Climate Change - Human Factors
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- Climate Change - Human Factors
- Burning Fossil Fuels
- Burning fuels releases harmful gases such as Sulphur Dioxide
- One third of CO2 emissions comes from burning coal.
- If the new coal plants that are being proposed are built, carbon emissions from coal are expected to rise 60 per cent by 2030
- Increased output of gases
- Nitrous Oxide
- Vehicle exhausts are the main cause of Nitrous Oxide.
- The impact of 1 pound of N2O on warming the atmosphere is over 300 times that of 1 pound of carbon dioxide.
- It is 200 to 300 times more effective in trapping heat than carbon dioxide.
- Methane
- Methane produces 21 times as much warming as CO2.
- Methane remains in the atmosphere for 11-12 years.
- Since the Industrial Revolution, the level of Methane in the atmosphere has increased by about two and a half times.
- Nitrous Oxide
- Deforestation
- When forests are burned, the carbon dioxide that is stored in the trees is released back into the atmosphere, increasing the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
- It is estimated that more than 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere due to deforestation.
- Over 30 million acres of forests and woodlands are lost every year due to deforestation
- Burning Fossil Fuels
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