How Extreme Weather affects by global warming (Climate change)

How Extreme Weather affects by global warming (Climate change) ?

There is currently a massive storm churning over the Atlantic that spans the entire ocean basin, stretching all the way from Canada to Europe, and from Greenland to the Caribbean.

It's the same weather system that brought a massive spring blizzard to much of the United States and Canada earlier this week (on Tuesday (March 26), 44 of 50 states had some snow on the ground), and which has now ballooned in size, according to Jason Samenow, chief meteorologist with the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang.

Robert Oszajca, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service's Ocean Prediction Center, explained that the storm got this big by merging with several low-pressure systems that were hanging out over the Atlantic Ocean. The merging weather systems gave it more power, which was accentuated by a gradient between warm moisture from the southeast, delivered by the Gulf Stream, and frigid air from the north. This intensified the storm, causing it to spin, elongate and grow in size, Oszajca told OurAmazingPlanet.

Normally, the system would have drifted into Europe several days ago. However, a high-pressure system over Greenland blocked the low-pressure system's advance, which allowed it to strengthen further, fed by cold air from the north. This created winds (which move from high pressure to low pressure) up to 75 mph (120 km/h), equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane, Oszajca said. 

"We're impressed with the size of this storm," he said. Nevertheless, storms this big form about once or twice every winter.

The storm, which looks like a large comma whose tail stretches into the Caribbean, ranges from Eastern Canada all the way to Spain and north to Greenland. It has created waves up to 42 feet (13 meters) high, Oszajca said.

The storm has already begun to weaken, however, as the high-pressure "blocking" system to the north has eased. Oszajca said the central low-pressure system that has powered the storm will soon break up into several separate centers, and the storm will fragment before hitting Portugal in about four days. The storm isn't expected to be very intense by the time it reaches Europe.

Resource: weather.yahoo.com

man-caused global warming a hoax

Plant scientist, I am concerned that Idaho and most states are planning to limit and reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is being done to supposedly reduce global warming. The states are adopting the 1997 Kyoto Climate Treaty which the U.S. Senate rejected 95-0 because it would destroy our economy while exempting developing nations like China which do not control pollution.

CO2 is not a pollutant and is not causing global warming. CO2 is necessary for life on the planet, as plants utilize CO2 to produce the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat! Global warming now and cooling of the 40’s to mid-seventies is caused by solar activity. We have an active sun now! The earth has been warming for 300 years with most of the increase prior to increased CO2 levels.

Also, 279 research project reports have shown that increasing CO2 increases crop production. Higher levels of CO2 is creating a lush environment for plants and animals and will improve the health (more oxygen), longevity and prosperity of all people.

Over 20,000 U.S. scientists have signed a petition opposing man-caused global warming and the benefits of increased CO2 levels, but the mass media totally ignore them. John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel, stated that man-caused global warming is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind.

The biased United Nation’s panel and Al Gore are promoting a lie to scare us into a U.N. global government. The bottom line is that we need to produce more energy, not less. We have a 300 year U.S. supply of crude oil and unlimited nuclear power. There is no scientific reason to limit CO2 production because it is not causing global warming

Effects of Global Warming

The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole, and everywhere in between. Globally, the mercury is already up more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius), and even more in sensitive polar regions. And the effects of rising temperatures aren’t waiting for some far-flung future. They’re happening right now. Signs are appearing all over, and some of them are surprising. The heat is not only melting glaciers and sea ice, it’s also shifting precipitation patterns and setting animals on the move.

Some impacts from increasing temperatures are already happening.

•Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice.
•Researcher Bill Fraser has tracked the decline of the Adélie penguins on Antarctica, where their numbers have fallen from 32,000 breeding pairs to 11,000 in 30 years.
•Sea level rise became faster over the last century.
•Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher, cooler areas.
•Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on average.
•Spruce bark beetles have boomed in Alaska thanks to 20 years of warm summers. The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees.
.Other effects could happen later this century, if warming continues.

•Sea levels are expected to rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 and 59 centimeters) by the end of the century, and continued melting at the poles could add between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters).
•Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger.
•Species that depend on one another may become out of sync. For example, plants could bloom earlier than their pollinating insects become active.
•Floods and droughts will become more common. Rainfall in Ethiopia, where droughts are already common, could decline by 10 percent over the next 50 years.
•Less fresh water will be available. If the Quelccaya ice cap in Peru continues to melt at its current rate, it will be gone by 2100, leaving thousands of people who rely on it for drinking water and electricity without a source of either.
•Some diseases will spread, such as malaria carried by mosquitoes.
•Ecosystems will change—some species will move farther north or become more successful; others won’t be able to move and could become extinct. Wildlife research scientist Martyn Obbard has found that since the mid-1980s, with less ice on which to live and fish for food, polar bears have gotten considerably skinnier. Polar bear biologist Ian Stirling has found a similar pattern in Hudson Bay. He fears that if sea ice disappears, the polar bears will as well.

Source :http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects

The Effects of Global Warmning - Hot Sun

The Biggest Effect of Global Warming is Caused By The Sun

The Sun is the Main Cause of Global Warming?

Most people think that Effects of Global Warming that we see today is caused by Humans alone. This is not true in my view. The problem that Carbon di Oxide causes is that it does not allow the sun's radiation already received by the earth to be radiated back as CO2 traps it in the earth's atmosphere and heats it up.

But why is that people are not bothered about the sun itself?

The sun is slowly growing into a large red giant. it will continue to grow. Scientists and Astronomers have already predicted that in 2012 the some thing drastic will happen on the sun. The sun will emit loads and loads of rays and radiation that will disrupt all the radio, radar, mobile, power grids and all other communication networks including all our satellites.

We Have To Move Away From The Sun.

As the sun grows in size, its heat and other radiations will also increase. This means global warming problem will increase many folds. All the earth's ice will melt because of the Effect of Global Warming. The water in the sea will rise by more than 260 feet. That is not the end. We may also get fried on earth because of the sun's intense heat. So we have to move away from the Sun.

How Do We Move The Earth Away From The Sun?

NASA is already working out a plan. They will send a high speed satellite with adequate mass. This satellite will hit a carefully chosen meteorite whose path is likely to be close to earth or moon. By hitting the satellite, its path will alter very little and it will come closer to the moon, may be 10000 kilometers. Any thing closer it will hit the moon which they don't want to happen. The meteorite and moon will exert gravitational force on each other.

Using Moon We Will Move The Earth Away From The Sun

Once the moon moves outwards from its original orbit, it will cause a change in the earths orbit also. The calculations by NASA is such that the earth will get pulled by the moon and will start going away from the sun slowly about 3 cm every year. it is small amount but finally we will accelerate away and remain in such an orbit that as the Sun grows in size and heat, the earth will continue to remain in the same habitable cooler orbit.

Will The Earth Move as NASA is Planning?

This is not just theory. NASA will be able to move the earth to keep it cool. They have been sending satellites for a long time and humans have gone to space and moon. So I think we can believe what they say. Wait and Watch.

The Earth Will Blackout in 2013

Not the Effect of Global Warming ?

It is said that the earth is going to blackout in 2013. This is not an Effect of Global Warming or an Earth Quake or any Volcano eruption. Watch the Video below.




It will be like a scene where mobile phones go on the blink, GPS is knocked out, TVs go blank and the world is plunged into chaos. It is being caused a large unprecedented solar storm, which is essentially violent eruptions in the sun, can eject destructive radiation and charged particles into space. Looks like disaster flicks aren’t too removed from reality since all this could well be the potential result of a gigantic solar storm, according to a new report by NASA. The report, a warning, says Earth and space are coming together in a way that’s new to human history .These are closely connected to magnetic fields – which are hazardous for satellites and space stations. High-tech systems are critical for life as we know it today. Everything that we depend on and take for granted – GPS navigation, air travel,  internet banking services (even your credit card transaction needs a satellite) and emergency radio communications – can all be knocked out by intense solar activity

To get an idea of scale, a massive solar storm could result in 20 times more damage than the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina which hit south-eastern US in August 2005. The storm killed 1,800 people and caused damages worth $81 billion. There are reports of a geomagnetic storm sparked by a huge solar flare that swept over the Earth in 1859. Telegraph wires shorted out and set houses on fire. A brilliant aurora was seen in Hawaii—so bright that  “people could read newspapers by [its] red and green glow.” Scientists predict  that in May 2013, the sun’s solar cycle will peak at about the same level as in 1859. (This content courtesy a post on Gawker.com)

Some good news is that some of the damage and destruction can be avoided with warning of an impending solar storm. There is technology to put satellites in ‘safe mode’ and disconnect transformers to protect them from destructive electrical surges. The key for Bogdan lies in NASA and NOAA collaborating. “NASA’s fleet of heliophysics research spacecraft provides us with up-to-the-minute information about what’s happening on the sun. They are an important complement to our own GOES and POES satellites, which focus more on the near-Earth environment.” The task of accurately forecasting a solar storm lies with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US. “Space weather forecasting is still in its infancy, but we’re making rapid progress,” said Thomas Bogdan, director of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado.

AirCraft Causes Antartic Global Warming

Arctic and Antarctic regions being ice covered and white, it reflects maximum amount of suns energy back to space. But the CO2 present in atmosphere is causing a layer or blanket that stops the heat from escaping the earths atmosphere and keeps it trapped. This causes a large increase of global warming or temperature rise.

They have landed aircraft in Antarctic ice runway as you see the scientists in the photo above. The air craft that fly over Antarctica emit so much carbon dioxide directly at a height where it actually affects the earths atmosphere in global warming. Most people are not aware that studies have found that the jet planes flying in the Antartic region are actually emitting so much of carbon di oxide that the heat reflected by the earths ice cover is not able to escape the atmosphere. Antartica Ice is melting.

If we do not take action now to stop all these aircraft from causing this dangerous situation of carbondioxide  emissions in the antartic regions then the global warming will be directly effecting the earth by melting the artic and antartic ice cap and increasing the height of the seas world over to over 2 meters by the year 2100.

With every inch of sea level rise the land lost along the shores of the countries world over would be around phenomenal as the sea would come inland by over 600 feet per centimeter sea level rise. Do what ever you can to stop the global warming. Build Your Own Simple Solar or Wind Power Generation System at least at your home so that you save the earth from heating up from generating power for your home burning coal or oil by the power company. If you generate some extra power do give it back to the power grid and your power company may pay you for the electricity you give to the grid.

Save the earth. Stop global warming. Contribute to save earth your way by at least planting a tree today. A tree would convert one ton of carbondioxide to oxygen in one year.

You Can Reduce Global Warming Effects

Reduce Global Warming Effects

Yes You can Reduce the Effects of Global warming by reducing the emission of Carbondioxide. All you need to do is start using Solar and Wind Power at your home.  Build Your Own Simple Solar or Wind Power Generation System. It is not difficult. Reduced CO2 will reduce the effects of global warming and generate you free power for your home. If you can generate more than your requirement then you can give it back to your power grid and the power company will pay you.

Greenhouse Gas Generation

It is known that more than any other gas CO2 is doing more harm to our environment by trapping heat in the earths atmosphere. The Glaciers are melting off. The sea level is rising. Wake up. The coastal  cities will be gone in a few years if we do not act now. Find a chart or sector graph of the various greenhouse gases. If we can then we must do whatever small steps we can take to control this mad rise in CO2. Put up a Solar or Wind Generation system for your homes now. It will cost you a few dollars, but you will get free power and recover the cost in a few months and you will also get paid by the power company for uploading power to their grid if you generate extra power.

Sun Greenhouse Effects Global Warming

Greenhouse Effects Global Warming

What is Greenhouse Effect?

When the ground is heated inside a green house or a glass roof house with plants inside, the suns heat absorbed by the ground is radiated back to the sky. But the glass allows some heat to radiate out but reflects back some part of this radiated heat keeping the glass house green and plants grow. This is called a green house effect as shown below

What is Greenhouse Effect on Atmosphere?

When the ground is heated by the sun, the heat absorbed by the ground is radiated back to the sky. But like the glass, the green house gases like Carbon di Oxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Ozone and Water vapour stops some part of this radiated heat and reflect it back to the earth. This is called a green house effect on the earth's atmosphere as shown below

What is Enhanced Greenhouse Effect?

When the amount of greenhouse gases increase in the atmosphere then more heat gets reflected back and remains trapped on earth. This is called Enhanced Greenhouse Effect as shown below: -

Which Gas Causes Max Greenhouse Effect?

Carbondioxide causes the maximum Greenhouse effect on earth. CO2 accounts for 60% of the greenhouse effect caused by any gas. This is increased today because of the population growth, cutting of trees that reduce CO2 and by burning fuel by our vehicles, planes and ships which release CO2 into the atmosphere. 

Is There Greenhouse Effect on the Moon?

No. Greenhouse Gases like CO2 is not there in the moon and its atmosphere is too thin and cannot trap any heat on its surface. Thus there is no Greenhouse effect on the moon as shown below

How to Achieve Zero Greenhouse Effect?

Reduce burning fuel by using public transports, use carpooling, don't generate waste that decay and release methane, do not burn garbage that release CO2 into the atmosphere, Plant more trees that convert CO2 to Oxygen and stop cutting trees. Stop using paper that is made from trees and recycle paper, do not burn paper. Use Renewable sources of energy like wind, wave and solar energy.

Save the Earth. Save Mankind from Extinction

Global Warming Time Bomb - Methane Hydrate

Global Warming Time Bomb

Alaska Ice Burns Methane

Methane Hydrate is the Effect of Global Warming. It is a Global Warming Time Bomb.     The above picture is a real fact. There are tons of Methane Hydrate trapped under the kilometers thick ice in Alaska. 1 cubic meter of Methane Nitrate by volume is equal to 164 cubic meters of Methane. Methane Hydrate allows the Methane molecules to be packed more closely than in your cooking gas cylinder.

Methane Hydrate in Alaskan Ice.      Scientists have found bubbles of Methane Hydrate trapped under the ice. When they make a hole in the ice where these bubbles are, methane just gushes out and when you put a naked flame it catches fire. Watch Video of Alaska Ice Burning Methane

How Did Methane Come Inside Alaska Ice?    The answer is simple. There is millions of tons of vegetation lying in the bed of the frozen ice. Now that the ice sheet thickness is reducing, the sun light has started reaching the bottom and bacteria has started getting activated. As they eat up the vegetation and it rots, they release methane which gets trapped under the ice.

Why is Methane Hydrate called a Global Warming Time Bomb?     Methane is a green house gas that has the capability to trap the heat on the earths atmosphere leading to global warming. The higher the methane that is released the more the global warming and the more the ice sheet melts and the more the sunlight that will reach the bottom and the more the bacterial will rot the vegetation and the more the methane that gets released. Some day the ice will explode as the methane concentration increases and the bacteria will get full sunlight and the entire atmosphere will be filled with methane heating up the earth and melting all the ice in Antartica which means a total sea level rise of over 260 feet from what is today. Thus the Alaska Ice Methane hydrate is called a Global Warming Time Bomb.

How do we Stop the Methane Global Warming Time Bomb from Exploding?    Do your part in stopping the global warming from happening. Plant more trees, use recycled paper, stop burning gas in your car by car pooling etc etc you already know all that.  Let us hope some day somebody will find a way of harnessing this methane hydrate to be put to use in our vehicles and kitchens. Japan is already trying to harness this methane hydrate they have found off shore. Once they succeed, we will be able to turn this global warming time bomb off.

Stop Global Warming & Save the Earth

The Effects of Global Warming - Sea Level Rise by 1.90 Meters

The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level Rise is going to be catastrophic as you can see in the picture of Manhattan above.

The Effects of Global Warming Sea Level Rise (0.79 m to 1.90 m)

The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level Rise

How much will the Sea level rise due to the Effects of Global Warming ?

The past 130 years study has shown that on an average sea level rise was 0.34  meters in the last 100 years. That is an average of 3.4 mm per year. The entire sea level rise cannot be due to attributed to the effects of global warming in Antartica and Greenland but also is partly due to melting of ice in inland ice covers. Going by this average figure we will have a sea level rise of about 17 inches or 34 cm by the year 2110, considering a 0.5 degree global temperature rise. But....

The amount of Carbon Di Oxide released into the atmosphere has doubled in the past ten years which has been the major green house gas responsible for global warming. The studies also point out that the amount of sea level rise due to global warming has also accelerated. Going by the latest studies the sea level may rise by a minimum of 0.79 meters up to a maximum of1.90 meters or anywhere between that, because of the expected global temperature rise of 2 degree centigrade, unless we do something magical to reduce the green house gas emissions to reduce the effects of global warming.


What will happen if we don't stop the Global Warming?

There is no doubt that the global warming will melt the ice on earth. This will stop the suns heat which is now being reflected away by the white ice cover to be absorbed by the ground and heat up. The increased CO2 in the atmosphere will keep the heat trapped on earth increasing the temperature or global warming even more.


How much will Sea Level Rise if the whole Ice Sheet on Earth Melts ?

The studies and history has seen the sea levels at 160 feet more than what it is today around 60 million years away. The earth has been without ice for many times. But can the 6 billion plus human beings on earth sustain if the scenario is repeated. If global warming is to continue without human intervention the entire ice on earth will melt and we will have the sea level rise of 260 feet from the present day sea levels. This means very little land will be left for the 6 billion plus humans to live.Let us act Now

STOP GLOBAL WARMING NOW

Save the Earth.  Save Yourself.

The Effects of Global Warming

The Effects of Global Warming There is no denying that Global Warming is going to wipe out humanity if the humans don't act in time. The rise in temperature may be just half a degree centigrade in ten years. But the ice is so sensitive to temperature that it starts to melt down in the Antarctica. This will cause sea level rise.

Documented Effects of Global Warming There are documented evidence video shows that over 7 billion tons of ice shelf in Antarctica just fell into the sea in a span of just 3 days.

Loss of Habitable Land - The Effects of Global Warming When the sea level rises by just one centimeter, the sea spill over the land and eats up over 300 feet of land on an average along the coasts of the world. How much land fill can the human beings do, how much barricades can the human beings make to stop the sea from encroaching the sea shores? The effects of Global Warming is yet to come.