane gas if it’s not present (anaerobic).

However, when the sun is shining, plants perform photosynthesis to convert Co2 into carbohydrates, releasing oxygen in the process. Chemical reactions with gases cause water to form as water vapour in the atmosphere. Over the ocean, the rapid oxidation of DMS (Dimethylsulphide) in the air forms sulphuric acid droplets, which provides the nuclei that is needed for the condensation of water vapours to form into clouds.

Concentration of water vapour in the air depends on the air temperature. Cold air condenses as rain or snow. Clouds are formed when water vapour in the air condenses or freezes. But for the water vapour to condense, cloud-condensing nuclei (CCN) must be present in the atmosphere.

The major source of CCN over the oceans appears to be the DMS produced by planktonic algae in seawater.

Microorganism, forests, plants and soil need rainfall and all animal life depends on rainfall to grow their food. Then how do microorganisms attract rainfall?

Wind is generated as a result of microorganism’s activity, which cause wind-bearing clouds to flow to where this activity is most intense. The greater the microorganism activity, the greater the amount of gasses released into the air. Air temperature changes and cool air and warm air exchange locations. Clouds and the water vapour in the air change air temperature. Air moves from cooler to warmer regions in the atmosphere. Thus wind moves rain-bearing clouds towards forested areas. The forests are also responsible for changing air temperature above their areas. Thus, wind brings rain-bearing clouds, which fall as rain, but falls over forested areas where the greatest biodiversity occurs. Landscapes surrounding the greatest forested areas are beneficiaries of over-lapping rainfall.

Mountain ranges can also cause clouds to form when clouds are lifted to greater heights. They then cool and fall as rain. The fact most mountain areas are also forested also helps attract rain-bearing clouds.

The rotating Earth also causes winds to flow around the globe. We have the Roaring Forties and Trade Winds that circulate the planet. But we also have the Doldrums where winds are scarce. The planets circulating winds bring rain-bearing clouds from above the oceans, which are drawn to forested and mountainous areas. How often have we seen rain falling along the hills and ranges, which are also well covered with forest, but little or no rain falls on the lowlands? Many areas have an electromagnetic attraction with clouds. Lightening seems attracted to certain mineral based rock formations along hills and ranges. Large cities, with their massive power grids and electrical systems attract lightening. And lightening is accompanied by its storm clouds.

A Self Regulating Climate

Dimethlsulphide (DMS) is changed by oxygen in the air to form particles on which clouds condense. Temperature plays a big part: warmer conditions lead to more algal activity and increase in DMS, leading to more clouds. Cooler, less sunny conditions produce less algal activity and less DMS output and therefore fewer clouds.

This is a self-regulating climate – unless humans interfere with the process by damaging forests and polluting our atmosphere and our waterways and oceans.

Can Humans Create Rain?

Drought is becoming a serious threat to our Agricultural lands. Global warming is a contributing factor, but what most people don't understand is that this problem is caused by the human mind. Anyone who has studied The Law of Attraction understands that the Law of Attraction manifests everything in the material world. The Law of Attraction states: That which is like unto itself, is drawn.

When you think about something that pleases you or is something you desire, by the Law of Attraction, other thoughts that are similar to it will begin to come forth. As your thought is focussed and given attention more regularly, this thought grows larger and larger. And as this thought grows larger, it is gaining momentum and is gaining power. Therefore, you must only focus on thoughts that please you. Because if you focus and give attention to thoughts that do not please you, which give you a bad feeling, then that is what you will attract to you, which are bad outcomes.

The above says it all. If the majority of people in the nation focus on drought, then that is what we will get. But if we can convince enough people to think in terms of the good feelings associated with the arrival of rain, then that is what we will get. This is an interesting thought, which could change our climate for the better.

To discover some more about the Law of Attraction and how to use it for our advantage go to this site : [http://www.CheckJohn.com] and look for my blog link. You will be amazed at how accurate and efficient the Law of Attraction is.

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A Reminder to Global Warming

I've created this article knowing that the effects of global warming are getting worse and worse by year. Scientists have claimed that if we don't do something drastic during the next 10 years, our whole planet will be in serious jeopardy. When that condition arises, polar caps and ice sheets would likely to melt, causing sea levels to rise in ways that would put cities under water. The world would also experience prolonged periods of heat waves and droughts, hurricanes appearing in new locations. Worst of all, close to 50% of all living species will be wiped out, and we are all on the list.

Even if you think that this global warming scenario is none of your business, I'm sure you will change your opinion if you are one of the people who will still be living a decade or few later. It's everybody's business, whether if you are a student, home-owner, business owner, or retired, we are all responsible for the conditions of our habitat.

I wanted to research the methods for prevent global warming, and many of them came close to what I have listed next.

The top 9 things you could do to help reduce global warming are:

1.

Reduce waste with "Reduce, reuse, recycle".
2. Save energy by Using less Heat and Air Conditioning.
3. Save energy with compact fluorescent light bulbs.
4. Save energy with "energy-efficient" products.
5. Save energy by using less electrically support hot water.
6. Save energy by turning off unnecessary home appliances and lights.
7. Reduce emissions by driving less and walking/biking/transit/hybrid more.
8. Absorb carbon dioxide by planting trees and other plants.
9. Spread the message by encouraging others to conserve as well.

As you can clearly see, most of the methods for reducing global warming are to save energy and electricity from your homes. This is the case because all of your power, energy, electricity, heat, air conditioning, hot water, etc, come from your electrical company. The electrical companies draw the massive powers that could be sold to you from electrical generating power plants. However, the bad news is, most of the electrical companies across the world still rely on Natural Gas, Coal, Petroleum, and Uranium. All of these methods are both expensive and extremely damaging to our habitat, causing millions of homes across North America to be billed at an unfair price and become responsible for damaging our environment.

How could anyone still want to be dependent upon the electrical companies' energy producing methods? Knowing that we are basically supporting those companies for destroying our world (by continuously paying them expensive bills of course).

I am not here to command you to do something for our environment, that is up to you. I am simply here to provide you with resources and choices for consideration, which are entirely up to you for considering.

I wrote this article because I have stumbled upon a product of great value - "Home Made Energy" by Bill Ford. I used it and it instantly made me a person who is not dependent on the electrical companies anymore, it made me save hundreds, and it made me contribute to saving the environment.

With this product alone, I had already completed 5 of the 9 steps to reduce global warming. With this product, I had basically done every step that is about saving energy from your home. By producing my own electricity and heat, I didn't have to depend on the electrical companies' environmentally damaging energy-producing-methods anymore. Instead, I used my own clean energy, plus I only paid 0$ -5$ on average on electrical bills per month.

I didn't purchase this product in order to reduce my electrical bills; I did it primarily because I wanted to be one of the few people who took real actions towards saving our habitat, even as to buying this little product and quickly using clean energy.

But we all have different motivations, some of us really want to save monthly electrical bills, because honestly, they are unreasonably expensive, and can act as a financial drop-back for many of us. With this product, I can promise any of you that within a few weeks time, you'll cut off 80-100% of your electrical bills. It's definitely worth the time and energy, considering the time and energy you already put into your paid jobs just to pay off those unreasonably high electrical bills.

The main motivation for this article is just to make people aware of the available resources out there that you could use, in order to help reduce global warming. There are a lot of different methods and tools to help reduce global warming already of course, but through my time of research and findings, in my honest opinion, I really believe that this product does a fantastic job compared to the other methods.

For example, if you want to help the environment, the best things to do at home are:

-Turning off your lights when you don't need them.
-Shutting off many electrical appliances.
-Use less hot water.
-Shut off all of your air conditioning during a hot summer day.
-Or heating system during a cold winter day.

If you are already doing some of those then that is great and you are an extra-ordinary person for doing those. However, with "Home Made Energy", there wouldn't be any need for you to keep doing those troublesome saving-energy schemes anymore, because the energy you collect and use is completely non-dependant on the electrical company! In other words, you could use your own energy as much as you want to, because they are renewable and environmentally friendly.

If you want to save money and save the environment, that's superb, it definitely means that you are already more aware of environmental issues than most people, and it also means that you are intelligent for finding a way to save so much money. This product gives you exactly what you want to do, save the money and save the environment.

Think about your actions towards reducing global warming.

Global Environment And Global Warming

The global environment is the entirety of our planets natural systems. It encompasses ecosystems, climate, geology, regional environments, and human societies and artificial environments. It can also be termed as Mother Nature or Mother Earth in a broader perspective. It can also be described simply as the state of our surroundings.


Global Warming
Global warming is the phenomenon of abnormal changes in the global environment because of continuously increasing temperatures of the Earths near-surface air and oceans. One of the main causes of global warming is the thinning of the ozone layer due to the release of ozone destructive chemicals in the atmosphere that breakdown the O2 particles of the said layer. Such occurrence is also known as ozone depletion.


The green house effect is also considered a major, if not the biggest contributor to global warming. The green house effect warms the earth by trapping the heat from the sun, preventing it from rising out of our atmosphere. Carbon monoxide and other pollutants make heat remain near the earths surface, similar to how a green house absorbs heat and prevents it from getting out.


Through the years, global warming has become synonymous with climate change because experts believe that of all the effects of the earth surface heating up, climate change is the most disturbing and dangerous.
Abnormal amounts of rainfall occur all over the world because of the change in weather patterns brought about by changes in temperature. Days or even weeks equivalent of rain sometime pour down in a matter of hours. Such heavy rainfall can cause destructive floodings.
Abnormally high temperatures can also cause very high evaporation rates that lead to more frequent and longer lasting droughts. Such droughts can lead to famine and food shortage in some areas.
The rapid changes in temperature have caused more and stronger hurricanes and storms.
Another abnormal change in the global environment brought about by global warming is the rapid rising of sea levels. This is because abnormally high temperatures are melting the polar ice caps. Sea levels have already risen severely in the past decades and some countries are beginning to become submerged in water. Ocean waters in some regions have also become acidic and dangerous to life. Acidic waters coupled with high sea-surface temperatures have already claimed the life of over a quarter of the worlds known coral reefs.


Changes in the global environment due to climate change have caused sudden changes in the planets ecosystems. Hundreds of plant and animal species which have failed to adapt to the abrupt changes have already faced extinction.


Measures need to be taken now before even mankind is pushed to the brink of extinction. One move being pushed by the United Nations is the use of green sources of energy instead of the conventional ones that pollute the environment. Support for the sustainability industry is being called for and waste-to-energy processes are under extensive research and development. The newest discovery in green technologies is the biosphere gasification process which involves the efficient and eco-friendly conversion of solid wastes into green electricity.

Global Warming is Not Real

What makes you think the global warming is real? Because you saw a movie that Al Gore who is a politician decided to promote and a hefty sum of profit to himself (assuming he was paid)? Is that your line of reasoning? Let's face it political parties and politicians always want you to fear something as a motivator to get you to vote for something or do something or believe something in order to promote their agenda. Why would this be any different?

For those who are truly concerned about the environment because we all have to live with in the ecological system and also we must breathe the air and drink the water it makes sense to do as little polluting as possible. It would be nice if everyone looked in the mirror and lived a carbon free life.

But if we are to lead the mindless masses into a giant fear that global warming will end life on Earth in an incredible apocalypse then obviously we have been pushing the wrong buttons for far too long.

It is time to stop leading by fear and to lead by thinking and use the brains that we have and our minds to solve the problems of the species.

Global warming is not real just like Y2K was not real. Mankind is not going to blow them selves up with a massive nuclear war nor is Bird flu going to wipe out the human species. All these things had been perpetuated and now it looks like Chicken Little is on steroids, but do we have to clone our poultry and use the same tactics over and over again to control the people?

Global warming is not real and it should be obvious to anyone looking at the total picture. I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007.

I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.



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Shocking truths |global warming

Global warming, or climate change, is a subject which indicates very little sign of cooling down to size.   Here's the mean on why it's taking place, what is considered inflicting it, and the way it might change the planet.

Is It Taking place?


Truly. Earth is presently screening several symbols of worldwide climate change.


• Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degree  Celsius) across the world since 1880, a lot of this in current decades,  according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.


• The rate of warming is growing. The 20th century's last 20 years  have already been the hottest in 400 years and possibly the warmest for a number of  millennia, in accordance with various climate studies. And the United  Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that  11 of the past twelve years is some of the dozen warmest since 1850.


• The Arctic is feeling the consequences the most.

Average temperatures in  Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia have risen at twofold the  global average, according to the multinational Arctic Climate Impact  Evaluation report compiled between 2000 and 2004.


• Arctic ice is rapidly disappearing, and then the district could have the first wholly ice-free summer by 2040 or before. Polar bears and even indigenous cultures are already suffering from the sea-ice loss.


• Glaciers and mountain snows are speedily melting—for example, Montana's Glacier National Park presently possess solely 27 glaciers, versus 150 in 1910. Within the Northern  Hemisphere, thaws also come a week formerly in spring and freezes begin one week later.




Are Human beings Inflicting It?

The report, based on the effort of some 2,500 scientists in more than 130  nations, concluded that humans have triggered entirely or perhaps most of the most present  planetary warming. Human-caused global warming often is called  anthropogenic climate change.

• Industrialization, deforestation, and even air pollution have drastically elevated  atmospheric concentrations of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, plus  nitrous oxide, all greenhouse gases that help trap warmth close Earth's  surface.


• Humans are pouring carbon dioxide within the atmosphere much quicker than vegetation and even oceans might take in it.


• Those gases persist in the atmosphere for years, which means that even if such emissions have already been eradicated today, it could not instantly stop global warming.


• Some professionals show that natural cycles in Earth's orbit could modify  the planet's hype to sunlight, which might explicate the current trend.  Earth has indeed skilled warming and cooling cycles almost every  hundred thousand years as a result of these orbital shifts, although such changes  have occurred along the span of several centuries. Today's alterations have  taken place within the last hundred years or much less.





What is Going to Take place?


A follow-up describe warned that global warming may lead to large-scale food and water shortages and have catastrophic effects on animals.


• Sea level could climb within 7 and 23 inches (18 to 59 centimeters) by  century's end. Rises of only four  inches (10 centimeters) could flood many South Seas islands and swamp  massive parts of Southeast Asia.





• Glaciers world wide could diminish, causing sea levels to mount while  creating water shortages in regions relying on runoff for fresh  water.


• Strong hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, along with natural  disasters may come to be regularly occurring in many parts around the world. The growth  of deserts may also cause food shortages in many different locations.


• Greater than 1 000 000 species face extinction from disappearing home, varying ecosystems, and acidifying oceans


Truth Shocking Facts|Global Warming & Climate Change

Is Global Warming A Reality?

Scientists, celebrities, and everyday people have been trying to understand the nature of global warming. Controversy is rampant and there is intense debate around the world on the subject. Since conclusions drawn could affect you profoundly, you may want to know some basic facts about the topic of global warming.

The most obvious thing that can be said about global warming is that the earth is getting warmer. Specifically, the temperatures near the surface of the earth and the temperatures in the ocean are rising. Since 1990, there have been 10 years that have been hotter than any others in recorded history.

The greenhouse effect is said to be responsible for global warming. The greenhouse effect causes certain vapors and gases to form a sort of blanket that covers and warms the earth. Water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide, and several other trace gases make up this blanket.

The greenhouse effect itself is not disputed.

No controversy exists on this point because the greenhouse effect is recognized as an inherently beneficial process. If all the energy that struck the earth was reflected right back into space, no one could live on earth. This is what would happen without this blanket that is caused by acceptable levels of global warming.

However, global warming is not all good. It can cause the earth's covering to increase in density. With a denser blanket over the earth, less of the heat is reflected back into space. This upsets the delicate balance between heat and cold that is usually maintained on earth. It traps more heat inside the earth's atmosphere.

Although there are people who argue against it, there seems to be a change in the climate in recent years. Climate change to a warmer climate is the result of excessive global warming.

There has been an overall rise in temperature of a little over one degree Fahrenheit during the last century. The figure for this century is expected to be more like seven degrees. It is this type of global warming that can lead to dire consequences if left unchecked.

People, their activities, and their industries have caused global warming to reach the levels it has today. Burning fossil fuels, powering electrical plants with coal, and irresponsible land use can all contribute to global warming. Carbon dioxide is produced by these activities, and global warming is perpetuated.

Global warming could result in rising sea levels and flooding. There could be more powerful storms. Heat waves could become intense. Droughts could severely damage the world's crops and cause shortages of drinkable water. Extinction of species could become a problem because of changing habitats and the suitability of the climate for the animal.

The good news about global warming is that there are ways to slow the process down. Each person can take responsibility for doing their part in protecting the earth's environment. With everyone helping, emissions of greenhouse gases can be cut drastically. This will give the earth a chance to begin to regain its balance of temperature. Knowing about global warming can make you a better citizen of the world.

The Definition of Global Warming

Hello friends and thanks for reading.

My article today is concerning the definition of global warming. Since it is such a hot topic in today's media, it's important to know the facts behind this idea that the earth is constantly getting warmer. Global warming is not a 20th century phenomenon. It has, in fact, occurred in the past more than once, along with periods of extreme cold known as the ice ages. With so much written and reported about global warming, sometimes it's difficult to detect which is fact and which is just part of scientific scare tactics.

Global warming is basically the increase of the earth's average temperature and its projected continuation in the coming years. The unprecedented super-accelerated rate of global warming happening today is supposedly due to the amount of greenhouse gases being spewed into the atmosphere.

The increase in global temperature could cause many side effects including sea level rise and drastic changes to the pattern of precipitation resulting in floods and drought.

As the Earth's average temperature rises, effects in its landmasses and sea water level become apparent. Polar ice caps melt along with glaciers, contributing to higher and warmer sea levels. By the end of the century, it is estimated that sea levels can increase from 4 inches to a high of about 40 inches if global warming continues unabated.

Currently, there in an ongoing political debate on what action, if any, should be taken to help lower the chance of global warming. How these measures will fare and contribute to the long-term maintenance of our planet, though, remains to be seen.

Effects of Global Warming on the Climate of Europe

Living in the 21st century, we are familiar with the phenomenon of global warming. It is responsible for adversely affecting the climate and posing a serious threat to the social and economic development of countries across the world. Since Europe is located in the northern part of the globe, there are peculiar changes in its climate in the past decade. This article will provide details about global warming-caused weather changes on the continent.

What is Global Warming?

To put it simply, it means that our Earth’s atmosphere and oceans are getting warmer each year. This is due to the rise in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, which absorbs the heat of the sun more than the required amounts and causes our planet to get warmer. These gases are emitted because of human activities like pollution, deforestation and the likes.

What Does It Do?

Global warming has a very severe impact on our lives.

It creates floods, droughts, famines and even devastating hurricanes. Its long-term impact is even worse: rising levels of seawater, extreme weather changes, unbalanced ecology, and a lot more. For instance, the weather forecast in London predicted in 2010 was that UK would experience the coldest winter to date, and one of the main reasons behind this was global warming.

How Does It Affect Europe?

Being in the temperate zone, Europe usually has extreme and dry climate with less rainfall. However, UK and Ireland are strongly influenced by the sea.

Hence, their climate is more humid and erratic as compared to North America, which is located around the same latitude.

But, global warming has changed this scenario considerably. The heat wave of 2003 and the chilly winters of 2010 have severely affected London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds weather, amongst others. As each year sees more erratic weather, there has been a significant loss in the national economy. Agriculture, tourism, and industrial development have really taken a hit.

Studies show that as compared to the global average, Europe is warmer, and the last decade (2001-2010) has seen a rise of 1.2 degree Celsius as compared to the previous decade. It is predicted that along with other cities, Bristol weather is going to experience frequent extremes, including frost days, dry spells, and heat waves. This time around, they will be more intense and last for longer periods of time.

This issue is affecting people on a very large scale and international norms are being put into place to ensure that companies reduce their carbon footprint. On an individual level we all need to do our bit to save the ecology.