subject: Escape The Footprint - Pollution Climate Change [print this page] Carbon emissions, in high concentrations, are dangerous to our environment. In the deep need of conserving the environment, we must learn ways on how can we save the environment as a whole. We all can see the effects that pollution climate change is giving us.
Carbon, also known as carbon dioxide, is one of the important greenhouse gases, together with water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Carbon Dioxide is also known as the chemical that is created as a result of human activity and organism processes. Greenhouse gases help keep earth warm and make the Earth's surface suitable enough to maintain life. Unfortunately, when the concentration of greenhouse gases exceed, the surface temperature heats to an intolerable point. This is known as the greenhouse effect. When greenhouse gases increase, plants, trees, water organisms compensate by using sequestered carbon to increase photosynthetic processes that increases its growth by 50%. This in turn lowers the carbon concentration in the atmosphere. Unfortunately, the problem in the scenario is: how did greenhouse gases exceed their concentration?
The answer is that artificial and man-made products produce increased carbon emissions. Such as the industrial revolution and the rise of oil industry, burning of coal and gas, deforestation, and the increase of vehicles that emits high carbon content. To globally decrease carbon emissions, carbon emitting industries should be kept to a minimum however it is a huge change in the industrial market. A global answer is that, each and every individual should exercise environmental responsibility. If plants compensate by using carbon, then a number of plants should be planted.
Deforestation should be kept to a minimum, and every tree that is used will be replaced by planting another tree. Vehicles should undergo emission testing, a process that analyzes vehicles for too much emission of carbon. In some countries, battery powered cars and solar cars have been introduced. These are just some efforts on how can we save the environment.
In conserving the environment, each and every citizen should exercise environmental responsibility in conserving the environment. Every small change can contribute greatly to how we can help the environment.
