Global Warming: Causes and Consequences

Authors: Alka Misra

Country: India

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Abstract: Global warming is the long-term warming of the Earth’s overall temperature. Though this trend has been going on for a long time, its pace has significantly increased in the last hundred years. This change has disturbed the climatic pattern of the earth. Still, most people are unaware of global warming and do not consider it to be a big problem in years to come. There are several causes of global warming, both natural and man-made, has negative effects on humans, plants and animals. The natural causes include a green house gas, volcanic eruption, water vapours, melting glaciers, frost blazes and more. Man made causes are burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, use of vehicles, industrial development, agriculture, overpopulation and more. However, the process of global warming occurs when green house gases primarily CO2 , oxides of nitrogen, sulphur dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons etc. are released into atmosphere. The consequences of global warming are measurable and visible. The most obvious consequence of global warming is rise in temperature of planet, ultimately lead to threats of the ecosystem, climate change, spread of diseases, high mortality rates and loss of natural habitat.

Keywords: Global Warming, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Deforestation, Green House Gases, Green House Effect

Paper Id: 1647

Published On: 2016-05-06

Published In: Volume 4, Issue 3, May-June 2016

Cite This: Global Warming: Causes and Consequences - Alka Misra - IJIRMPS Volume 4, Issue 3, May-June 2016.

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