... : Fact or Fiction What is global warming? Global warming is the common scientific belief which states that man is producing greater and greater amounts of "Green House Gasses" such as carbon dioxide and methane, which trap the suns heat inside our atmosphere, heating up the planet to dangerous levels. This largely excepted scientific belief isn't scientific at all. It is merely nonsense ... eventually returns to its original patterns, and that we are "misunderstanding " global weather patterns (NASA Earth). Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson, a research scientist at the Byrd Polar Research Center...

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... in the earth's orbit (Anon, 2001). REDUCTION OF CO2 Several scientists will agree that a reduction in CO2 may be one factor that leads to the ice ages. Because carbon dioxide "traps sunlight close to the earth, less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means colder weather" (Watson, 1997). Over the past 160,000 years, including two ice ages, global temperatures have fluctuated in sync with ... carbon dioxide levels (Hughes 1993, pg. 17). Still, that does not explain why the carbon dioxide levels fell. Some believe that the drop is associated with "weathering - a process [where] carbon dioxi...

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... in the earth's orbit (Anon, 2001). REDUCTION OF CO2 Several scientists will agree that a reduction in CO2 may be one factor that leads to the ice ages. Because carbon dioxide "traps sunlight close to the earth, less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means colder weather" (Watson, 1997). Over the past 160,000 years, including two ice ages, global temperatures have fluctuated in sync with ... carbon dioxide levels (Hughes 1993, pg. 17). Still, that does not explain why the carbon dioxide levels fell. Some believe that the drop is associated with "weathering - a process [where] carbon dioxi...

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... increase the earth's albido, thus cooling the global climate. The focus of international climate change negotiations has been the emission of greenhouse gasses, particularly carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere. Without these greenhouse gasses, such as ozone, carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane, our planet would be much colder than it is today. (Cunningham, 2000) During pre-industrial times, levels of greenhouse ... of so-called "natural- events. For example, prior to the proliferation of land-based green plants, carbon dioxide levels in the stratosphere were much higher. These high l...

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... keep the problem from getting worse, they believe, and in time the ozone layer might rebuild itself (Fisher 37). It is important to understand that several gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane keep the temperature in the ground at a global average of about 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Without that, the average would be below the freezing point of water. The gases ... of the polar ice caps and then a major rise in sea level, along with other environmental problems. An example of a greenhouse effect is Earth's neighbor Venus. Because of Venus's thick carbon dioxide atmosphere the...

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... also will pressurize and depressurize the station while monitoring the atmospheric pressure (Work 8). Carbon dioxide removal sights have been set up to keep the level of carbon dioxide down. A serious of beds is filled with zeolite and it sticks to the carbon dioxide. To clean the bed, heat is applied and the carbon dioxide gets off (Fall 26). Several systems are used to help detect errors in the ... ...

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... to 117 earth days. It is thought that this slow rotation may be the reason why Venus has no magnetic field. Planets 4 The atmosphere of Venus made up of 98% carbon dioxide and 2% Nitrogen. This atmosphere also has the presence of helium, neon and argon. This is yet another thing which makes Venus different from Earth. The surface of Venus is quite ... seasons change. It is also known that dust storms are prevalent and leaves the surface of Mars covered by a red haze. Mars has a very thin atmosphere which is composed of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon, water vapor and oxygen. Mars also h...

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... equal to 117 earth days. It is thought that this slow rotation may be the reason why Venus has no magnetic field. The atmosphere of Venus made up of 98% carbon dioxide and 2% Nitrogen. This atmosphere also has the presence of helium, neon and argon. This is yet another thing, which makes Venus different from Earth. The surface of Venus is quite ... seasons change. It is also known that dust storms are prevalent and leaves the surface of Mars covered by a red haze. Mars has a very thin atmosphere, which is composed of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon, water vapor and oxygen. Mars also has...

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... to 117 earth days. It is thought that this slow rotation may be the reason why Venus has no magnetic field. Planets 4 The atmosphere of Venus made up of 98% carbon dioxide and 2% Nitrogen. This atmosphere also has the presence of helium, neon and argon. This is yet another thing which makes Venus different from Earth. The surface of Venus is quite ... seasons change. It is also known that dust storms are prevalent and leaves the surface of Mars covered by a red haze. Mars has a very thin atmosphere which is composed of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon, water vapor and oxygen. Mars also h...

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... technology, such as wind and photovoltaic solar power, has been increasingly more common within communities; however, solar energy has been advocated as the best way to reduce the general population's carbon footprint. Claims such as, "it will pay for itself" and "it will help save the environment" have been force fed to the general public not only ... the amount of greenhouse gasses being produced by power plants. Also, in a study conducted by Dr. Ray Weiss, a greenhouse gas called nitrogen trifluoride, a greenhouse gas 17,000 times greater than carbon dioxide, is created as a byproduc...

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... 's ozone layer is because of the release of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere. Chlorofluorocarbons also known as CFCs, are industrially produced chemical compounds that contain the elements chlorine, fluorine, carbon, and sometimes hydrogen that will break down the protective ozone in the atmosphere. Since CFCs are heavier than air, the process of CFCs reaching the ozone will generally take ... a decrease in stratospheric temperature is a coincidence, with the general increase in the lower atmospheric temperatures. Some speculate this is because of the reduced ozone above Antarcti...

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... 's ozone layer is because of the release of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere. Chlorofluorocarbons also known as CFCs, are industrially produced chemical compounds that contain the elements chlorine, fluorine, carbon, and sometimes hydrogen that will break down the protective ozone in the atmosphere. Since CFCs are heavier than air, the process of CFCs reaching the ozone will generally take ... a decrease in stratospheric temperature is a coincidence, with the general increase in the lower atmospheric temperatures. Some speculate this is because of the reduced ozone above Antarcti...

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... a global scale. Debris from the impact will later re-enter the atmosphere causing giant meteor showers. Pyrotoxins will spread throughout the air. The atmosphere will hold a substantial excess amounts of carbon dioxide. Such events will be more severe than the nuclear winter that became such an issue during the Cold War (The Threat 1-4). The sun has been shining for about 4.5 billion years ... inner planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. As the helium core contracts under gravity, it will eventually reach the temperatures and densities needed to fuse three helium nuclei into a carb...

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... to protect residents from high energy cosmic radiation, which can damage DNA and cause cancer. The study envisions an onsite nuclear power plant, solar panel arrays, and methods for extracting carbon, silicon, aluminum, and other useful materials from the lunar surface. Another solution is a sort of "generation ship," for generations living aboard an enclosed ship, they could either remain ... up being tidally locked, with one hemisphere constantly facing the other star and the other constantly engulfed in inky darkness. Red Dwarfs have cloudy atmospheres with a chemical composition con...

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... is a blanket of air that surrounds the planet. This atmospheric air is made up of many different gases, 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% of a dozen or more other gases like carbon dioxide, helium, and ozone. This atmosphere extends many miles out from the earth's surface. However, this layer is not a uniform layer, from top to bottom. As one moves out from the ... 1928. However, they were not used on a large scale until the 1950's. There are many different types of Cfcs, but they all contain the same basic elements: chlorine, flourine, and carbon. Furthermore, different Cfcs contain dif...

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... refrigerators, but they were also used as aerosols, and other propellants. Chlorine is a major and natural threat to ozone whereas CFC's are man made. CFC's contain one fluorine atom, one carbon atom, and three chlorine atoms. When UV radiation hits a CFC molecule it causes one chlorine atom to break away. The chlorine atom then hits an ozone molecule consisting of three ... original CFCs. This process is extremely expensive. But using inorganic chemicals to replace CFC's is cheaper and readily available. However, they have their disadvantages. Ammonia is toxic and flammable, while carb...

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