What is global warming?

What is global warming?

Global warming has become a well-known phenomenon in recent decades, and this is after human activity has increased in the industrial sector. With man entering the industrial age – this was evident in the first industrial revolution and after it – carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone gases spread in the air more than natural limits. This has led to an increase in global warming since the middle of the twentieth century, as a result of the use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and otherenvironmental transgressionsthat humans are still practicing to this day.

Therefore, we will try to answer in this article the questions: What is the meaning of global warming, how do we combat its harmful effects on the planet Earth, and what must humans do to limit its harmful consequences for current and future generations? To answer these questions, it is worth noting that global warming is not harmful in itself, but rather it is a defensive method by which the planet faces frost. Because if it were not for the heat of the sun, which it naturally retains, organisms would remain inpermanent ice!

Meaning of global warming

As for the meaning of global warming, it is an abnormal rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s surface. Due to the increase in the rate of carbon dioxide – and other harmful gases – in the atmosphere. Or it is the concentration of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the atmospheric air.

The beneficial global warming is – as we mentioned previously – in the solar light, which the Earth retains to warm living organisms. Nature also has defensive systems – such as the process ofphotosynthesis – that can reduce the proportion of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) present in the air, but they are systems that are incapable of reducing the high proportions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) that are emitted byHuman Activity.

Now, let us get closer and closer to our goal, so we say: 100 years ago, scientists indicated that the gases that we said increased with the spread of industrial activities; It traps the sun’s heat, then prevents it from returning to space, and a small change in the emission of these gases leads to trapping temperatures. It increases at abnormal rates.

This warming – global warming – is a result of the rise in the temperature of the Earth’s surface, a change known as: the greenhouse effect __EG_PH_32 “greenhouse effect”.

In short, Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) – such as methane and carbon dioxide – become a blanket that covers the planet, trapping the sun’s rays beneath them. The temperature of the planet rises, and here the damage is severe and the rate of life is low.

Increased damageGlobal warming

The energy that humans use is still mainly due to burning fossil fuels, and this harmful use of the environment exposes city residents to the effects of climate change in a way that requires urgent climate intervention. Hence, creative ideas are of great importance, such asGreening spaces, switching to the use of new and renewable energy, building sustainable cities, etc.

We must be aware that increasing global warming in the atmosphere will inevitably lead to agricultural problems,such as land degradationand the loss of some crops. If you do not see this as a problem, then you should look at the results of increased global warming, which will cause the occurrence of very dangerous – extreme – events in weather manifestations.

Also, global warming will lead to an increase in forest fires, which are considered the most dangerous of these events, as well as floods, as glaciers will meltice environments, and sea levels will rise, as well as droughts,storms, and other harmful effects that will not leave humans – and creatures as well – Earth suitable for life.

Another Chance for Earth

There are solutions that can help the Earth overcome this climate crisis. What if we spread sulfur gas in the atmosphere? After the occurrence ofSumatra Volcano, scientists proposed dispersing quantities of sulfur gas during its explosion, assuming that this would lead to a long-term decline in temperatures. Although it is a revolutionary solution,Sulfur remains an extremely dangerous element.

Also among these solutions is feeding marine plants, so that they can absorb harmful gases. We can also increase plant areas, or plant more trees. Whyvegetation cover has a major role in eliminating carbon dioxide gas, softening and cooling the atmosphere.

In addition, we cannot forget individual solutions, such as: rationalizing energy consumption, and replacing cars with sustainable means, such as citizens usingbicycles, and directing them to build insulated homes; So that their owners do not consume heating and cooling equipment in summer or winter.

In conclusion, we see that global warming represents aclimate dangerwhen its rates exceed the natural limit, and this is what has been happening in recent years. So this awareness article was a warning bell. It is an article presented by the magazineEarth Guards to its readers as a pioneering magazine in the field of combating climate change, and an Egyptian step on the path to achieving theSustainable Development Goals (SDGs).