What are greenhouse gas emissions?
Many chemical compounds found in the earth’s atmosphere act as greenhouse gases. They trap the heat from the sun keeping the earth warm enough to live on. Some gases are made by nature and humans (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide), while others are only made by human ...
- What is carbon neutral?
Carbon neutral has two definitions. The first definition is for fuels we use. Carbon neutral fuels don’t add to or reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) sent into the air. These alternative fuels reduce the amounty of emissions for transportation. Unlike fossil fuels, when biofuels an ...
- What is carbon sequestration?
Carbon sequestration is a process for the long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to help stop and possibly reverse global warming. The process starts by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air through biological, chemical or a physical method and then storing it undergro ...
- What is climate change?
Climate Change is the long-term shift in the weather data for a certain place, at an exact time of year, from one decade to the next. It is not the local weather fluctuations that may cause a warmer or cooler season from year to year. A local area may have a warmer or cooler winter from year to ...
- What are carbon emissions?
Carbon is an element that is in all plants, animals, water, coal, oil, natural gas, and even people. When we burn coal, oil, and natural gas to make electricity and to make cars and planes run, carbon dioxide (CO2) is sent into the air. This process is called emission.
- What is the greenhouse gas effect?
The greenhouse gas effect is caused by certain gases trapping energy in the atmosphere and making the Earth warmer. The greenhouse effect is important. Without the greenhouse effect, the Earth would not be warm enough for humans to live. But when the greenhouse too many greenhouse gases are rele ...
- What is a carbon footprint?
A carbon footprint tells us about our energy use and the environmental impacts of our daily actions. It is a measure of the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our daily lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity and transportation. The carbon footprint is a measurement of all greenh ...
- I have seen lots of news stories about Climate Change making hurricanes worse. Is this true?
Two factors that contribute to more intense tropical cyclones -- ocean heat content and water vapor -- have both increased over the past several decades. Human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and the clearing of forests have very likely elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the ...
- Why should I care about Climate Change?
We need to care about climate change because the decisions and changes we make today, with the production of greenhouse gasses, will not only have an effect 10 years from now but 100 years as well. If we cannot stop or reverse the impacts from climate change, we will need to adapt to the change ...
- What is global warming?
When scientists talk about global warming they are talking about the average rise in the Earth's atmospheric and ocean temperatures over the past 100 years.The progressive gradual rise of the Earth's average temperature is thought to be caused in part by increased concentrations of gasses like ...
- What causes global warming?
Scientists believe a major cause of global warming is the gases put into the the atmosphere by humans. Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal cause gases to escape into the air and that these gases are causing most of the warming. These gases are called greenhouse g ...
