| The earth and its environment are facing growing | | | | activities that can generate greenhouse gases that |
| challenges every day. There are alarming trends | | | | cause global warming are huge in number. Driving to |
| which environmentalists have been pointing out - our | | | | work means gas emissions from the car we drive, |
| wildlife has been slowly disappearing, wetlands and | | | | turning on the lights requires energy to be supplied |
| farmlands are in danger, growing consumerism is | | | | from a power plant that will produce these toxic |
| leading to uncontrollable waste and leading to massive | | | | emissions, and even using a simple refrigerator will |
| air and water pollution. | | | | cause gas emissions. As you can imagine, there are |
| There are thus a myriad of environmental issues, | | | | countless such, otherwise normal day-to-day activities |
| which affect all of us without exception today. Some | | | | that can lead to greenhouse gas emissions. Further, |
| have generated a lot of debate and a lot of heat on | | | | growing industrialization and globalization has meant |
| what could be the best approach to tackle them. | | | | tremendous increase in the levels of gases |
| Climate Change in general and Global Warming in | | | | surrounding the Earth, with developed countries |
| particular, has attracted the most attention and | | | | producing almost 75% of all the greenhouse gases. |
| generated the most controversies than most other | | | | In part, the fact that these gases are being |
| environmental issues. | | | | generated by so many and such common activities is |
| Also called the greenhouse effect, global warming is | | | | proving to be a big challenge towards limiting the |
| the effect of gases gathered above the surface of | | | | production of greenhouse gas. With growing |
| the earth. These gases trap heat close to the | | | | population and growing development, this challenge is |
| surface of the earth thereby heating up the planet, | | | | only going to get tougher. |
| almost like in a greenhouse and causing harm to the | | | | The consequences of global warming can be very |
| environment of the earth. | | | | significant - there is already proof that the |
| There are a number of factors that lead to global | | | | temperature of the earth has gone up by a few |
| warming. One of the biggest factors is the problem | | | | degrees over the last few decades. If the earth |
| of overpopulation and its side effects. The more the | | | | heats up sufficiently, some portion of the icecaps |
| number of people, the more resources they use, the | | | | would melt and sea levels would rise. This could be |
| more waste they generate, and the more pollution | | | | quite disastrous in some places with entire islands |
| they cause. All these produce huge amounts of | | | | being wiped out and millions displaced. There would |
| greenhouse emissions and contribute significantly to | | | | be regular flooding along coastlines meaning more |
| global warming. | | | | displacement of people and destruction of croplands. |
| Finding a solution to global warming can also be tricky | | | | Scott Wells writes for where you can learn about |
| because the kind of products and kind of human | | | | going green and saving the environment. |