Showing posts with label greenhouse gases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greenhouse gases. Show all posts

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Different View on When Humans Began to Alter Global Climate

William Ruddiman is a respected climate scientist. He has come out with a claim that climate change was kicked into gear way before we started burning coal and fossil fuels. Ruddiman suggests that the farming practices of our ancestors was the starting point for global warming. The link below will bring you to the article in the Scientific American

http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v292/n3/images/scientificamerican0305-46-I2.jpg


 How Did Humans First Alter Global Climate?

Here is a short video of Ruddiman presenting his hypothesis to faculty and students at Colgate University. 

World Energy Projections



This video is made by BP and depicts world energy projections for 2030 according to them. Most of the information that was included was interesting to see since they are a conventional energy provider. The graphics that are used to show the different aspects of the projections are very visual.

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Antarctic Ozone Hole

This video provides some information about the issues that surround the Ozone hole in the Antarctic. It explains how the hole was created and how humans have had an effect on what is happening with the Ozone. 

Monday, February 11, 2013

Good and Bad Ozone

Good vs. Bad Ozone

When dealing with the Ozone there are two different types. The'good'ozone and the 'bad' ozone. The 'good' ozone allows humans to live on the Earth, while the 'bad' ozone is created by humans and harming both human life and the Earth. These websites compares the two types of ozone and explains how the effect human life.

Source: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=goodup.page1