Dangers of the Greenhouse Effect
Dangers of the Greenhouse Effect
When a person starts their car or does a very small and simple thing the last thing that they are thinking of are the consequences it has to the atmosphere. Because of the continuous changing of the society, the earth has to get used to several different problems. Even though the atmosphere is known to be good because it protects us from the deadly radiation from the sun, it also takes that same heat and engulfs the earth in it.
The greenhouse effect refers to the light energy that is trapped by the gases in the atmosphere, and the gases convert the light energy into heat energy. Although most of this heat energy redirected into space, the earth traps enough of it to heat the atmosphere, or enough to make a temperature that can support life. That is the actual greenhouse effect, but when it is put to perspective in our days, scientists believe it is not very good. Scientists think that the greenhouse effect will become uncontrollable. They believe that since there is so much activity happening on earth, that it will produce more of the greenhouse gases to put in the atmosphere. And the more gases there are then the more heat there will be trapped in the atmosphere. The gases that are trapped in the atmosphere that make the greenhouse effect are natural gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and halocarbons. The greenhouse effect can be harmful, but it can also be helpful. Since the climate gets hotter and hotter each year, this will cause the vegetation to die, and without vegetation, the animals that rely on the vegetation, herbivores, and then the animals that rely on eating the herbivores, carnivores, die out and then the whole eco-system is messed up. Also causes problems by raising the temperature on the planet. Even though the raise in the temperature is not much, the earths eco-system is very easily damaged. The Inter-Governmental Panel has predicted that by the year 2025, the temperature will go up by one degree and that would almost destroy the North American corn crop, which produces much of the world’s grain. All of that results in much higher grain prices and less grain for the third world countries than the small amount they...